Grand Round – SDGH Education Centre – Lecture Theatre, 1-2pm, Friday 22nd June.

Dr May Ng – Diabetes UK 2018 Mary MacKinnon Award Lecture ‘Technology Telemedicine and Social Media are tools to improve health outcomes, education and patient engagement in a diabetes service’.

All staff and students welcome.

NHS Funding plan
In a press release from the Department of Health and Social Care the government has set out its five-year NHS funding plan. The NHS will receive increased funding of £20.5bn in real terms per year by the end of the 5 years compared to today – an average 3.4% per year over- all. The increase is intended to ensure that the NHS can regain core performance, lay the foundations for service improvements and have the financial security to develop a 10-year plan. The plan will be developed by the NHS, working closely with government and be published later this year. Additional Link: Secretary of State’s statement to Parliament

Additional NHS funding: responses

• In a statement NHS Providers has published its response to the government’s announcement of additional NHS funding.
• In a statement the NHS Confederation has published its response to the government’s announcement of additional NHS funding.
• In a statement The Mental Health Network, which part of the NHS Confederation has published its response to the government’s announcement of additional funding.
• In a press release the Health Foundation has published its response to the government’s announcement of additional NHS funding.
• In a press release the Nuffield Trust has published its response to the government’s announcement of additional NHS funding.
• In a press release the King’s Fund has published its response to the government’s announcement of additional NHS funding.

Reducing reliance on medical locums: a practical guide for medical directors – NHS Improvement 
Updated: Reducing reliance on medical agency staff: sharing successful strategies document added. This guide provides a list against which medical directors can check they’re taking the necessary action to reduce their reliance on medical locums.

Learning from patient safety incidents
Updated: Updated with information about the National Patient Safety Agency.We explain why recording patient safety incidents is important for learning and how to report these incidents. You can also find out how many incidents were recorded and how we use them to support healthcare providers to improve patient safety.

Risk and reward sharing for NHS integrated care systems – The Strategy Unit
This report outlines approaches to risk and reward sharing as they might apply to integrated care systems in the NHS. It is designed for those involved in establishing NHS integrated care systems, particularly NHS Directors of Finance, Directors of Strategy and their teams.

GP recruitment
Health Education England have announced record breaking recruitment of trainee GPs in round one of their recruitment programme for this year.

Managing GP correspondence
NHS England has published a case study on better ways to manage correspondence in GP practice, easing workload and freeing GP time.

Cancer screening dashboard
 NHS Digital in a press release, has urged GPs and health organisations to help to improve Rates of potentially lifesaving cervical screening by making the most of an innovative online data tool. The interactive data dashboard provides in-depth information on screening levels and shows where they could be improved. It was launched a year ago by NHS Digital, Public Health England (PHE) and Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust. Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), GP practices and local authorities can look up their data to see where to focus work on improving coverage rates of the vital test.

Breast cancer in older patients
Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership has published its National Audit of Breast Cancer in Older Patients: 2018 Annual Report. The report presents information on the care received by women diagnosed between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2016 in England and Wales.

What support to expect from dementia services
The Department of Health and Social Care have published a guide to the support people should get from local services if they or someone they know have been diagnosed with dementia: After a diagnosis of dementia: what to expect from health and care services. It includes information about:

• what is in a care plan
• how health care and social care services can help
• support available to family and friends who are carers
• how to take part in research

Additional link: information for commissioners about dementia services

Statistics

• Deaths registered in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 8 June 2018
• Social protection, European comparisons of expenditure: 2015
• Monthly data on patient safety incident reports

Newsletter

• NHS England Learning disabilities newsletter – summer 2018