Long-term financial model and systematic modelling tools
NHS Providers has produced resources to assist in the forecasting of finances, activity and workforce in trusts, STPs, integrated care systems or user defined systems.  Resources include a long-term financial model and system template which can be obtained from NHS Improvement.

NICE surveillance report: food allergy
NICE has published a Surveillance Report Food allergy in in under 19s: assessment and diagnosis (CG116).  Surveillance reports provide a summary of new evidence published related to a NICE guideline and include the decision that NICE has taken about the need to update the relevant clinical guideline in light of this new evidence.  No new evidence was identified for this guideline so it will not be updated

Commissioning alcohol, drugs and tobacco services
Public Health England has published annual guidance on smoking, drinking and drug misuse for commissioners of tobacco control, drug and alcohol services.  This guidance will help commissioners and local authorities develop joint strategic needs assessment and health and wellbeing strategies to reduce the harm caused by smoking, drinking, substance use and misuse in both adults and children.

GP Partnership Review
The interim report of the GP Partnership Review has been published.  The independent review is looking at the partnership model of general practice and this report sets out some of the messages about the challenges that GP partnerships face.  The next stage of the work will involve wide consultation and the final report, to be published later this year, will make recommendations to reinvigorate the partnership model and support the transformation of general practice.

Approaches to better value
The King’s Fund has published Approaches to better value: improving quality and cost.  This report explores how three organisations are attempting to improve the value of the services they offer to patients.  It highlights the opportunities and challenges that they have encountered as they attempt to bring together measures to improve the quality and efficiency of services, and to share this learning for other organisations wishing to develop their own strategy for value improvement.

Adult social care funding
The Local Government Association has published Adult social care funding and integration survey: research report.  The survey aimed to capture and represent the views of council leaders and portfolio holders for adult social care on the future of funding for adult social care, the future of the national initiatives for integration and the progress made on integration.

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced an additional £240 million social care investment to ease winter pressures.  The extra funding is aimed at reducing delayed transfers of care and will be allocated to councils based on the adult social care relative needs formula.

Acute care in smaller hospitals
The Nuffield Trust has published Rethinking acute medical care in smaller hospitals.  This report examines the problems associated with acute medicine in smaller hospitals and outlines new approaches for running acute medical services.  It is intended to be a stimulus for local innovation and to dissuade the thought that the reconfiguration of services is the only solution to staffing and other challenges posed by running smaller hospitals in an increasingly complex health care landscape.

Early diagnosis of cancer
The Department of Health and Social Care has announced plans for the earlier diagnosis of cancer.  As part of the long-term plan for the NHS, a package of measures will be rolled out across the country with the aim of seeing 3 out of 4 of all cancers detected at an early stage by 2028.  The plan will: overhaul screening programmes, provide new investment in state-of-the-art technology to transform the process of diagnosis, and boost research and innovation.

Neonatal Audit Programme
The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership has published National Neonatal Audit Programme: annual report.  This report uses 2017 data to show key achievements made in neonatal care for preterm babies in England, Scotland and Wales. The report contains key findings and selected recommendations for quality improvement of neonatal care going forward.

Adult social care
The Department of Health and Social Care has published Quality Matters: a summary of year one outputs.  This document summarises achievements in the adult social care sector one year on from the launch of the Quality Matters action plan.

Policy changes and initiatives
The NHS Confederation has published policy changes and initiatives affecting NHS organisation from 1 October 2018.  These cover best value biological medicines, homelessness, workforce, continuing healthcare, primary care, genomics and standard contract requirements.

NICE guidance

NICE guideline

Medtech innovation briefing

Medical technologies guidance

Technology appraisal guidance

Quality Standard (update)

Statistics

• Practice level prescribing – July 2018
• MSSA bacteraemia: monthly data by CCG and location of onset – August 2017 – August 2018
• C. difficile infection: monthly data by CCG and onset status – August 2017 – August 2018
• Klebsiella spp. bacteraemia: monthly data by onset and CCG – August 2017 – August 2018
• E. coli bacteraemia: monthly data by onset and CCG – August 2017 – August 2018
• MRSA bacteraemia: monthly data by CCG and by location of onset – August 2017 – August 2018
• E. coli bacteraemia: monthly data by CCG – August 2017 – August 2018
• P. aeruginosa bacteraemia: monthly data by onset and CCG – August 2017 – August 2018
• MRSA bacteraemia: monthly data by PIR assignment and onset status – August 2017 – August 2018
• NHS key statistics, England – October 2018
• NHS Injury Costs Recovery scheme – August 2018 data
• Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards England – 2017-18 [PAS]
• Personal Social Services Adult Social Care Survey, England – 2017-18 [PAS] Additional link: NHS Digital press release
• NHS providers: trust accounts consolidation (TAC) data for 2017/18
• MRSA, MSSA and Gram-negative bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infection: annual data for independent sector healthcare organisations – April 2017 to March 2018
• Liver disease profiles – October 2018 update

Bulletins

• NICE News – September 2018  (NB this newsletter is titled August 2018 but it is the September 2018 edition)
• Vaccine update – Issue 286, September 2018
• Health Protection Report – volume 12, 28 September 2018