Local plans for local people: communicating change – NHS Confederation
NHS England have produced a guide for local areas to use, which is intended to support them in involving and engaging with local people in the development of Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs).

Most areas should publish STPs by end of the year, says NHS England – Health Service Journal
“Most areas” should publish a version of their sustainability and transformation plan by the end of the year, according to national guidance due to be published today.

Social care for older people: home truths –  Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund
This report, published jointly with The King’s Fund, looks at the current state of social care services for older people in England, through a combination of national data and interviews with local authorities, NHS and private providers, Healthwatch and other groups. It considers the impact of cuts in local authority spending on social care providers and on older people, their families and carers. Alongside this work, we were commissioned by the Richmond Group of Charities to interview older people about their experiences of social care.

Phil McCarvill: Older people’s social care urgently needs support – NHS Confederation
Responding to the report ‘Social care for older people: Home truths’ by The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust, Phil McCarvill, Deputy Director of Policy at the NHS Confederation, said more financial support and leadership is needed.

New rules to follow £750m contract debacle and Brexit – Health Service Journal
System leaders are drawing up new rules for NHS bodies tendering large contracts in response to the disastrous collapse of a £750m deal last year, Simon Stevens has told MPs.

‘Special measures’ considered for trusts failing on A&E – Health Service Journal
NHS Improvement is considering a new category of “special measures” for trusts with the worst performance on high profile access targets such as accident and emergency.

Health and Care Innovation Expo 2016 – NHS England
Simon Stevens used his keynote address to update Expo audiences on various key delivery programmes, including an expansion of the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (DPP), designed to help people at risk of Type 2 Diabetes, to 17 additional areas across the country, and for the first time, a digital DPP, enabling more individuals to get […]

Lancashire man performs DIY operation on himself to remove suture – BBC News – Health
A man performs a minor operation on himself to remove a suture left in his body during surgery, accepting it was reckless.

Funding competition: antimicrobial resistance – Department of Health 
Open to any UK organisation, Innovate UK are delivering a competition on behalf of the Department of Health to invest up to £4 million to support the UK’s capability to conduct research into antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The aim will be to develop new products and services that will reduce the impact of drug resistant pathogens, slow down the emergence of new ones, and produce new products and services including drugs, vaccines and diagnostics.

Trust makes controversial pension offer to reduce vacancies – Health Service Journal
A Hertfordshire trust is offering new nurses a higher salary if they opt-out of the NHS pension scheme, despite the NHS Pension Board questioning the legality of a similar scheme at another trust earlier this year.

Providers could face ‘mandated support’ from regulator – Health Service Journal
Regulators will allow NHS trusts and foundation trusts to earn more autonomy and reduce central oversight if they meet new criteria revealed today.