Bereavement care in neonatal units
Sands and Bliss have published Audit of bereavement care provision in UK neonatal units 2018.  This joint audit of bereavement care provision finds that despite instances of good practice by individual nurses and doctors across the country, many neonatal services are not set up to deliver consistent high quality bereavement care and health professionals are not getting the training and support they need to perform this role.

Engaging NHS staff in research
The RAND Corporation has published Enabling NHS staff to contribute to research: reflecting on current practices and informing future opportunities.  This report presents a rapid review of the evidence base on engaging NHS staff in healthcare research.   It  is aimed at organisations and initiatives seeking to engage staff in research.

Resolving disputes guidance
NHS England has published 2018/19 Contract Alignment Exercise Guidance on the national process for resolving disputes.  This document sets out the national approach to managing contractual disputes between NHS commissioners and Trusts under the 2018/19 Year To Date Contract Alignment Exercise.

Framework for effective board governance of health system quality – Institute for Healthcare Improvement 
This research finds that board members, and those who support them, desire a clear and consistent framework to guide governance of all dimensions of quality beyond safety, including identification of the core processes and necessary activities for effective governance of quality. The framework is published alongside a quality assessment toolkit and supporting guidance.

Inspire, attract and recruit: an interactive toolkit to support your workforce supply – NHS Employers
This toolkit provides guidance, good practice, checklists, top tips, questions and leading examples from across the NHS, to help employers take stock of what may need to be done to sustain a workforce pipeline. It aims to provide practical information on understanding audiences, how to attract the right people and ensuring employees have the best on-boarding experience.

Retention of older nurses: a focus group study in UK hospitals – NHS Improvements
An executive summary of a report carried out by King’s College London investigating different ways the NHS can retain its more experienced nursing workforce.

Learnings and initiatives from our retention masterclass – NHS Improvement
We asked the speakers from our retention masterclasses in October 2018 some key questions around the importance and implementation of retention strategies.

NMC relaxes OSCE timescales
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has relaxed its overseas structured clinical exam timescales, to make the application process for individuals simpler and quicker.

New resource outlines key changes to standards for nurses
This new infographic sets out the key changes to the standards of proficiency and education and training for registered nurses.

Statistics

• Mixed Sex Accommodation Breaches – October 2018
• Ambulance Quality Indicators: Systems Indicators – November 2018 data
• Ambulance Quality Indicators: Clinical Outcomes – July 2018 data
• NHS 111 Minimum Data Set – November 2018 data
• Out of Area Placements in Mental Health Services – September 2018
• Mental Health Early Intervention in Psychosis – October 2018
• Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics – Final September, Provisional October 2018
• Psychological Therapies: reports on the use of IAPT services, England September 2018 final, including reports on the IAPT pilots and quarter 2 2018-19 data
• Community Services Statistics for Children, Young People and Adults – August 2018
• Mandatory MRSA, MSSA and Gram-negative bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infection: quarterly report – July to September 2018.

Bulletins

• NICE in Social Care – December 2018
• Provider bulletin – 12 December 2018