The NHS in 2030: A vision of a people-powered knowledge-powered health system
“The changes to healthcare imagined in this paper would add up to a fundamental shift in how people understand health and who is responsible for managing it. By 2030, there may be new kinds of knowledge, new ways of using it and new kinds of people involved in health support and services.”

The Future of Primary Care
Health Education England has published The future of primary care: creating teams for tomorrow. This report has been produced by an independent Primary Care Workforce Commission with the remit to identify solutions that would meet the present and future primary care needs of the NHS.  It sets out the Commission’s thinking which includes calling for greater collaboration across organisations and a broader range of staff involved in the delivery of healthcare.
Additional links: RCGP press release   Cambridge Centre for health service research

Using incentives to improve experiences in maternity, children and young people’s services
NHS South East Commissioning Support Unit has published Using incentives to improve experience in maternity, children and young people’s services.  Commissioned by NHS England, this report examines how financial incentives are being used across the country to improve the experience of maternity, children and young people’s services.  It identifies three core recommendations to develop and evaluate the impact of CQUINs and other financial incentives.

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness
The University of Manchester’s has published the results from the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness.  This report highlights that there has been a 29% rise in suicide since 2006 among men under the care of mental health services in the UK. The largest rise was seen in middle aged men, 45-54 years old, in whom the increase has been 73%. The report suggests that alcohol and economic factors such as job loss and debt may be contributing to the rise.

Accident and Emergency statistics
The House of Commons library has published a briefing paper Accident and Emergency Statistics.  This briefing provides summaries and visualisations of a wide range of A&E trends, including: levels of attendance over time; attendance by age, time and day of the week; various measures of waiting times; and reason for attendance. It also explores the extent and limitations of the available data sources.

MenB vaccine and paracetamol use
Public Health England has published Information about the MenB vaccine and paracetamol use.  This information leaflet informs parents of the increased risk of fever when MenB vaccine is given alongside other immunisations at 2 and 4 months of age, and recommends having paracetamol at home in advance of immunisation appointments to reduce the risk of fever.

NICE Quality Standards
NICE has published the following quality standards:

• Obesity: prevention and lifestyle weight management in children and young people (QS94)
• Bipolar disorder in adults (QS95)
• Dyspepsia and gastrooesophageal reflux disease in adults: investigation and management (QS96)

Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation in England and Wales
The City of London University has published Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation in England and Wales: national and local estimates. This report contains estimates of the numbers of women with female genital mutilation (FGM) living in England and Wales, the numbers of women with FGM giving birth and the numbers of girls born to women with FGM. The report contains estimates at a local authority level. It also contains data about the extent to which FGM is practised in the women’s countries of origin and about the populations of women born in these countries and living in England and Wales in 2011.
Additional link: Royal College of Midwives press release

NICE guidance
NICE has published the following guidance:

• The 3M Tegaderm CHG IV securement dressing for central venous and arterial catheter insertion sites (MTG25) Medical technology guidance.
• Insertion of a double balloon catheter for induction of labour in pregnant women without previous caesarean section (IPG528)  Interventional procedure guidance
• Joint distraction for knee osteoarthritis without alignment correction (IPG529) Interventional procedure guidance
• Naloxegol for treating opioid‑induced constipation (TA345) Technology appraisal guidance
• Aflibercept for treating diabetic macular oedema (TA346) Technology appraisal guidance
• Nintedanib for previously treated locally advanced, metastatic, or locally recurrent non‑small‑cell lung cancer(TA347) Technology appraisal guidance
• Everolimus for preventing organ rejection in liver transplantation(TA348) Technology appraisal guidance
• Dexamethasone intravitreal implant for treating diabetic macular oedema (TA349) Technology appraisal guidance
• Secukinumab for treating moderate to severe plaque psoriasis (TA350) Technology appraisal guidance
• Cangrelor for reducing atherothrombotic events in people undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention or awaiting surgery requiring interruption of anti‑platelet therapy (terminated appraisal) (TA351) Technology appraisal guidance

Bulletins

• NHS Workforce Bulletin – 20 July 2015
• Social Care Institute for Excellence ebulletin  – 17 July 2015

Statistics

• Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People in England – 2014
• Diagnostic imaging dataset – March 2015
• NHS Sickness Absence Rates –  January 2015 to March 2015
• NHS Staff Earnings Estimates– to April 2015 – Provisional statistics
• NHS Workforce Statistics – April 2015, Provisional statistics