{"id":1109,"date":"2014-09-18T09:35:16","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T08:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2014-09-18T12:46:58","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T11:46:58","slug":"knowledge-lert-for-thursday-18th-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/2014\/09\/18\/knowledge-lert-for-thursday-18th-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge @lert for Thursday 18th September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Spend the \u00a3250m elective fund or lose it, Stevens warns trusts &#8211;\u00a0Health Service Journal &#8211; Acute care news<\/strong><br \/>\nTrusts could lose their share of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsj.co.uk\/news\/acute-care\/spend-the-250m-elective-fund-or-lose-it-stevens-warns-trusts\/5074942.article?referrer=RSS\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a3250m elective fund<\/a> if they do not perform increased numbers of patient procedures, the chief executive of NHS England has warned.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonhslks.com\/contact-us.html\" target=\"_blank\">Contact the Library &amp; Knowledge Service<\/a> to request this article or Phn. 01704 704202<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Patients in control: why people with long-term conditions must be empowered &#8211;\u00a0Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)<\/strong><br \/>\nThis <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ippr.org\/assets\/media\/publications\/pdf\/patients-in-control_Sept2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report <\/a>argues that more should be done to recognise and support the amount of self-management done by people with long-term conditions and their carers, and to enable people to work in partnership with healthcare providers to agree the services that fit their needs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Ten trusts seek &#8216;local modification&#8217; price hikes \u2013 and most are rejected &#8211;\u00a0Health Service Journal &#8211; Acute care news<\/strong><br \/>\nOnly 10 trusts have made use of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsj.co.uk\/news\/finance\/ten-trusts-seek-local-modification-price-hikes-and-most-are-rejected\/5074828.article?referrer=RSS\" target=\"_blank\">rules introduced under the government\u2019s health reforms<\/a> to seek permission to raise their prices above national \u2018tariff\u2019 rates &#8211; and most of those applications have been rejected.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonhslks.com\/contact-us.html\" target=\"_blank\">Contact the Library &amp; Knowledge Service<\/a> to request this article or Phn. 01704 704202<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Mapping England&#8217;s Health and Wellbeing Boards&#8217; vision for dying people &#8211;\u00a0Help the Hospices<\/strong><br \/>\nAccording to this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helpthehospices.org.uk\/EasysiteWeb\/getresource.axd?AssetID=141705\" target=\"_blank\">research <\/a>only around four in ten Health and Wellbeing Boards in England include the needs of dying people in their key strategies that shape health and social care services. The report makes various recommendations to address current issues relating to end of life care, especially with regard to quality, availability and coordination of care.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Better maternity care needed for socially disadvantaged women<\/strong><br \/>\nWomen from lower socioeconomic groups in the UK report a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcog.org.uk\/en\/news\/bjog-release-a-greater-focus-on-socially-disadvantaged-women-is-needed-to-improve-maternity-care-in-england-suggest-researchers\/\">poorer experience of care during pregnancy<\/a> and there needs to be a greater focus on their care. These are the findings of a new study published in BOJG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. It explores the outcomes and experiences of maternity care amongst women from different socioeconomic groups in order to improve understanding of why socially disadvantaged women have poorer maternal health outcomes in the UK. The study concludes that there is a need for a focusing of professionals and services towards pregnant women from lower socio-economic groups and more targeted maternal public health education towards this group.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Evidence update: infection<\/strong><br \/>\nNICE has published a new evidence update <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidence.nhs.uk\/about-evidence-services\/bulletins-and-alerts\/evidence-updates\/evidence-updates-by-date\">Infection<\/a> (Evidence update 64). This update provides a summary of selected new evidence relevant to NICE clinical guideline 139 Prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections in primary and community care (2012). Evidence updates are intended to increase awareness of new evidence they do not replace current NICE guidance and do not provide formal practice recommendations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spend the \u00a3250m elective fund or lose it, Stevens warns trusts &#8211;\u00a0Health Service Journal &#8211; Acute care news Trusts could lose their share of the \u00a3250m elective fund if they do not perform increased numbers of patient procedures, the chief executive of NHS England has warned. 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