Knowledge @lert for Friday 16th October
National price caps for agency staff working in the NHS – NHS Trust Development Authority
Restrictions on nurse recruitment from overseas changed – Department of Health
New AHCS blog explores innovation, 28 day diagnosis and public assurance – NHS Employers
Struggling CCG may join leading NHS ‘ACO’ project – Health Service Journal
The biggest NHS providers of specialised services – Health Service Journal
National Audit for Inpatient Falls – The Royal College of Physicians
A round up of other news stories from across the web
National price caps for agency staff working in the NHS – NHS Trust Development Authority
Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA) propose to introduce caps on the total amount NHS providers can pay per hour for an agency worker. The proposed hourly price caps would apply to:
- all staff groups employed by NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts: nursing, medical, all other clinical and other non-clinical staff
- all agency staff and bank staff
The price caps would not apply to substantive/permanent staff or staff employed by ambulance trusts. Monitor and the TDA will consider all responses to the consultation and decide whether, when and how to implement price caps. Subject to that process, the aim is to introduce the price caps on 23 November 2015.
Restrictions on nurse recruitment from overseas changed – Department of Health
Nurses will be added to the government’s shortage occupation list on an interim basis. This means that nurses from outside the EEA that apply to work in the UK will have their applications for nursing posts prioritised. The independent Migration Advisory Committee will review the change and present further evidence to the government by February 2016. The move is designed to ease pressure on the NHS at a time when the government is introducing tough new controls on costly agency spending. It will help the NHS improve continuity of care for patients, invest in the frontline and maintain safe staffing levels.
New AHCS blog explores innovation, 28 day diagnosis and public assurance – NHS Employers
In her latest blog Janet Monkman, CEO from the Academy for Healthcare Science talks about the increasing demands for scientific services, increasing patient access and regulation of the workforce.
Struggling CCG may join leading NHS ‘ACO’ project – Health Service Journal
A financially troubled clinical commissioning group may pass many of its responsibilities to Northumbria’s emerging ‘accountable care organisation’, HSJ has learned.
The biggest NHS providers of specialised services – Health Service Journal
University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust saw the largest increase in its specialised services income last year, new information obtained by HSJ reveals.
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National Audit for Inpatient Falls – The Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians has published the National Audit for Inpatient Falls (NAIF). It reviews how well hospital trusts and local health boards prevent inpatient falls in England and Wales, which are set against the NICE guideline (CG161) on falls assessment and prevention. This is the first time this has been reviewed. The report reveals that many trusts and local health boards have policies that include the main areas of falls prevention. However, there is often no association between what the policies include and the care patients received once admitted to hospital.
- NHS Workforce Bulletin – 12 October 2015
A round up of other news stories from across the web: