Knowledge @lert for Monday 12th February
NICE shared learning
- Systematic case finding of people with hypertension – East Berkshire CCG
- Implementing ‘Preventing ill health by risky behaviours: Alcohol screening and interventions (brief advice or referral)’ – South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Improving Physical Health for People with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) – Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust & Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network
- Overprescribing of rivaroxaban in non-atrial fibrillation patients in primary care – Medicines Management Team, Southampton City CCG
- Therapy Stroke Groups: Improving patient activity on the Stroke unit and efficiency of the workforce – Mid Cheshire Foundation Trust
Getting It Right First Time Programme
NHS Providers has published Getting It Right First Time programme: early views from the provider sector. This briefing explores trusts’ perspectives on the Getting It Right First Time Programme and sets out recommend-ations for trusts and national bodies to help ensure the programme sets out realistic goals to improve efficiencies, deliver better patient care and reduce variation across clinical specialties.
National A&E Dashboard User Guide – NHS Improvement
This guide helps users access and navigate the National A&E dashboard dashboard with descriptions on metrics and screens.
Dedicated retention pages
NHS Employers have produced a range of new web pages focusing on the important subject of retention.
The costing principles – NHS Improvement
Outlines the seven costing principles that all costing activity should follow.
Doctors warn of risk posed to patients by shared GP appointments – NHE
The Royal College of GPs (RCGP) has expressed concern at the prospect of shared GP appointments. In this style of appointments, patients with the same health problems, such as arthritis, will be seen as a group by GPs in a bid to cut the pressure on family doctors and save money. NHS England says the group consultations are not an…
NICE Bites: Asthma
The January 2018 NICE Bites bulletin from the North West Medicines Information Service covers Asthma. This guideline covers diagnosing, monitoring and managing asthma in adults and young people/children. This publication provides a summary of key prescribing points taken from the NICE guidance NG80.
NICE guidance
Quality Standard
| QS163 | Mental health of adults in contact with the criminal justice system |
| QS164 | Parkinson’s disease |
Technology appraisal guidance (updated)
Statistics
- Friends and Family Test data – December 2017
- Clostridium difficile infection: monthly data by CCG – December 2016 to December 2017
- MSSA bacteraemia: monthly data by CCG – December 2016 to December 2017
- MRSA bacteraemia: monthly data by CCG – December 2016 to December 2017
- aeruginosa bacteraemia: monthly data by onset and CCG – April 2017 to December 2017
- coli bacteraemia: monthly data by CCG – December 2016 to December 2017
- Klebsiella spp. bacteraemia: monthly data by onset and CCG – April 2017 to December 2017
Briefings: Winter pressures / NHS staff from overseas