Knowledge @lert for Tuesday 21st April

April 21, 2015 Daily News

New safe staffing indicator revealed – Health Service Journal
A new safe staffing indicator for hospitals across England will be launched this summer, HSJ has learned.

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Four out of five hospitals miss own nurse staffing targets – Health Service Journal
More than four out of five acute hospitals in England are failing to meet their own targets for nurse staffing, HSJ analysis reveals.

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RCoA Priorities 2015 – Royal College of Anaesthetists
Providing joined up perioperative care for the high risk surgical patient has to be the future. The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) proposes that care pathways designed around the individual needs of the complex surgical patient and delivered by a multi-disciplinary perioperative care team will lead to patients receiving the most appropriate care. An integrated approach will minimise inappropriate interventions, reduce cancellations, complications and readmissions and ensure quicker recovery and discharge from hospital. Fundamentally patients should receive better quality care, and experience better outcomes at a lower cost.

Leading the Care Act
The Social Care Institute for Excellence has published Leading the Care Act: report from SCIE Roundtable held on 5 March 2015. This is the report from a series of roundtable discussions on leading the Care Act. The discussions explored how to improve care and support at a time of growing demand, demographic change and financial constraint. The sessions covered: community-led care and support; leading the Care Act; Health and Wellbeing Board; and social care and technology.

Update of shortage occupation list NHS Employers
As of April 2015, an updated version of the UK shortage occupation list is in operation.

Commissioning for Value
NHS Right care has published videos of presentations from its Commissioning for Value events held in March. The sessions included:Using the Commissioning for Value Tool 2014; Interpreting the Commissioning for value pack; Improving Referrals in the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group and using the NHS Right Care approach to engage across the system to improve CVD outcomes for the population of Bradford.

Research into an ageing workforce
NHS Employers has begun research into the ageing NHS workforce. The research is examining: whether there is a link between people working longer and the level of their performance at work; what changes to employment policy and practice may be required where people are working longer and what factors affect the retirement decisions of NHS staff.

New tools to help employers develop the support workforce – Latest NHS Employers
Access a new implementation tool from HEE to help you demonstrate your commitment to the Talent for Care and Widening Participation strategies.

A week in NHS politics: health becomes election battleground – Health Service Journal
The NHS has been firmly established as a crucial election battleground, with all parties making flagship pledges about the future of the service. Here HSJ rounds up the key commitments, policies and developments, including from our exclusive interviews with Jeremy Hunt and Andy Burnham.