New podcast from Professor Ivan Robertson on resilience in the workplace – NHS Employers
Hear Ruth Warden, assistant director at NHS Employers, catch up with Professor Ivan Robertson to talk about the importance of resilience in the NHS workforce

Technology ‘must be embedded in STPs’ and IT moved away from separate silos – NHE
Embedding technology to transform the NHS is not an optional extra, which is why it is a central part of the sustainability and transformation plans (STPs), Matthew Swindells, national director for operations and information at NHS England, has said. Speaking at NHS Expo, he stated that the NHS faces significant challenges as there is….

Trust bailouts reach almost £2bn – Health Service Journal
More than half of acute trusts received some form of cash bailout in 2015-16 as total “revenue support” from the Department of Health reached almost £2bn.

London STP considers cutting number of acute sites to three – Health Service Journal
The draft sustainability and transformation plan for southwest London reveals that leaders are considering cutting the number of acute sites in the patch from five to four or three.

Stevens urges critics to ‘get behind’ STPs – NHE
Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) are vital to delivering joined-up care, the CEO of NHS England said today in his keynote address at NHS Expo. Simon Stevens cited Amdahl’s law, a computing concept that states that an increase in a system’s speed will always be limited by the speed of the slowest part.

Help shape the new digital apprenticeship service – NHS Employers
In a few weeks’ time, the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) will be starting a pilot of the new digital apprenticeship service (DAS) and is looking for employers and training providers to help test it. By taking part in the pilot, you will get an exclusive preview of the system and how it works, as well as help to shape the design and shape the process.

New coalition of health and social care experts on mission to guarantee status of EU staff – NHS Employers
A coalition of 29 health and social care organisations has been created to ensure sustainable workforce supply and thereby standards of care are maintained as Britain withdraws from the EU.

Opting out of the NHS population screening programmes – Public Health England
This publication sets out how members of the public can opt out of screening so they will no longer get invitations. It covers the NHS screening programmes for:

• bowel cancer
• cervical screening
• breast screening
• diabetic eye screening
• abdominal aortic aaneurysm screening

NHS finances: a game of two halves – The King’s Fund Blog
Launching the long-awaited NHS ‘reset’ on finances in July, Simon Stevens said, ‘because the pressures across the NHS are real and growing, we need to use this year both to stabilise finances and kick-start the wider changes everyone can see are needed’. With financial performance data for the first quarter now available, combined with the results of our latest quarterly monitoring report, we can take a temperature check on the first of these priorities: the need to stabilise NHS finances. How is the NHS doing?