Transformational change in health and care: reports from the field – The King’s Fund
The King’s Fund has been calling for transformational change to respond to the growing pressures and demands in the health and care system. We have argued that transformation is best brought about ‘from within’, led by frontline staff and service users, and that it needs collaborative and distributed leadership styles.

Enhanced observation and care collaborative – NHS Improvement
We’re supporting trusts taking part in the collaborative to adopt improvement methodologies and creating a learning community for them to discuss the changes they’re implementing. We will be sharing their findings as they progress through their quality improvement journey, so you can learn and implement them in your own trust.

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Transformational change
The King’s Fund has published Transformational change in health and care: reports from the field.  This report presents stories of transformational change from 42 people who were involved in leading, supporting, delivering, receiving or witnessing changes from four sites that have been recognised as successful transformation initiatives: Bromley by Bow Centre (innovative community organisation), Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust (Rapid Assessment, Interface and Discharge), Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital and Buurtzorg Nederland (transforming community care through a nurse-led, cost-effective approach).

Alcohol treatment services
Alcohol Concern and Alcohol Research UK have published The hardest hit: addressing the crisis in alcohol treatment services.  This report sets out the findings from a national survey of stakeholders involved in, and using, alcohol treatment services in England. It identifies a range of challenges and highlights the need for action to ensure that treatment services do not enter a cycle of disinvestment, staff depletion, and reduced capacity.

Operational workforce planning
NHS Improvement has published Operational workforce planning: a self-assessment tool.  This tool provides resources to support trusts to create an effective workforce.  It enables boards to carry out an organisational diagnostic against a key set of indicators and includes guidance on supporting evidence, policies and resources.  It will be useful for boards, divisional teams, commissioners and stakeholders and workforce planning leads.

What matters to you?
NHS England has published resources to support the What matters to you? day which will take place on 6 June 2018.  The aim of the day is to encourage and support more conversations between people who provide health and social care and the individuals, families and carers who receive that care and shift the focus from ‘what is wrong with you’ to ‘what matters to you’.

Statistics

• Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England – March 2018, by provider
• A&E attendances and emergency admissions – April 2018
• Provisional Monthly Hospital Episode Statistics for Admitted Patient Care, Outpatient and Accident and Emergency data –  April 2017 – March 2018 (M12)
• Monthly hospital activity data – March 2018
• Waiting times for suspected and diagnosed cancer patients – Q4 2017/18 (Commissioner based)
• Waiting times for suspected and diagnosed cancer patients – Q4 2017/18 (Provider based)
• Waiting times for suspected and diagnosed cancer patients – March 2018
• Referral to treatment waiting times statistics for consultant-led elective care – March 2018
• NHS 111 Minimum Data Set – April 2018 data
• NHS cancelled elective operations – Q4 2017/18
• Diagnostics waiting times and activity – March 2018
• Delayed Transfers of Care – March 2018
• Ambulance Quality Indicators: Clinical Outcomes – December 2017 data
• Ambulance Quality Indicators: Systems Indicators – April 2018 data
• NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care – Q4, 2017-18
• Children and young people eating disorder collection – Q4, 2017-18