The digital health and care plan: what must it address? – NHS Confed
In June 2022, the government will publish its fully integrated digital plan, bringing together ambitions for both health and social care. The plan will set out the government’s vision for how digital use will support the transformation of services, as well as a delivery plan on how existing commitments will be achieved.

Joint position statement by the British Menopause Society, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Society for Endocrinology on best practice recommendations for the care of women experiencing the menopause
This Position Statement recommends an individualised approach in assessing women going through the menopause, with particular reference to lifestyle advice, diet modification as well as discussing the role of interventions including HRT.

Racism is wrecking the lives of doctors, affecting patient care, and jeopardising services – BMJ 
In an NHS built upon a founding principle to treat all patients equally regardless of who they are, it’s a shameful reality that this principle does not apply to its workforce, with evidence established of racial inequality and discrimination running rife within the medical profession.

Covid-19: Omicron sub variants driving new wave of infections in UK – The BMJ 
The UK now appears to be at the start of a new wave of covid infections  driven by the rise of two omicron subvariants—BA.4 and BA.5.Cases and hospital admissions with covid are now rising sharply.

The Allied Health Professions (AHPs) strategy for England – NHS England
This new strategy is for the whole Allied Health Profession (AHP) community: support workers, assistant practitioners, registered professionals, pre-registration apprentices and students. It is inclusive and reflects how AHPs work in multidisciplinary teams, so that those who identify as part of the AHP community working in a variety of health and care sectors can use it to continually improve and redesign services.

Invitation for expressions of interest to become Discharge Integration Frontrunner sites
Letter inviting expressions of interest from local systems interested in leading the way in developing and testing radical new approaches to discharging people from acute care.

Speaking Up support scheme – NHS England
The scheme is designed to support individuals who, following a formal speaking up process, have experienced  significant adverse impact, leading to difficulties moving forward in both their professional and personal lives.

Who Pays? Determining which NHS commissioner is responsible for commissioning healthcare services and making payments to providers – NHS England
Who Pays? sets out the framework for establishing which NHS commissioner will be responsible for commissioning and paying for an individual’s NHS care.

NHS estates and facilities workforce action plan – NHS England
This action plan sets out how we will fulfil the ambitions of the NHS people plan and NHS people promise for our estates and facilities workforce across England over the next ten years, with a focus on the immediate priorities outlined in the 2022/23 operational planning guidance. It highlights four key areas of work: developing our people; building the next generation of estates and facilities management people; embedding equality, diversity and inclusion; and improving the health and wellbeing of our people.

Recent NICE Guidance

Recent Fab Stuff!

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• QI Evidence Monthly updates
• Using Alexa in Dementia Care
• Wounds – Making A Difference
• Relocating non surgical cancer services
• Ultimate ULHT Sepsis Service Improvement: A multi-disciplinary approach to improve sepsis care
• Hearing staff voices
• Supporting hospital discharge during reset
• Virtual Outpatients

HSJ Roundup –  Full text available on request from the Hanley Library

Government to pick ‘integration frontrunners’ to test ‘radical new approaches’ Government will pick five or six ‘integration frontrunner’ areas ‘to lead the way in developing and testing radical new approaches’ to speeding up discharge from acute hospitals.

Javid hires new patient safety watchdog The government has lined up a former national guardian for the NHS as the country’s first patient safety commissioner.

‘CQC don’t want to hear about the pandemic’ Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.

Government hires new patient safety watchdog The government has lined up a former national guardian for the NHS as the country’s first patient safety commissioner.

North by North West: ‘We don’t want to hear about the pandemic’ Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.

NHSE and other agencies deny conflict of interest over procurement structures NHS England and three other organisations have denied there were conflicts of interest in producing an endorsed list of procurement frameworks which trusts should buy goods from.