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August 23, 2017 CCG Daily News Uncategorized

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STOCKPORT TOGETHER SHARING EVENT: Sharing learning and experiences from the time spent transforming health and social care services in Stockport Stockport’s five main health and social care organisations played host to nearly one hundred NHS and local authority colleagues from across England to share their experiences of bringing about major changes to how services are provided. Designed […]
Simulation for Therapists Simulation for therapists has become embedded in local practice at the Royal United Hospitals’ (RUH) NHS Foundation Trust, Bath. Following a successful bid for HEE funding in 2015-2016, a physiotherapist simulation fellow was appointed. With support from Health Education England and RUH simulation experts, the physiotherapist has gained valuable knowledge and skills. Even though the […]
NHS DIGITAL ENDORSES RCN ‘EVERY NURSE AN E-NURSE’ CAMPAIGN NHS Digital has endorsed the Royal College of Nursing’s campaign “Every nurse an e-nurse”, and pledged to play a supporting role in realising the campaign’s ambition. It comes as NHS Digital today launches its first e-nursing week in support of the campaign for a digital-ready workforce. It is estimated that in many settings […]
Free website for learning about medicines We launched the Medicines Learning Portal website www.medicineslearningportal.org in 2016 to teach junior hospital pharmacists in the NHS how to solve clinical problems about medicines. This free-to-view site was developed with support from Health Education England and many others. By July 2017 it had received over 250,000 visits and the site is endorsed by […]
New way of learning through supported practice in a familiar environment. The Simulation and Clinical Skills Teams at Wirral University Teaching Hospital have been mobile around the Trust working closely with Departments and Teams to bring educational events to clinical areas. According to the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, simulation training is “the imitation or representation of one act or system by another” and serves as […]

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STP teams up with private firms to create accountable care system
A sustainability and transformation partnership in the East Midlands has recruited Capita to help with the creation of its accountable care system.
Health secretary warned again over hospital access to GP records
Jeremy Hunt has been warned for a second time about the potential harm to patients caused by the lack of patient record sharing in the NHS.
Safety fears over thousands of unregulated NHS staff
Patients are being put at “unacceptable risk” because thousands of unregulated NHS staff are being allowed to perform invasive procedures without checks on their qualifications, HSJ has been told.
Leading vanguard will not procure contract as it ‘would take longer’
One of the most advanced national vanguard projects has decided to form a multispecialty community provider through an alliance agreement rather than go out to procurement as it “would take longer”.
Jeremy Hunt urged to rethink ‘backwards’ DTOC targets
County councils have written to health secretary Jeremy Hunt urging him to rethink “undeliverable” targets for reducing delayed transfers of care from hospitals that could reuslt in vital funding being withdrawn.

NHS funding and privatisation: the facts – The King’s Fund
A lecture and article by the scientist Professor Stephen Hawking outlining his views on the NHS have prompted a lively debate about a number of issues. Here we look at the facts about two of these: whether the NHS is being privatised and if it has been given the funding it needs. We also look at the main ways in which health care is paid for in different countries and the pros and cons of each.

Hunt vs. Hawking: who’s right about the NHS?
The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, clashed with Professor Stephen Hawking over the weekend about the NHS. The exchange saw claims and counter-claims scattered across the pages of the weekend papers, with each accusing the other of ignoring evidence. So, who’s right? FactCheck looks at the four biggest points of contention between the pair.

Education and training survey
Health Education England’s Technology Enhanced Learning team has launched a survey to discover the views of NHS staff on education and training, The survey aims to find out how staff currently learn, preferences for future learning and the role that technology and digital may play in enhancing learning. The survey closes on 30 September 2017.

Whistleblowers Support Scheme
NHS England has launched the Whistleblowers Support Scheme. This pilot scheme will offer a range of services including career coaching, financial advice and mediation for primary care staff who have suffered as a result of raising concerns about NHS practice. The pilot will run until March 2018.

GP training – consultation outcome
Health Education England (HEE) has published Targeted GP training proposal including changes to extensions to training: consultation outcome. This document details the outcomes of the discussions and consultation on the two parallel and interdependent proposals of ‘Targeted GP Training’ and ‘Amending Rules for extensions to training’ run by HEE between December 2016 and April 2017. It sets out where changes have been made to the proposals outlined in the consultation and provides details of next steps.

Accessible Information Standard
NHS England has issued a revised version of the Accessible Information Standard specification. Organisations are expected to consider the revised specification and the associated ‘change paper’ which details the amendments, in order to ensure they remain compliant.

End of life care: people who have a learning disability
NHS England has published Delivering high quality end of life care for people who have a learning disability. This document provides resources for commissioners, providers and social care staff providing or delivering care to people with a learning disability at the end of their lives.

Polypharmacy in older people
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination has published Effectiveness Matters: reducing harm from polypharmacy in older people. This document summarises research evidence on approaches that aim to reduce problematic forms of polypharmacy. It concludes a multifaceted person-centred coordinated care approach should underpin efforts to reduce harm from polypharmacy in older people.

NICE Bites: Parkinson’s disease
The July/August 2017 NICE Bites bulletin from the North West Medicines Information Service covers Parkinson’s disease in adults. This publication aims to provide healthcare professionals with a summary of key prescribing points taken from the NICE guidance, NG71. This guideline covers the diagnosis and management of Parkinson’s disease in people aged ≥18 years.

Where next for commissioning?
NHS Providers has published the next of its ‘Provider Voices’ series sharing a chief executive’s view on Where next for commissioning? The chief executive of West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust shares his view in relation to ambulance services. Areas covered include designing pathways for continuous improvement, STPs, diversity of commissioning approaches and providing value for investment in commissioning.

Care of older people in hospital
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has published the results of a survey of Gransnet members on hospital care and treatment of an older relative. The survey was open to members who had had an older relative spend time in hospital in the last 12 months and were concerned about the care or treatment that their relative received. The survey results are published in spreadsheet format.

Integrated support and assurance process – NHS England
These documents describe the integrated NHS England and NHS Improvement process for supporting commissioners and providers looking to procure and bid for complex contracts.

Specialized services quality dashboards – NHS England
These dashboards are designed to provide assurance on the quality of care by collecting information about outcomes from healthcare providers. The dashboards are a key tool in monitoring the quality of services, enabling comparison between service providers and supporting improvements over time in the outcomes of services commissioned by NHS England.

Plans to improve NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment processes – NHS England
This letter outlines revised guidance in relation to NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments in order to promote a reduction in delayed transfers of care. CCGs will be required to review current assessment processes and ensure that the current procedures do not contribute to delays in transfer of care.

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