{"id":14608,"date":"2022-08-19T10:37:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T09:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/?p=14608"},"modified":"2022-08-19T10:37:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T09:37:37","slug":"knowledge-lert-for-friday-19th-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/2022\/08\/19\/knowledge-lert-for-friday-19th-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge @lert for Friday 19th August"},"content":{"rendered":"

Payment reform, purchaser and provider decisions and the performance of emergency healthcare systems: the case of blended payment in the English NHS\u00a0 – Centre for Health Economics\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThis paper<\/a> constitutes the first and foundational output of the\u00a0ESHCRU2 project 3\u00a0– Analysis of purcher-provider contracts: modelling risk sharing and incentive implications. This project focuses on the implications of payment reform of what is called blended payment for emergency care. The paper sets out the theoretical model developed to understand how behavioural choices could be influenced by this payment reform.<\/p>\n

Bringing hospital care home: virtual wards and hospital at home for older people – British Geriatrics Society<\/strong>
\nThis report<\/a> explores the potential benefits, limitations, and current scientific evidence to be considered when providing a safe, effective, and person-centred alternative to hospital inpatient care for older adults. This publication highlights how \u2018virtual wards\u2019 are being funded and implemented. It explains the various definitions of the term \u2018virtual wards\u2019 as used in different parts of the UK and describes the face-to-face care delivered by a multidisciplinary team, combined with some remote monitoring.<\/p>\n

Guidance for emergency departments: initial assessment – NHS England\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThis guidance<\/a> makes recommendations for models of initial assessment of patients arriving at emergency departments and provides standard definitions of the processes that classify as initial assessment: streaming, triage, and rapid assessment and treatment. It recognises that initial assessment and flow from the front door of a hospital are a crucial first step on a patient\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n

Postoperative nutritional management among patients with oesophago-gastric cancer in England: NOGCA short report – National Oesophago-Gastric\u00a0Cancer Audit (NOGCA)\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThis report<\/a> provides insight into current postoperative nutritional practices in ten (27.8 per cent) oesophago-gastric cancer specialist centres across England, based on 617 patients who underwent curative surgery after being diagnosed between April 2019 and March 2020. The report found that, for patients who had oesophagectomy, the most commonly reported nutritional management strategy was enteral nutrition delivered via a jejunostomy during the admission and continued on discharge (51.0 per cent). It also found that the majority of oesophagectomy patients (83.9 per cent) had a jejunostomy or received parenteral nutrition during their surgical admission.<\/p>\n

National Audit of Dementia: memory assessment service spotlight audit 2021 – Royal College of Psychiatrists<\/strong>
\nThis report<\/a> looks at community-based memory assessment services in England and Wales. It found that the average waiting time from referral to diagnosis has increased to 17.7 weeks since 2019, up from 13 weeks. Other key findings include: over 70 per cent of services experienced periods of closure, and over 80 per cent had staff redeployed during 2020; as part of their initial assessment, 61 per cent of patients had a discussion recorded about their eyesight, 58 per cent had a discussion recorded about hearing, and 76 per cent had a falls history discussed and recorded; and CT\/MRI scans were requested for 47 per cent of patients, with variation in requests of 0-97.4 per cent of patients per service. This range implies that variation is at service\/protocol level, rather than assessed as appropriate in each case.<\/p>\n

Vision for pharmacy practice in England – Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThe RPS’s project with The King’s Fund,\u00a0transforming pharmacy practice, is developing a vision for the role of pharmacists and pharmacy teams working across systems providing patient care and NHS services. People are being asked to respond to a consultation survey on six key themes<\/a> and The King’s Fund have completed a\u00a0literature review\u00a0which has helped inform these initial themes. The consultation closes at 5pm on Friday 30th September 2022.<\/p>\n

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NHS Employers \u2013 roundup<\/strong><\/p>\n