National review of avoidable deaths ordered by health secretary – Nursing Times
An annual national review of avoidable deaths is to be introduced to help hospital boards have a “laser-like focus” on eradicating mortalities that could have been prevented, the health secretary has announced.

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NHS managers face jail for publishing misleading information – Health Service Journal
NHS managers who publish false or misleading information could face up to two years in prison under new laws set to be confirmed by ministers this week.

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5 Myths about Building Quality Improvement Capability – Institute for Healthcare Improvement 
Building improvement capability is not only about skill building; it also includes creating an environment in which frontline staff can identify and participate in needed improvements. In this post, David Munch, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer for Healthcare Performance Partners, argues in favor of better support for middle managers who lead improvement efforts by dispelling myths about building improvement capability. The myths identifies are:

• Building improvement capability is all about learning a quality improvement methodology.
• A strong quality department is all you need to make improvement.
• Building improvement capability is too expensive.
• The quality department should own improvement.
• Executives have the most important role in making improvement.

Chief Nursing Officer bulletin: February 2015 – NHS England 
Latest web and policy updates from the Chief Nursing Officer

Helping The NHS Help Itself – Monitor
This briefing outlines Monitor’s decision on setting up a new directorate to support NHS providers. The directorate will help Monitor to understand better what needs to be done on the ground, that can work with other bodies to try to make sure effective support is available to NHS providers as they face into these challenges.

Workforce Plan For England: Proposed Education And Training Commissions For 2015/16 – Health Education England
This workforce plan for England sets out the investment that HEE will make in developing the workforce in the English NHS.

Integrated care pathway empowers people to manage their long term condition at home – NHS IQ
Leicester City CCG launched a new care pathway to better support people with a long term condition to manage their health at home, supported by new community-based services. The new model combines shared decision making using a new patient decision aid, health coaching and telehealth monitoring. During a six-month pilot with 50 patients, the unscheduled admission rate fell from an average of 3.29 per person to 1.24 and the service delivered cost savings of £353,000 and a significantly improved patient experience.

Capita in NHS staff data breach –  Health Service Journal
WORKFORCE: The outsourcing firm Capita has been responsible for a breach of NHS employees’ personal data in Liverpool.

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Improving experiences of care
The National Quality Board (NQB) has published Improving experience of care: our understanding and ambition.  The NQB is a multi-stakeholder board established to champion quality and ensure alignment in quality throughout the NHS.  This document sets out a common way for the national health and care organisations on the NQB to talk about people’s experiences of care and their roles in improving them.  It also includes examples of good practice and resources, to support organisations and individuals in improving experiences of care.

New flexible retirement hub launched – Latest NHS Employers
The new flexible retirement hub has launched. Find out all you need to know about flexible retirement and how it can be used in your organisation.

Rise in health workers taking part in monthly support meetings – Nursing Times 
Increasing numbers of nurses are taking part in a monthly programme in which they discuss the emotional impacts and dilemmas from their work with colleagues from other disciplines.

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Guidance: Chemical and radiation incidents: recovery handbooks and tools – HM Government
This e-learning module provides an overview of:

• the purpose scope and structure of the recovery handbooks
• how to use handbooks and tools for developing a recovery strategy following a chemical or radiation hazard
• the chemical and radiation recovery navigation tool

The short run elasticity of National Health Service nurses’ labour supply in Great Britain –  Institute for Financial Studies (IFS) 
The paper investigates the short run responsiveness of NHS nurses’ labour supply to changes in wages of NHS nurses relative to wages in outside options available to nurses, utilising the panel data aspect of the annual survey of hours and earnings. We find the short run responsiveness of NHS nurses’ labour supply to the relative wage of NHS nurses is positive and statistically significant, albeit economically small, in regions outside the London area. In contrast, in the London region, the short run elasticity is much higher. We discuss the policy implications of these findings.

…and finally … “The sword-billed hummingbird is the only bird with a bill (and tongue) longer than its body.” pic.twitter.com/GviRNHujt5 — The QI Elves (@qikipedia) January 29, 2015