Admissions of inequality: emergency hospital use for children and young\u00a0people \u2013 Nuffield Trust<\/strong> Lung cancer clinical outcomes publication 2017 (for surgical operations performed in 2015) \u2013 Royal College of Physicians and The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland<\/strong> National Prostate Cancer Audit: Annual Report 2017 Results of the NPCA Prospective Audit in England and Wales for men diagnosed from 1 April 2015 \u2013 31 March 2016 \u2013 National Prostate Cancer Audit\u00a0<\/strong> Implementing Better Births: Continuity of Care \u2013 NHS England\u00a0<\/strong> 2018: Dates for your diary –\u00a0NHS Confederation<\/strong> Loneliness and tiredness resulting from the European Working Time Regulations –\u00a0BMJ\u00a0<\/strong> NHS chief thanks staff for work over Christmas and a \u201cpressurised\u201d year –\u00a0NHS England<\/strong> NHS will need 190\u2009000 more clinicians unless productivity improves, workforce plan warns –\u00a0BMJ News<\/strong> Cybersecurity forecast 2018: threats and trends for the year ahead –\u00a0Digitalhealth.net<\/strong>
\nDoes a child\u2019s socioeconomic background affect rates of admissions to hospital for common conditions such as asthma, diabetes or epilepsy?<\/a> Finds\u00a0that while there has been progress in reducing the rate of emergency admissions for the most deprived children, a stubborn gap remains between rich and poor: children and young people from the most deprived areas are consistently more likely both to go to A&E and to need emergency hospital treatment than children from the least deprived areas.<\/p>\n
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\nThe clinical outcomes publication<\/a> is an NHS England initiative, commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), to publish quality measures at unit level and the level of individual consultant doctor using national clinical audit and administrative data.<\/p>\n
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\nNational Prostate Cancer Audit annual report <\/a>presenting national demographic information on patients diagnosed with prostate cancer, key aspects of the diagnostic and staging process they underwent and treatments received.\u00a0 It describes variation in disease presentation across providers and presents performance indicators related to short-term treatment outcomes for men undergoing radical prostatectomy.<\/p>\n
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\nThis document <\/a>provides practical guidance to Local Maternity Systems on how to improve their services so that women experience continuity in the clinicians providing their maternity care.<\/p>\n
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\nWe have a packed programme of activity<\/a> lined up for NHS Confederation members in the new year. Add these dates to your diary to keep informed, stay connected and shape the latest healthcare policy.<\/p>\n
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\nAfter analysing the effect of working hours and fatigue on performance<\/a> in the workplace, Greig and Snow conclude that the European Working Time Regulations (EWTR) for doctors should not be loosened.1…<\/p>\n
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\nSimon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, thanked staff who are caring for patients over Christmas<\/a>, and for all their work over a \u201cpressurised year\u201d for the NHS. On Christmas day alone an estimated 97,000 nurses and 53,000 nursing assistants will be working in hospitals whilst 12,000 midwives are expected to welcome around 1,400 [\u2026]<\/p>\n
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\nThe NHS will need 190\u2009000 more clinicians by 2027<\/a> unless demand is reduced through better productivity and service transformation, Health Education England (HEE) has said.<\/p>\n
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\nAs 2017 draws to a close, Digital Health News spoke to cybersecurity experts about their predictions for the digital landscape in 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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