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Putting vanguard plans into practice podcasts
NHS providers have launched the first in a series podcasts supporting the dissemination programme for the vanguard sites across England.  The first of the podcasts is an extract from Putting vanguard plans into practice, recorded at the 2015 NHS Providers annual conference and exhibition. The audience heard chief executive of Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and the chief executive of University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Trust debate their views on the motivations and challenges involved in establishing a new approach to delivering care, and the changes required to bring about real improvements for their communities.

Better care fund £1bn payment for performance scheme axed – Health Service Journal
Ministers have axed the £1bn payment for performance element of the better care fund and mandated local targets for the reduction of delayed transfers of care.

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You Can Learn and Get Work Done at the Same Time – Harvard Business Review
As you think about how you want to learn and grow this year, don’t fall victim to the common trap of building your development plan around a formal learning program. Although we default to equating development with structured, instructor-led activities, you’d be better served to think of formal programs as the appetizer or dessert of your development, rather than the main course. You take three risks when you depend on formal courses for nourishment. First, you risk being disappointed if your request can’t be funded because other priorities take precedent. Second, you underestimate how costly it is for you to be away from work, both in your increased workload before and after the training and in the price your team pays in backfilling for you. Finally, focusing on formal development can reinforce a passive mindset and leave you with the false impression that your development is in someone else’s hands.

How Well Do You Develop Your People? – MindTools
When you manage a team, how well it performs often depends on how well you’ve trained and developed your people.  Individuals need ongoing training and development to help them become more effective, and take on bigger and more significant challenges. More than this, they need help learning new skills as the nature of their work – and of your organization – changes.

Transforming end of life care in acute hospitals: The route to success ‘how to’ guide – NHS England
This revised and updated version of the Transforming end of life care in acute hospitals: The route to success ‘how to’ guide, published December 2015, marks another significant milestone to improve the quality and experience of care at end of life for patients and their families.  Commissioned by NHS England, the publication offers practical advice and support for frontline clinicians and leaders for the work required to transform end of life care in acute hospitals.