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Treasury could replace free nursing education to boost workforce – Health Service Journal
Ministers could end free university education for student nurses in a bid to boost the numbers joining the NHS workforce, under proposals put forward by national education bodies.

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Mapped: Every NHS England vanguard project – Health Service Journal
HSJ has mapped all 50 vanguards that will introduce new care models across the country. Explore the map to see what changes each vanguard intends to make.

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Vanguards: More transformation funding ‘critical’ to success – Health Service Journal
Vanguard sites have warned that further rounds of transformation funding will be needed for next year and beyond to implement the Five Year Forward View. It comes despite there being no extra cash confirmed for the new care models project beyond March.

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NHS Improvement
The Nuffield Trust has published What do leaders want from NHS Improvement? This publication is the latest in the Nuffield Trust’s Viewpoint series, which provides a platform for different and diverse views on change and reform in the NHS.  In this publication The Nuffield Trust and NHS Providers asked leaders from across the health service and other key positions in health care policy for their advice to the first leader of the powerful new regulator of health service providers, NHS Improvement.

Second GP recruitment video launched
Health Education England has launchedsecond in a series of six short videos to highlight the diverse nature of the role of a GP. This videofocuses on asthma, and aims to provide a snapshot to illustrate the variety and sometimes unusual work that GPs do every day.  The series underlines the main theme of the campaign ‘There’s nothing general about general practice’ which is that a GP provides individual one-to-one advice, care and support and they are central to the families and communities they serve.

NICE advice
NICE has published a new evidence summary: unlicensed or off-label medicine Excessive daytime sleepiness in Parkinson’s disease: modafinil (ESUOM48). ‘Evidence summaries: unlicensed or off‑label medicines’ summarise the published evidence for selected unlicensed or off‑label medicines that are considered to be of significance to the NHS, where there are no clinically appropriate licensed alternatives. The summaries provide information for clinicians and patients to inform their decision‑making and support the construction and updating of local formularies.  The strengths and weaknesses of the relevant evidence are critically reviewed within this summary.

Health leaders views on headline issues
The Nuffield Trust has published its latest Health leader’s survey results 5. Since July 2014, the Nuffield Trust has regularly surveyed a panel of 100 health and social care leaders in England for their views on a range of issues including: finance, general practice and rationing. This latest poll was conducted between 17 August and 7 September 2015, via an online survey.

GP recruitment drive launched
The first of a series of short videos to highlight the diverse and exciting nature of the role of a GP is being launched online by Health Education England as part of a new campaign to encourage more young doctors to become GPs. Each video will use a theme to illustrate how the role of a GP is central to individuals, families and communities, show how every day is different and highlight the importance of the role. They are aimed at foundation doctors who are considering which medical specialty training to apply for.

Inflammatory bowel disease audit
The Royal College of Physicians has published the fourth inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) clinical audit report. The report reveals that the majority of patients (80% adult and 77% paediatric) with Crohn’s disease saw an improvement following biological therapies. The purpose of this audit is to measure the efficacy, safety and appropriate use of the biological therapies infliximab and adalimumab, in patients with IBD in the UK. The audit also aims to capture patients’ views on their quality of life at intervals during their treatment.