Managing the hospital and social care interface The Nuffield Trust has published a report – Managing the hospital and social care interface Interventions targeting older adults. This report explores the actions and strategies that providers and commissioners have put in place to improve the interface between secondary and social care,…

Sophie Black, senior practice development midwife at Ormskirk Hospital has a paper published in the British Journal Of Midwifery  Black, S E. 2018, Obstetric emergencies: Enhancing the multidisciplinary team through simulation, British Journal Of Midwifery, 26, 2, pp. 96-102 (Login with your NHS Open Athens account) High fidelity simulation plays a major role in…

  Responsibility for prescribing between primary and secondary/tertiary care – NHS England  This guidance aims to provide clarity on the responsibilities of all professionals involved in commissioning and prescribing across primary, secondary and tertiary care, and to provide support in developing shared care agreements and in the transfer of care. The…

  National Diabetes Audit The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership has published three reports from the National Diabetes Audit: National Diabetes Audit, 2016-17 report 1: care processes and treatment targets England and Wales – provides GP practice and specialist service level information and supplementary reports on severe mental illness and learning…

Delayed transfers of care improvement tool NHS Improvement has published a beta version of the Delayed transfer of care (DTOC) improvement tool.  This tool has been developed to enable trusts, CCGs and local authorities to understand where delayed transfers of care are in their area or system.  It brings together…