The Department of Health and Social Care mandate to Health Education England: April 2022 to March 2023  – Department of Health and Social Care 
This document sets out the government’s strategic objectives for Health Education England  to provide healthcare workforce planning, education and training.

A reflective learning framework for partnering: insights from the early work of the Healthy Communities Together partnerships – The King’s Fund
As integrated care systems develop, NHS, local authority and voluntary sector organisations working in health and care in England are coming together and working in partnership to improve the health and wellbeing of local populations. But what does it take to ensure these new partnerships succeed? Here we offer a framework for reflective learning that partners can use together.

Your Career Path in Research
A new website has been launched by the Clinical Research Network to outline the various training programmes that are available to people who have an interest in Research.

RCP launches acute care toolkit for people with a learning disability – RCP
The RCP has launched a new acute care toolkit aimed at all staff who work in acute medical units. It provides important and straightforward advice when treating patients with a learning disability who present as acutely unwell.

NHS Leadership Academy apprenticeship programmes launched – NHS Employers
A new website launched by NHS Leadership Academy showcases the integration of leadership programmes into an apprenticeship.

Next steps for COVID-19 vaccination – DH
Following the publication of interim advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) for the autumn, this letter sets out next steps for COVID-19 and routine vaccination and how we want to work with you to develop a future vaccination and immunisation strategy.

New flexible working guides for line managers and staff – NHS Employers 
NHS England and NHS Improvement, the NHS Staff Council and Timewise have published two new guides to support line managers and staff work flexibly.

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

Half of ICSs have no ‘partnership’ chair or ‘place’ leads Less than a month before integrated care systems take over from clinical commissioning groups, half have not selected a chair of their partnership board, and more than half have yet to appoint the executive leaders of their constituent ‘places’, HSJ research has found.

GPs lose ‘turning point’ legal battle with NHS property agency Estate chiefs hope a landmark court triumph marks a ‘turning point’ in their relationship with GPs after a legal challenge brought by the British Medical Association was dismissed.

Watchdog warns over medication risk to vulnerable Vulnerable patients cared for in secure mental health units across England could miss out on vital medications due to a shortage of learning disability nurses, a safety watchdog has warned.

Trust was sent ‘unfit’ ventilators at height of pandemic A trust was supplied with ventilators that were not ‘fit for NHS purposes’ by two suppliers at the height of the first covid wave, HSJ can reveal.

Ministers opposed 48 manager pay deals worth £150,000+ in last three years Ministers have opposed nearly 50 proposed pay deals for top NHS managers in the last three years – but were only able to block four of them – figures obtained by HSJ have shown.

Recent publications by S&O Staff –  Full text available on request from the Hanley Library

Iyengar, K.P., Jain, V.K. and Vaishya, R., 2022. What do editors expect from authors in medical research?.  J Orthop. 2022 Jun 9;32:146-150. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2022.06.004. PMID: 35733928; PMCID: PMC9207216.

Kakarala CL, Iyengar KP, Beale D, Botchu R. Isolated tear of the tibionavicular component of the superficial deltoid ligament: unusual cause of medial ankle pain. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Jun 22;15(6):e251287. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-251287. PMID: 35732367.

Sen P, R N, Nune A, Lilleker JB, Agarwal V, Kardes S, Kim M, Day J, Milchert M, Gheita T, Salim B, Velikova T, Gracia-Ramos AE, Parodis I, O’Callaghan AS, Nikiphorou E, Chatterjee T, Tan AL, Cavagna L, Saavedra MA, Shinjo SK, Ziade N, Knitza J, Kuwana M, Distler O, Chinoy H, Agarwal V, Aggarwal R, Gupta L; COVAD Study Group. COVID-19 vaccination-related adverse events among autoimmune disease patients: results from the COVAD study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Jun 17:keac305. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac305. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35713499; PMCID: PMC9214139.

Iyengar KP, Zaw Pe E, Jalli J, Shashidhara MK, Jain VK, Vaish A, Vaishya R. Industry 5.0 technology capabilities in Trauma and Orthopaedics. J Orthop. 2022 Jun 6;32:125-132. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2022.06.001. PMID: 35707297; PMCID: PMC9190000.

Barman B, Nune A, Ish P, Phukan P, Lynser D, Sapkota HR. Complete persistent remission of rheumatoid arthritis after COVID-19 infection – A rare case and literature review. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2022 Jun 8. doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2022.2195. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35678534.

Recent Statistics

Diagnostic imaging dataset for February 2022 A central collection of detailed information about diagnostic imaging tests carried out on NHS patients in England.

Provisional Monthly Hospital Episode Statistics for Admitted Patient Care, Outpatient and Accident and Emergency data, April 2022 (M1) Provisional monthly HES

Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England, 2021-22 Results and analysis from the Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England for 2018-19.

Provisional Accident and Emergency Quality Indicators for England, April 2022, by provider Monthly A&E quality indicators