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• NAViGO and Tukes introduce ‘The Hub’ – Education and Training Centre NAViGO Health and Social Care and Tukes education and training are delighted to announce the opening of their brand new education and training suite; The Hub – a new area to provide education and a space to socialise for staff members, volunteers and service users. Tukes staff and members have been working tirelessly the past […]
• Dermatology: Our Recovery Dermatology: Our Journey Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Our Dermatology service has always been a very busy department with increasing demand for appointments. In June 2016, we had a huge waiting list for new appointments, and 562 patients had been waiting over 35 weeks. This was the highest number for any of […]
• The Buzz is coming! Last year we ran a  successful campaign at James Paget University Hospital and managed to nearly double our Flu Jab uptake amongst our frontline. http://www.nhsemployers.org/blog/2017/05/energy-and-flu-fighting During last year’s campaign we spent a lot of time talking to the frontline staff and we realised that there were a lot of myths surrounding the Flu Jab. The […]
• Leading centre changes name to reflect national status (National Inpatient Centre for Psychological Medicine) The Yorkshire Centre for Psychological Medicine has changed its name and is now called the National Inpatient Centre for Psychological Medicine (NICPM). The NICPM is based in the Brotherton Wing of Leeds General Infirmary and is a specialist inpatient psychological medicine unit, with a diverse and expert team delivering biopsychosocial care for people with severe […]

HSJ Roundup (contact the Library for further details)

• Exclusive: Trust chiefs to jointly lead STP after regional leadership shake-up 
  Two foundation trust chiefs are to be the interim leaders of a financially challenged sustainability and transformation partnership, HSJ can reveal.
• NHS England to take ‘light touch’ approach to CCG collaboration 
  Three clinical commissioning groups could create a joint committee after one ruled out a merger and sharing a single accountable officer.
• Teaching trust inspected following ‘bullying’ whistleblowing claims 
  Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been rated requires improvement following an inspection prompted by whistleblowers’ allegations including bullying.
• A&E leaps from inadequate to good in just over a year 
  An acute and community trust has been praised by inspectors after its urgent and emergency care was rated good just 15 months after being inadequate.
• ‘Serious implications’ as CCG ordered to pay full tariff rate to private provider 
  A CCG must pay an unexpected bill likely to run to millions of pounds, after a legal judgement that it had been wrongly undercutting tariff rates to an independent provider for three years.
• Multibillion NHS land sales plan to be approved next month 
  Major property deals between the NHS and private firms to unlock capital funds worth £5.7bn “at speed” could be signed off within weeks after being hit by delays.
• Exclusive: Naylor ‘delighted’ at £3.3bn private investment offer 
  Sir Robert Naylor has said he is “delighted” at an offer from three private property firms to invest more than £3.3bn in new NHS primary care facilities.
• Vanguard launching first bed management system across trusts 
  The country’s only mental health vanguard is preparing to launch the first bed management system across multiple trusts, to halve the number of patients being sent out of area.
• ‘Exemplar’ trust first to move patient records to the cloud
  One of the country’s leading digital trusts is moving its core clinical system on to Microsoft’s cloud service, as more trusts consider outsourcing IT services.
• NHS England relaxes position on clinicians’ use of WhatsApp 
  NHS England has shifted its position on the use of WhatsApp by staff in the NHS.

The north-south NHS divide: how where you are not what you need dictates your care – Medical Technology Group (MTG)
This report outlines the findings of an examination of data from 209 CCGs to assess patient access to medical technology. It finds wide variation in access between the north and south of England and argues that CCG performance against access indicators should be made clearer to patients.

Bridging the health care gap through telehealth: the MedicallHome and ConsejoSano models – Commonwealth Fund
This case study looks at two telehealth models in Mexico and the U.S. targeting low- to middle-income parts of the population. Using a call centre as the point of access, these models have reduced unnecessary use of services and supported patient navigation of local health services.

Report from the UK Shape of Training Steering Group (UKSTSG) – Shape of Training
This report outlines the work of the UKSTSG who are tasked with providing policy advice on NHS workforce planning. It discusses how recommendations in the independent Shape of Training review could be implemented. One of the key recommendations discussed is the need for more generalists and the UKSTSG argues that developing the workforce in this way would support the needs of patients with co-morbidities, provide continuity of care and develop a greater number of doctors working at the interface of primary and secondary care.

Survey: supporting and developing SAS doctors – NHS Employers
Complete our survey to provide information around the recruitment, retention, morale, career development and pay of specialty and associate specialist (SAS) doctors.

Improving services using the Friends and Family Test
The Department of Health commissioned the Policy Innovation Research Unit (PIRU) to investigate whether and how the Friends and Family Test (FFT) contributes to the improvement of services in general practice.  The report concludes that if a single item instrument, for example the FFT, is to be used to stimulate quality improvement in general practice, its impact could be improved in four ways by: enhancing the general capacity for managing quality in practices; changing the content of the FFT; improving practice staff understanding the of purpose of FFT; and altering national reporting requirements.

Patient Research Experience Survey
A survey from the NIHR Clinical Research Network shows that nearly 90 per cent of patients had a good experience of participating in clinical research, and 86 per cent would be happy to take part in another research study. Feedback from the survey is intended to support a ‘service improvement’ programme based on patient experience of research, both nationally and locally.