{"id":1020,"date":"2014-08-18T09:24:19","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T08:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2014-08-18T12:38:23","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T11:38:23","slug":"knowledge-lert-for-monday-18th-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/2014\/08\/18\/knowledge-lert-for-monday-18th-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge @lert for Monday 18th August"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to approach MRSA screening –\u00a0HM Government<\/strong>
\nThe guidance<\/a>, from the Expert Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection (ARHAI), recommends a more efficient and effective method for identifying and managing high-risk patients who have tested positive for MRSA. However, NHS Trusts need to take into account local risks as well as the recommendations so they can get the best results in their hospitals.\u00a0This guidance draws on the outputs of the National One Week (NOW) study and could be used to inform policy making decisions should the prevalence of MRSA increase.<\/p>\n

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Doctors and nurses urgently needed in response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa –\u00a0NHS Employers<\/strong>
\nThe British Red Cross is recruiting doctors and nurses in response to the Ebola outbreak<\/a> in West Africa. It is looking to recruit clinical staff to work in Sierra Leone, including nurses with experience in acute-care working in a resource-poor setting and doctors with experience of tropical medicine and working in infectious disease control or emergency medicine.<\/p>\n

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Clatterbridge signs up for Meditech –\u00a0EHI News<\/strong>
\nThe Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Meditech<\/a> for a new electronic patient record system, as it moves towards opening a new, \u00a3118m specialist cancer hospital in 2018.<\/p>\n

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Two practices to close due to recruitment problems –\u00a0GP Online\u00a0<\/strong>
\nTwo Herefordshire practice are set to close <\/a>because they are unable to recruit enough GPs.<\/p>\n

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Choice 2 presentation: information and actions for employers –\u00a0NHS Employers<\/strong>
\nThis\u00a0presentation<\/a> looks at what employers need to know about Choice 2 and actions for your organisation<\/p>\n

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Pandemic influenza response plan –\u00a0HM Government<\/strong>
\nThis plan <\/a>and the learning from the national multiagency pandemic influenza Exercise Cygnus in late 2014, will inform the further development of comprehensive and integrated plans in delivering an effective and sustainable response across the organisation.\u00a0This system of cross-organisational working will deliver the resources, science and leadership required during the pandemic in order to support the staff and organisational response from local and national centres, and laboratories.<\/p>\n

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NHS Five Year Forward View (\u201c5YFV\u201d) \u2013 NHS England<\/strong>
\nConsiders\u00a0why change is needed, what success might look like, and how we might get there and provide the following outcomes<\/a>:<\/p>\n