Patient safety<\/strong> Impact of line managers<\/strong> Hospital Food Review<\/strong> Positive ageing<\/strong> DNA testing: critically ill babies<\/strong> Accelerating transformation<\/strong> Immunisations: applying All Our Health<\/strong> Shingles immunisation programme<\/strong> Ophthalmology services<\/strong> Diabetes Prevention Programme<\/strong> NICE guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nNHS Providers has published Consequences for patient safety of the backlog of maintenance and repairs to NHS infrastructure<\/a>.\u00a0 This House of Lords Briefing provides information for an oral question raised in the House of Lords to ask what assessment the government has made of the consequences for patient safety of the backlog of maintenance and repairs to NHS infrastructure.<\/p>\n
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\nNHS Employers has published The impact of line\/middle managers on workplace performance: report summary<\/a>.\u00a0 This summary report highlights key findings from a scientific review into the impact of line\/middle managers roles and practice on workplace performance.\u00a0 The review found that line and middle managers substantially affect a wide range of organisational outcomes, making them an \u2018indispensable link between the organisation\u2019s top management and its frontline employees\u2019.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Patients Association has been asked to collect patients\u2019 opinions and experiences of hospital catering<\/a> to feed into the NHS Hospital Food Review.\u00a0 The Patients Association has launched a short survey for people who have recently been in hospital to give their views on hospital food.\u00a0 The survey closes at the end of January.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Greater Manchester Older People\u2019s Network has published Age proud: exploring positive ageing<\/a> (pdf).\u00a0 This report brings together the thoughts and ideas of participants attending an Age Proud Event on 2 October 2019, held as part of the national #AgeProud campaign.\u00a0 It finds that the current narratives on ageing are overwhelmingly negative but also outlines how positive narratives can change the conversation to engage and empower older people.<\/p>\n
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\nNHS England has announced it is providing a new form of DNA test capable of rapidly diagnosing rare diseases for critically ill babies and children<\/a>, as part of its Long Term Plan.\u00a0 The technique, known as \u2018whole exome sequencing\u2019, doubles the chance of a diagnosis and can reveal what is wrong with patients in days rather than weeks.\u00a0 It is expected up to 700 babies and children will benefit each year.<\/p>\n
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\nThe NHS Confederation has published Accelerating transformation: how systems are funding and resourcing \u2018engine room\u2019 staff<\/a>. \u2018Engine rooms\u2019 are a team of staff who sit below the executive leadership within STPs and ICSs and provide support to drive forward integration and system redesign. This report highlights the variation in how engine rooms are set up, showing how they are adapting to specific local circumstances and ways of working. However, it outlines that, despite a lot of positive work being undertaken in systems across the country, there are three key obstacles to effective engine room working that are common to STPs and ICS.<\/p>\n
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\nPublic Health England has published Immunisations: applying All Our Health<\/a>. This guide is part of \u2018All Our Health\u2019, a resource which helps health and care professionals prevent ill health and promote wellbeing as part of their everyday practice. The guide includes evidence and guidance to enable health and care professionals to promote the benefits of immunisation.<\/p>\n
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\nPublic Health England has published Herpes zoster (shingles) immunisation programme 2018 to 2019: evaluation reports<\/a>. These reports provide an evaluation of the shingles vaccination programme in England from 2018 to 2019.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Getting It Right First Time programme has published Ophthalmology: GIRFT Programme National Specialty Report<\/a>.\u00a0 This report seeks to address the challenge of rising demand for ophthalmology services due to an ageing population and provides an assessment of what is good practice and identifies where improvements could be made.\u00a0 It makes recommendations which have the potential to deliver cost efficiencies of up to \u00a364m.<\/p>\n
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\nNHS England has announced that people finishing the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme<\/a> have lost the equivalent weight of 43 ambulances; 89,604 people have now finished the programme, losing a combined weight of 185,051kg.\u00a0 With expert advice on dieting, exercise and healthy lifestyle, the programme will double in size to treat around 200,000 people every year as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.<\/p>\n
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