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Reimagining community services<\/strong> State of Child Health<\/strong> Data security and protection<\/strong> Storing NHS and social care data<\/strong> Pressure ulcers<\/strong> Ambulance and A&E arrivals<\/strong> NICE guidance<\/strong>
\nThe King\u2019s Fund has published Reimagining community services: making the most of our assets<\/a>.\u00a0 This report looks at the current state of community services and explores how the health and care system needs to change to enable these services to meet the needs of the population now and in the future.\u00a0 It proposes ten design principles that should inform the future planning and provision of care.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has published State of Child Health: one year on<\/a>.\u00a0 These scorecards describe progress against recommendations made a year ago in the RCPCH\u2019s State of Child Health report.\u00a0 The England scorecard reveals progress in some areas but no improvement in several fundamental areas. In particular, public health spending cuts are disproportionately affecting children\u2019s services.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nThe Department of Health and Social Care has updated 2017\/18 data security and protection requirements<\/a>.\u00a0 This document outlines actions to implement recommendations by the National Data Guardian and has been updated to include additional information for general practices, local authorities and social care providers.<\/p>\n
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\nNHS Digital, Department of Health & Social Care, NHS England and NHS Improvement have published NHS and social care data: off-shoring and the use of public cloud services<\/a>.\u00a0 This guidance explains the safeguards that must be put in place so health and social care organisations can safely locate health and social care data, including confidential patient information in the public cloud including solutions that make use of data off-shoring.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Department of Health and Social Care has published Safeguarding adults protocol: pressure ulcers and the interface with a safeguarding enquiry<\/a>.\u00a0 This guidance helps practitioners and managers across health and care organisations to provide caring and quick responses to people at risk of developing pressure ulcers.\u00a0 It also offers a process for the clinical management of harm removal and reduction where ulcers occur, considering if an adult safeguarding response is necessary.<\/p>\n
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\nThe NHS Confederation has produced their first briefing using weekly sitrep data from NHS England relating to ambulance and A&E performance.\u00a0 Winter statistics: ambulance and A&E<\/a> indicates that the number of people arriving at A&E departments by ambulance remained steady throughout the period 20 November 2017 to 14 January 2018, with the exception of a spike in activity on 1 and 2 January 2018.\u00a0 The delays of both 30 to 60 minutes and over 60 minutes fluctuated considerably over this period.<\/p>\n
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