New resource for Nursing & Midwifery staff preparing for Revalidation
Cochrane UK has launched two new series that aim to put relevant evidence into the hands of nurses and midwives, shared on social media in quick, easy formats. With the approach of revalidation, a new way that UK nurses and midwives will need to show that they practice safely and effectively, there is no better time to make getting evidence easier for them.

• Evidence for Everyday Nursing
• Evidence for Everyday Midwifery

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Manchester commissioners threaten to tender hospital services – Health Service Journal
Three large acute providers have drawn up plans for a “single hospital service” in Manchester, as commissioners threaten to tender hospital services.  Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust, University Hospital of South Manchester FT and Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust have presented outline plans to the Greater Manchester health and wellbeing board, acknowledging the need to develop a “comprehensive range of clinical single services”.

• Manchester trusts acknowledge need for “comprehensive range” of clinical networks
• CCGs and council threaten to recommission services if meaningful changes are not agreed
• Organisational mergers could be considered

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Stevens casts doubt over NHS devolution outside Manchester – Health Service Journal
Simon Stevens has said he expects “not many” areas will be given control of devolved NHS budgets outside of Greater Manchester in the next few years, in his first major interview since last month’s spending review.

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Stevens reveals ‘radical’ rewriting of financial balance rules – Health Service Journal
Some NHS organisations will be exempt from requirements to meet their own budget target, as long as they do so across their health economy, under “radical” new financial rules for 2016-17.

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RCS review raises concerns over Bolton surgical errors – Health Service Journal
An independent review has raised concerns that approved surgical checklists were not being consistently followed by some senior staff at a North West trust, after a series of never events.

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Apprenticeship policy updates – NHS Employers
NHS Employers have created a handy new section on their website to provide you with easy access to all the latest apprenticeship policy updates.

National survey of patient experiences of using hospital services – The Kings Fund
The Kings Fund and the Picker Institute Europe has published Patients’ experience of using hospital services: An analysis of trends in inpatient surveys in NHS acute trusts in England 2005-13.  Introduced in all NHS acute trusts in England in 2002, the annual inpatient survey was the pioneer in the launch of the national NHS patient survey programme. This analysis provides new insights into existing data about the national picture, as well as revealing trends at trust level.

NICE guidance: Intravenous fluid therapy in children and young people in hospital – NICE
NICE has published Intravenous fluid therapy in children and young people in hospital (NG29). This guideline covers general principles for managing intravenous (IV) fluids for children and young people under 16 years, including assessing fluid and electrolyte status and prescribing IV fluid therapy. It applies to a range of conditions and different settings. It does not include recommendations relating to specific conditions.

Quality Standard: intrapartum care – NICE
NICE has issued a new quality standard Intrapartum care (QS105): This quality standard covers the care of women who go into labour at term (37+0 weeks to 41+6 weeks) and their babies during labour and immediately after the birth.  It covers both women who go into labour at low risk of intrapartum complications and women who go on to develop complications.

Behavioural insights in health care – The Health Foundation
The Health Foundation has published Behavioural insights in health care: nudging to reduce inefficiency and waste.  It has been suggested that nudges – approaches that steer people in certain directions while maintaining their freedom of choice – might offer an effective way to change behaviour and improve outcomes at lower cost than traditional policy tools.  The review identifies: nudge-type interventions with potential to increase efficiency and reduce waste in health care; areas of inefficiency and waste to which nudge-type interventions might be productively applied; and opportunities and considerations for those looking to introduce nudge-type interventions.

District nurse specialist practitioner qualification – The Queen’s Nursing Institute
The Queen’s Nursing Institute has published The Value of the District Nurse Specialist Practitioner Qualification. This report highlighted that district nurses have to possess an incredibly broad range of skills, and a very high level of skill and expertise.  However the report showed that the positive impact and value of the special practitioner qualification (SPQ) was not always clearly understood. The District Nursing SPQ is the very best preparation for a nurse working in the community to deliver holistic care, managing complex caseloads, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and promoting patient comfort and safety.’

Chief Medical Officer Annual report 2014
The Department of Health Chief Medical Office has published the Chief Medical Officer Annual report 2014: The Health of the 51%: Women.The report focuses on women’s health in England and makes a range of recommendations to improve it. It identifies several missed opportunities for intervention in women’s health, and brings attention to ‘embarrassment’ as a needless barrier to health. The main themes include: obesity and its impact on women’s health, including reproductive health; women’s health in later life (menopause) and women’s health in later life (pelvic floor dysfunction and incontinence)

Allied health professionals: interventions to improve public health
Public Health England has published The role of allied health professionals in public health: examples of interventions delivered by allied health professionals that improve the publics’ health.  Public Health England commissioned a team of academics led by Sheffield Hallam University to undertake an initial review to:  identify examples where there is good evidence of impact on public health by Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) and therefore an opportunity to broaden practice; and identify areas which require more focus to demonstrate impact by AHPs on public health.  This report describes the key findings of this work.

Improving staff engagement and morale – NHS Employers
NHS Employers has published details of a case study focusing on how Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has improved staff engagement and morale since implementing a new approach to change management.  

Maternal mental health care – The Healthcare Improvement Partnership
The Healthcare Improvement Partnership has published Saving lives, improving mothers’ care.  This report is the latest analysis from the MBRRACE-UK Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths, based at the University of Oxford.  The report focussed particularly on maternal mental health, and includes lessons learned from reviews of the care of more than 100 women who died by suicide during pregnancy or in the year after giving birth between 2009 and 2013.