Using the Directory of Services to improve patient access to Urgent Treatment Centres<\/strong> NHS cash injection<\/strong> NIHR Signals<\/strong> NHS Digital prescribing and medicines statistical publications<\/strong> Regulation of physician associates and anaesthesia associates<\/strong> Celebrating admin staff case study<\/strong> Social prescribing link workers<\/strong> NHS England assessment of performance<\/strong> NICE guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nNHS England has published Quick Guide \u2013 Improving Access to Urgent Treatment Centres using the Directory of Services<\/a>.\u00a0 This guide provides information to urgent care Providers, Commissioners, Directory of Services (DoS) Leads and NHS 111 contact centres\/Integrated Urgent Care services on how they can use the DoS to improve access for patients to Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) services and other services expected to meet the UTC standards.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Prime Minister has confirmed a new \u00a31.8 billion NHS cash injection<\/a> to help improve patient care.\u00a0 Twenty services will share \u00a3850 million of new funding to upgrade outdated facilities and equipment whilst there will be a \u00a31 billion boost to NHS capital spending, allowing existing upgrade programmes to proceed and tackling the most urgent infrastructure projects.\u00a0 The beneficiaries include the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ICS and Leeds Teaching Hospitals<\/p>\n
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\nThe following research summaries have been added to the National Institute for Health Research website:<\/p>\n\n
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\nNHS Digital has launched a consultation on changes to NHS Digital Prescribing and Medicines Statistical Publications<\/a>.\u00a0 This consultation seeks views on the set of changes NHS Digital hopes to make to its statistical products in the near future and also to inform users of some medium to longer term plans for further improvements.\u00a0 The consultation closes on 20 September 2019.<\/p>\n
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\nFollowing consultation, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)\u00a0has announced\u00a0that they will\u00a0ask the General Medical Council (GMC) to regulate physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) across the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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\nRead our new case study from Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, to learn about its approach to increasing staff experience and engagement for admin staff<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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\nNHS England has published Social prescribing link workers: reference guide for primary care networks<\/a>.\u00a0 This guide is provided as additional information to help primary care networks introduce the new role of social prescribing link worker into their multi-disciplinary teams as part of the expansion to the primary care workforce introduced under the GP contract reforms.\u00a0 The guide is accompanied by a technical annex.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Department of Health and Social Care has published Assessment of NHS England (the NHS commissioning Board) for 2017 to 2018 and 2018 to 2019<\/a>.<\/u>\u00a0 This paper sets out the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care\u2019s annual assessment of the National Health Service Commissioning Board\u2019s performance against section 13U(4) of the NHS Act 2006, covering the multi-year mandate for the financial years 2017 to 2018 and 2018 to 2019.<\/p>\n
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