Aspiring Medical Director programme – NHS Improvements
We have designed this programme with the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM) and NHS Leadership Academy to provide developmental support to those considered to have the potential to take on a medical director role.

Ambulatory emergency care publications index – NHS Improvements
Our publications index contains links to resources that have been developed to help provide better ambulatory emergency care for patients.

Hospitals do not recognise dementia in a third of patients admitted with other conditions – BMJ 
Hospitals fail to recognise dementia in a third of patients who have already had the condition diagnosed if they are admitted to hospital for a different reason, a UK study has found. Researchers at University College London reviewed data on 21 387 patients aged over 65 who had been assessed at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust memory clinics from 2008 to 2006. A total of 8246 people had dementia diagnosed and were then admitted to general hospitals 37 329 times after their diagnosis. The results, published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia.

Resources to support the safe adoption of the revised National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) – NHSI
A resource alert has been issued to support providers to adopt the revised National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) to detect deterioration in adult patients.

Rising spend on NHS medicines could jeopardise patients’ access to drugs, warns The King’s Fund
NHS funding levels are failing to keep pace with growth in NHS spending on medicines, potentially compromising patients’ access to drugs, according to a new report from The King’s Fund.

Thousands of pre-NHS healthcare photographs discovered – BBC News – Health
The images, which were taken before the NHS was founded in 1948, are discovered in an archive.

NICE guidance

Interventional procedures guidance

• IPG612  Microinvasive subconjunctival insertion of a trans-scleral gelatin stent for primary open-angle glaucoma
• IPG611  Prostate artery embolisation for lower urinary tract symptoms caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia
• Additional link: NICE press release
• IPG610  Nerve transfer to partially restore upper limb function in tetraplegia
• IPG609  Robot-assisted kidney transplant

Diagnostics guidance

• DG32     Adjunctive colposcopy technologies for assessing suspected cervical abnormalities: the DYSIS colposcope with DYSISmap and the ZedScan I

 Technology appraisal guidance

• TA519    Pembrolizumab for treating locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma after platinum-containing chemotherapy

 Medtech innovation briefing

• MIB143 Curos disinfecting cap for needleless connectors
• MIB144 Noctura 400 Sleep Mask for diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular oedema

Clinical guidelines (updated)

• CG137   Epilepsies: diagnosis and management
• CG173   Neuropathic pain in adults: pharmacological management in non-specialist settings
• CG185   Bipolar disorder: assessment and management
• CG192   Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance
• CG90      Depression in adults: recognition and management

Statistics

• UK health accounts 2016
• Psychological Therapies: reports on the use of IAPT services, England – January 2018 final, including reports on the integrated services pilot and the employment advisers pilot
• Breastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks after birth – 2017 to 2018: quarterly data, experimental statistics
• Child obesity and excess weight at small area level data –up to 2016 to 2017
• Statistics on NHS Stop Smoking Services in England – April 2017 to December 2017

Bulletins

• NHS Managers’ Bulletin – 19 April 2018
• Drug Safety Update – April 2018