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Toolkit to reduce poor experience of in-patient care
\n<\/strong>NHS England has published a toolkit to support NHS commissioners to reduce poor experience of in-patient care<\/a>.\u00a0 The toolkit has been developed to support NHS commissioners to work collaboratively with patients, carers and NHS provider organisations to reduce poor experience of in-patient care.\u00a0 It has been co-designed with the help of a number of Clinical Commissioning.\u00a0 It addresses key aspects of support identified by commissioners to assist improvement work and is intended to be updated annually.<\/p>\n

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Hospital finances and productivity: in a critical condition? \u2013 The Health Foundation<\/strong>
\nThe NHS in England faces the huge challenge of meeting rising demand in a period of sustained financial pressure. The service is projected to overspend its budget by \u00a3626m in 2014\/15, despite \u00a3250m additional Treasury funding and an extra \u00a3650m from transferred planned capital investment. \u00a0This report from The Health Foundation<\/a>\u00a0examines the financial performance of NHS providers, focusing on hospitals. It identifies\u00a0areas of cost pressure using Hospital\u2019s\u00a0financial accounts up to 2013\/14 and quarterly reporting data up to December 2014 (Q3 2014\/15). It\u00a0 also examines trends in efficiency and productivity from 2009\/10 to 2013\/14.
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\nhttps:\/\/vimeo.com\/124282147<\/a><\/p>\n

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Breast cancer incidence and mortality data
\n<\/strong>The National Cancer Intelligence Network has published The third all breast cancer report: back to basics: breast cancer incidence and mortality<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 This report provides data to answer two questions: Each year, how many women are diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time?; and What do women diagnosed with breast cancer die from?
\nPlease note the link above will take you direct to a pdf version<\/em><\/p>\n

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Evidence Update
\n<\/strong>NICE has published a new evidence update Promoting physical activity for children and young people<\/a> (Evidence update 77).\u00a0 It provides a summary of selected new evidence relevant to NICE public health guidance 17 \u2018Promoting physical activity for children and young people\u2019 (2009).
\nTo access this document, follow the link above and scroll down to the \u2018public health\u2019 section. The update is at the top of the list in this section.<\/em><\/p>\n

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NICE guidance \u2013 Medical technologies:\u00a0 VibraTip
\n<\/strong>NICE has published new medical technology guidance VibraTip for testing vibration perception to detect diabetic peripheral neuropathy (MTG22).<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 This guidance addresses specific technologies notified to NICE by manufacturers.\u00a0 The \u2018case for adoption\u2019 recommendations are based on the claimed advantages of introducing the specific technology compared with current management of the condition. This \u2018case\u2019 is reviewed against the evidence submitted and expert advice. The medical technology guidance on VibraTip recommends further research. This recommendation is not intended to preclude the use of the technology in the NHS but to identify further evidence which, after evaluation, could support a recommendation for wider adoption.\u00a0 NICE says that more research is needed before VibraTip can be used more widely in the NHS.<\/p>\n

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NICE consultation
\n<\/strong>Winter deaths \u2013 preventing excess winter deaths: topic engagement exercise<\/a>.\u00a0 Closing date for comments: 17 April 2015.<\/p>\n

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Information governance bulletin<\/a> – 24 edition 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

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30 years of cancer intelligence
\n<\/span><\/strong>The National Cancer Intelligence Network has published 30+ years of cancer intelligence<\/a> \u2013 challenges of technologies of the time.\u00a0 This presentation provides an overview of the history of cancer intelligence since 1983.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How is the new NHS structured?
\n<\/span><\/strong>The King\u2019s Fund has updated its series of organograms explaining how the NHS is now structured<\/a>, including how providers are regulated, who can influence the commissioning of services and how the money flows.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Revised Code for nurses and midwives
\n<\/span><\/strong>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has published a revised Code for all UK registered nurses<\/a> and midwives.\u00a0 The Code which came into effect on 1 April 2015, has been updated to reflect changes in contemporary professional nursing and midwifery practice and to reflect the public expectations of care.\u00a0 The NMC has published a number of additional resources to support the revised Code.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Governance challenges<\/strong><\/b>
\nNHS Providers and NHS Confederation have published Form follows function: Governance challenges for providers in light of the Dalton review<\/a>. This report explores the governance implications of the different organisational forms proposed in Sir David Dalton\u2019s review of organisational forms, published in December 2014.<\/p>\n

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Productivity of the English NHS<\/strong><\/b>
\nThe University of York Centre for Health Economics has published Productivity of the English NHS: 2012\/13 update, Research Paper 110<\/a>.\u00a0 Productivity is one of the key measures against which NHS achievements can be judged and is the focus of this report.\u00a0 This report updates the previous analyses of NHS productivity growth since 2004\/05, focussing on the change in NHS productivity between 2011\/12 and 2012\/13, the latter financial year being the latest for which data have been made available.<\/p>\n

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National Pulmonary Hypertension Audit<\/strong><\/b>
\nThe Health and Social Care Information Centre has published National Pulmonary Hypertension Audit \u2013 2014<\/a>.\u00a0 This report of the fifth year of the audit includes new analysis on diagnosis and therapy, analysis by specialised centre, a comparison of operated and not operated chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, an analysis of distance from a specialised centre as an influence on referral patterns, and new analyses concerning time to failure of drug therapies. The data presented in this report is for the year 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014 and covers all patients seen at the designated centres. This audit includes England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, Gibraltar and the Isle of Man.<\/p>\n

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NICE Local Practice Collection: shared learning case studies<\/strong><\/b>
\nNICE has added the following case studies to its Local Practice Collection.\u00a0 The collection includes shared learning examples showing how NICE guidance and standards have been put into practice.<\/p>\n