HSJ Roundup

• Fit and proper person enforcement action taken against just one NHS trust
  The Care Quality Commission has only taken “enforcement action” against one NHS trust under the fit and proper person regulations, data obtained by HSJ reveals.
• Southern Health prosecuted for second time over patient death
  England’s largest community and mental health provider will be prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive following the death of a patient.
• Hospital’s charity could buy land for possible expansion
  Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Foundation Trust has agreed to buy a property for future expansion next to its children’s hospital, with an option to use its charity’s money to fund the purchase.
• Minister orders investigation of trust following nurse’s suicide
  Disciplinary processes in the NHS are to come under the microscope after a health minister ordered an independent investigation into the death of an NHS nurse.
• Trust busts locum cap after overspending on GPs
  A community trust has breached its agency spending cap for 2016-17 by more than £300,000 following staff shortages in its GP out of hours’ service.
• Simon Stevens: NHS will ‘roll up sleeves’ on service reform after election
  Simon Stevens has said “there is no version of reality” in which the priorities of the Five Year Forward View delivery plan will not be needed, regardless of who wins the general election.
• Major hospital shake-up delayed because reducing beds is ‘unsafe’
  A major reconfiguration of critical care in Yorkshire has been delayed after commissioners agreed reducing bed numbers “would not be safe”.
• Struggling A&E to remain shut overnight
  The overnight closure of a struggling emergency unit has been extended for at least a further three months.
• New A&E scorecard to launch ‘as early as June’
  A new accident and emergency scorecard to rate hospitals’ performance will be launched as early as next month, HSJ has learned.

Our Fabulous NHS – Academy of Fabulous Stuff 

• Quality of care boards on all wards at North Cumbria’s hospitals  
  North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust has placed a quality of care board on each of its wards. The boards […]
• UCLH Cancer Collaborative – good practice in early diagnosis of colorectal cancer
  The UCLH Cancer Collaborative has been highlighting good practice in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer (also known as bowel cancer). […]
• What I want my workforce to know: a perspective from people who have an Intellectual disability  
  At Health Education England working across Kent, Surrey and Sussex (HEE KSS) we want to create a sustainable and secure […]

Mortality risks associated with emergency admissions during weekends and public holidays: an analysis of electronic health records – Lancet 9 May 2017 
This analysis of mortality rate (within 30 days) of emergency admission to four NHS hospitals used a range of common haematology and biochemistry test results or other proxies for workload did not find an association between hospital workload and mortality. It is suggested that the weekend effect arises from patient-level differences at admission rather than reduced hospital staffing or services.

Survey highlights the age of scanners in hospitals
The Clinical Imaging Board has published Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment, operations and planning in the NHS. This report is urging hospitals to formulate plans to replace outdated equipment, after a survey revealed half of healthcare organisations do not have set renewal plans, and more than a third of older magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners are not scheduled for replacement. While many hospitals are operating newer equipment, 58% of MRI systems used are at least five years old, meaning they may not be able to conduct state-of-the-art imaging, needed for certain types of heart and prostate cancer scanning.

The benefits of identity scanning – NHS Employers
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust shares its approach and the benefits of using identity scanning equipment to check ID documents.

We should see acute hospitals as places for healing – The King’s Fund Blog, Jocelyn Cornwell
Jocelyn Cornwell is chief executive of The Point of Care Foundation. Here she shares her thoughts on what would change if clinicians, managers and boards shifted their focus and placed priority on making hospital wards places of healing and caring.

Urgent care data benchmarking project
NHS Benchmarking Network is inviting all commissioners to resister and input data to their Urgent Care Project.  The project includes a whole systems analysis of urgent care covering finance and activity for all key system components, service models and other key performance indicators. Participation will provide measurable evidence based comparisons to support contract discussions and help identify key priorities for investment and service redesign.

NICE guidance
Clinical guideline update:
CG124 Hip fracture: management

Diagnostics guidance:
DG28  Virtual chromoendoscopy to assess colorectal polyps during colonoscopy

Bulletins
Commissioning Excellence – May 2017
NHS Workforce Bulletin –  8 May 2017

Statistics
Maternity services data set – Lead antenatal provider, antenatal pathway level, December 2016