CQC review into how trusts investigate deaths: What you need to know – NHS Confederation
An overview of key findings and recommendations from the CQC’s review into how NHS trusts investigate and learn from deaths.

Stephen Dalton: The CQC’s report on investigations into patient deaths is a powerful reminder that more work is needed – NHS Confederation
The CQC’s report on investigations into patient deaths (13 December 2016) is a powerful reminder that more work is needed, says NHS Confederation Chief Executive Stephen Dalton.

Changing times for information governance in the NHS – NHE  
Stephen Elgar from the Information Governance Alliance (IGA) reflects on the changes and challenges facing information governance professionals in the NHS. Cyber security threats, the need for innovations and increasing pressure on back-office staff to deliver greater efficiencies are three of the biggest challenges facing information…

Improving quality, safety and efficiency in IBD care – NHE 
The national inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) audit is changing, and the IBD Registry is now the vehicle for the biologics audit and quality improvement programme. Dr Fraser Cummings, clinical lead, and Stuart Bloom, chair of the organisation, explain what this means. In his report on efficiency and productivity in the NHS, Lord Carter…

HSJ roundup: (contact the library for further details on any of these HSJ articles)

• Mike Richards: Death investigations poor and ‘need an overhaul’  
  The NHS’s approach to investigating and reporting deaths is worse than thought and “needs an overhaul”, the chief inspector of hospitals has told HSJ.
• Private provider withdraws from regional urgent care deal  
  Care UK has pulled out of a contract to provide NHS 111 and out of hours services across several clinical commissioning group areas six weeks after it was awarded, putting the intended launch date of the service at risk.
• What’s new in care models: Half a loaf is better than no bread at all  
  Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View. By integration reporter David Williams.
• NHS manager jailed for £300k fraud scam  
  An NHS manager responsible for maintaining dialysis equipment at a London trust has been jailed for fraud worth £300,000.
• Council funding crisis ‘not a reason’ to block STPs, warn Stevens and Mackey  
  The fact NHS budgets cannot be used to solve the social care funding crisis “is not a legitimate reason” for failing to press on with STPs, Simon Stevens and Jim Mackey have warned.