Admissions of inequality: emergency hospital use for children and young people – Nuffield Trust
Does a child’s socioeconomic background affect rates of admissions to hospital for common conditions such as asthma, diabetes or epilepsy? Finds that while there has been progress in reducing the rate of emergency admissions for the most deprived children, a stubborn gap remains between rich and poor: children and young people from the most deprived areas are consistently more likely both to go to A&E and to need emergency hospital treatment than children from the least deprived areas.

Lung cancer clinical outcomes publication 2017 (for surgical operations performed in 2015) – Royal College of Physicians and The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland
The clinical outcomes publication is an NHS England initiative, commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), to publish quality measures at unit level and the level of individual consultant doctor using national clinical audit and administrative data.

National Prostate Cancer Audit: Annual Report 2017 Results of the NPCA Prospective Audit in England and Wales for men diagnosed from 1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016 – National Prostate Cancer Audit 
National Prostate Cancer Audit annual report presenting national demographic information on patients diagnosed with prostate cancer, key aspects of the diagnostic and staging process they underwent and treatments received.  It describes variation in disease presentation across providers and presents performance indicators related to short-term treatment outcomes for men undergoing radical prostatectomy.

Implementing Better Births: Continuity of Care – NHS England 
This document provides practical guidance to Local Maternity Systems on how to improve their services so that women experience continuity in the clinicians providing their maternity care.

2018: Dates for your diary – NHS Confederation
We have a packed programme of activity lined up for NHS Confederation members in the new year. Add these dates to your diary to keep informed, stay connected and shape the latest healthcare policy.

Loneliness and tiredness resulting from the European Working Time Regulations – BMJ 
After analysing the effect of working hours and fatigue on performance in the workplace, Greig and Snow conclude that the European Working Time Regulations (EWTR) for doctors should not be loosened.1…

NHS chief thanks staff for work over Christmas and a “pressurised” year – NHS England
Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, thanked staff who are caring for patients over Christmas, and for all their work over a “pressurised year” for the NHS. On Christmas day alone an estimated 97,000 nurses and 53,000 nursing assistants will be working in hospitals whilst 12,000 midwives are expected to welcome around 1,400 […]

NHS will need 190 000 more clinicians unless productivity improves, workforce plan warns – BMJ News
The NHS will need 190 000 more clinicians by 2027 unless demand is reduced through better productivity and service transformation, Health Education England (HEE) has said.

Cybersecurity forecast 2018: threats and trends for the year ahead – Digitalhealth.net
As 2017 draws to a close, Digital Health News spoke to cybersecurity experts about their predictions for the digital landscape in 2018.

Development of a theoretical framework of factors affecting patient safety incident reporting: a theoretical review of the literature –  BMJ Open
A wide range of factors contributing to engagement in incident reporting exist. Efforts that address the current tendency to under-report must consider the full range of factors in order to develop interventions as well as a strategic policy approach for improvement.