Knowledge @lert for Tuesday 10th March

March 10, 2015 Daily News

Disruption to Library Services at Southport – Tuesday 10th March – Tuesday 24th March
The Hanley Library, Southport Clinical Education Centre is getting a facelift!
Access to the Hanley library, study areas, library PCs and the book stock will be restricted from Tuesday 10th March – Tuesday 24th March. Books currently on loan may be returned to the library by using the Blue Bookbin directly outside the Hanley Library.
The Library staff will continue to deal with enquiries, article requests and literature searches throughout this period. The Hanley Library will be completely closed to access between the Wednesday18th- Friday 20th March (inclusive) while new flooring is laid.

NHS England reveals new care model ‘vanguard’ – Health Service Journal 
NHS England has selected 29 ‘vanguard’ areas to develop new models of integrated services which can be replicated across the country. The sites include some of the most challenged health economies in England and well established pioneers of joined up care.

CQC unveils new approach to regulating forward view care models – Health Service Journal 
The Care Quality Commission will adapt its approach to regulation to reflect the new provider landscape outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View, the watchdog’s chief executive has said.

Biggest hospital trusts absent from care model ‘vanguard’ – Health Service Journal 
England’s most powerful acute trusts are absent from the new care model “vanguard” sites revealed today by NHS England, but will take part in a forthcoming project on how they can work with small hospitals, HSJ has been told.

Ignoring The Prescription? – Royal College of Emergency Medicine
This paper reports the findings of a survey of 142 clinical leaders in emergency medicine across the UK. The survey was carried out in response to the unprecedented pressures over the 2014/15 winter period and reveals just how much needs to be done to address the profound challenges facing A&E services.

International Womens Day 2015 – NHS Employers
NHS Employers is celebrating the achievements and contribution of women across healthcare with a selection of blogs freom leading policy makers and thinkers.

Working longer further reading library
The Working Longer Group has brought together a library of research publications and websites to help employers and employees further understand the implications of working to a raised retirement age.  The Working longer further reading library will be kept up to date with new and demerging research and publications.

Online learning module: optimising the use of corticosteroids
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has launched an online learning module on reducing the side effects of steroid medicines. The module will help clinicians to optimise the use of corticosteroids.  Designed for doctors, nurses and pharmacists, the interactive programme runs through the important side effects of corticosteroids and shows the learner how the risks can be managed.

What’s behind the A&E ‘crisis’?
The Nuffield Trust has published its third policy briefing in the run up to the General Election 2015 which examines the reasons behind England’s A&E ‘crisis’ and warns that the emphasis on the four-hour waiting time target has become disproportionate. What’s behind the A&E ‘crisis’?  explores the way that performance is measured in A&E and argues that new approaches to performance management, with other measures given equal status to the four-hour target, should be adopted.  The report argues that the cause of A&E pressures has been misunderstood, and long-term trends and immediate causes conflated, with too much focus on the 2004 GP contract, NHS 111 and the gradual increase in admissions, rather than broader issues of hospital discharge and patient flow. The briefing also presents the latest data on A&E.

Healthy Child Programme: rapid review
Public Health England has published Rapid review to update evidence for the healthy child programme 0-5.  The aim of the review is to synthesise relevant systematic review level evidence about ‘what works’ in key areas of the Healthy Child Programme including: parental mental health; smoking; alcohol/drug misuse; intimate partner violence; preparation and support for childbirth and the transition to parenthood; attachment; parenting support; unintentional injury in the home; safety from abuse and neglect; nutrition and obesity prevention; and speech, language and communication. In addition, the review seeks to draw out key messages in relation to: identifying families in need of additional support; the delivery/effective implementation of interventions at the programme/service level and individual practitioner level; workforce skills and training; and the economic value/cost benefits of the HCP, including both health and wider societal costs.

Evidence summary: new medicines – asthma
NICE has published a new medicines evidence summary Asthma: tiotropium (Spiriva Respimat)(ESNM55).’Evidence summaries: new medicines’ provide a summary of the published evidence for selected new medicines, or for existing medicines with new indications or formulations, that are considered to be of significance to the NHS. The strengths and weaknesses of the relevant evidence are critically reviewed within the summary, but the summaries are not formal NICE guidance.

Specialised services recommendations
The Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group (PSSAG) has published its recommendations to ministers on which health services should be considered to be specialised and be nationally commissioned by NHS England, rather than locally commissioned by clinical commissioning groups. Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group: recommendations to ministerssets out the proposals considered by PSSAG at its May and September 2014 meetings, and outlines the Group’s recommendations for each of the 23 proposals.

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