Knowledge @lert for Friday 28th July

July 28, 2017 CCG Daily News Uncategorized

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Improving Bereavement Care at Wirral University Teaching Hospital
End of Life includes how well we look after our grieving families/ carers after a relative’s death. This is one of the priorities at Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHSFT. A new Bereavement Service Manager was appointed 18 months ago. Marsha and her team looked to improve the care for clinicians and relatives; May 2016 saw […]
Theatre Equipment Group to rationalize supplies
North Cumbria Hospital Trust asks staff to ‘ROARRRRR’ for patient safety this week
Staff at North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust are being asked to ‘ROARRRRR’ for patient safety this week. ROARRRRR Week is a focus with all clinical staff on getting it right for patients at risk of deterioration, using the five ‘Rs’ as a reminder of key steps: Recognise – completion of mandatory training and using […]

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NHS senior doctors paid £300m in excellence awards
NHS consultants received more than £300m in national clinical excellence award payments over the last two financial years.
Government could take back control of NHS Professionals after sale
The government will require the new owners of the NHS’s in-house agency staff supplier to continue providing staff at low margins or risk ministers taking back control.
‘Undeliverable’ DTOC reduction targets revealed
More than a third of councils have been told to reduce delayed transfers of care from hospital attributable to social care by 50 per cent or more by September, raising the possibility they could lose better care fund money if they fail.
Merger CCGs appoint interim after failing to recruit permanent chief
Birmingham and Solihull’s merging clinical commissioning groups have appointed their first joint chief executive on an interim basis, after failing to find a permanent candidate.

New guide to degree apprenticeships – NHS Employers
We have produced a comprehensive new guide looking at degree apprenticeships and how they can support career opportunities within the NHS.

Videos of the NHS England Board meeting – 21 July 2017
The NHS England Board meeting was broadcast live on 21 July as part of our commitment to make information as accessible as possible. You can now view recordings of each agenda item here.

Learning from Scotland’s NHS – Nuffield Trust
This report looks at how health care in Scotland is different, where its approach seems to solve problems being faced elsewhere in the UK, and whether that approach could be transplanted to England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It also assesses whether there are areas where Scotland could learn from its peers.

10 point plan sets out actions to deliver General Practice Nursing workforce for the future – NHS England
England’s Chief Nursing Officer has launched a ten point action plan to recognise and develop the roles that general practice nurses have which transform care and can help deliver the plan to make the NHS fit for the future. Developing confidence, capability and capacity – the ten point action plan for General Practice Nursing […]

Sexual and reproductive health: time to act – Royal College of General Practitioners
This report warns that years of improvement in the quality of sexual and reproductive healthcare being delivered to patients is at risk due to the bureaucratic, financial and training barriers facing GPs and practice teams. It finds that GPs fear rates of teenage pregnancy and transmission of sexually transmitted diseases will rise – reversing current trends – as vulnerable patients are being excluded from accessing the most appropriate forms of contraception, and that health inequalities are being widened as a result.

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