{"id":1780,"date":"2015-06-05T12:11:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T11:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/?p=1780"},"modified":"2015-06-05T12:11:45","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T11:11:45","slug":"ccg-knowledge-lert-for-friday-5th-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/2015\/06\/05\/ccg-knowledge-lert-for-friday-5th-june\/","title":{"rendered":"CCG Knowledge @lert for Friday 5th June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Collaboration in clinical leadership: the role of secondary care doctors on CCG governing bodies &#8211;\u00a0NHS Clinical Commissioners<\/strong><br \/>\nThis <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhscc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/NHSCC_RCP-Collaboration-in-clinical-leadership-June-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">briefing <\/a>highlights how collaborative working between CCG leaders and secondary care doctors can provide benefits to the health service provision of local people. Since the Health and Social Care Act established CCGs in 2012 there has been some uncertainty around how secondary care doctors, on CCG governing bodies, can best support local commissioning. This report demonstrates the potential that this role can have, whether this is for the clinicians involved, or the wider CCG, or for local people and patients.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>\u00a3200m cut to public health budgets \u2013 Health Service Journal<\/strong><br \/>\nDepartment of Health is to consult on an in-year<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsj.co.uk\/news\/hsj-live\/hsj-live-05062015-osborne-announces-200m-cut-to-public-health-budgets\/5086584.article?referrer=RSS\" target=\"_blank\"> cut of \u00a3200m<\/a> to council controlled public health budgets, plus the rest of today\u2019s news and commen.<\/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 in full or Phn. 01704 704202<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CQC to rate hospitals\u2019 efficiency \u2013 Health Service Journal<\/strong><br \/>\nThe health secretary has asked the Care Quality Commission to include a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsj.co.uk\/news\/exclusive-cqc-to-rate-hospitals-efficiency\/5086552.article?referrer=RSS#.VXE5RdJVgk4\" target=\"_blank\"> hospital\u2019s efficiency as one of the \u201ckey criteria\u201d for rating the quality of its leadership<\/a>. Jeremy Hunt said he did not want a situation where \u201cwe have the government and Monitor asking for transformation and efficiency, and the CQC inspection regime asking for a different set of priorities around safety and quality\u201d.<\/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 in full or Phn. 01704 704202<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Your ageing workforce \u2013 An infographic from the Working Longer Group<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Working Longer Group have released an engaging and informative <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhsemployers.org\/%7E\/media\/Employers\/Publications\/WLG%20infographic%202015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">infographic <\/a>highlighting vital statistics on the NHS workforce and what employers can do to support staff to work longer.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Improved circulation: unleashing innovation across the NHS \u2013 Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)<\/strong><br \/>\nThis <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ippr.org\/assets\/media\/publications\/pdf\/improved-circulation-NHS_June2015.pdf?noredirect=1\" target=\"_blank\">report <\/a>argues that one of the most important things the NHS can do to tackle the squeeze between demand and resources is to make better use of innovative technology and methods. It explores the barriers to introducing and spreading innovation in the NHS, and how to help those who develop, commission and use potentially revolutionary healthcare innovations.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NHS Employers respond to safe staffing levels review \u2013\u00a0 NHS Employers news<\/strong><br \/>\nResponding to NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens\u2019 announcement that the approach to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhsemployers.org\/media-centre\/2015\/06\/nhs-employers-respond-to-safe-staffing-levels-review\" target=\"_blank\"> setting safe staffing levels<\/a> is to be reviewed<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>National survey of NHS leaders &#8211; NHS Confederation<\/strong><br \/>\nThis <a href=\"http:\/\/nhsconfed.org\/~\/media\/Confederation\/Files\/public%20access\/2015%20member%20survey%20results.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">survey <\/a>presents the view that local leaders can only address the challenges facing the NHS if they have the political support, if national bodies improve the way they work together and if there is better support for social care and mental health services. More than 90 per cent of NHS leaders believe that social care cuts are directly affecting patient care in their organisations.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Nurse prescribers have &#8216;come of age&#8217; and are now essential &#8211; Nursing Times<\/strong><br \/>\nNurse prescribing has \u201ccome of age\u201d and will be<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nursingtimes.net\/nursing-practice\/specialisms\/prescribing\/nurse-prescribers-have-come-of-age-and-are-now-essential\/5086559.article?referrer=RSS\" target=\"_blank\"> recognised as essential for future models of care<\/a>, but those in the role should not resist other professions joining, according to a former senior nurse.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Two key waiting time targets abolished \u2013 Health Service Journal<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo headline <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsj.co.uk\/5085548.article?WT.tsrc=email&amp;WT.mc_id=Newsletter94#.VXAjftJVhHw\" target=\"_blank\">waiting times targets<\/a> for planned care are being dropped by the NHS on the basis they are creating \u2018perverse incentives\u2019. \u00a0The move to drop the admitted and non-admitted elective waiting time targets is expected to be announced by the health secretary this morning. \u00a0The third elective target \u2013 the \u201cincomplete standard\u201d, which states 92 per cent of patients who have not yet started treatment should have been waiting no more than 18 weeks \u2013 will be retained.<\/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 in full or Phn. 01704 704202<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>English trust to take hard line on payments for Scottish, Welsh and Irish patients \u2013 Health Service Journal\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nOne of England\u2019s largest specialist providers is to take a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsj.co.uk\/hsj-local\/acute-trusts\/university-college-london-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust\/english-trust-to-take-hard-line-on-payments-for-scottish-welsh-and-irish-patients\/5085496.article?referrer=RSS#.VXAcjNJVhHw\" target=\"_blank\">stricter approach to accepting patients from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland<\/a>, after struggling to secure payments from commissioners.\u00a0University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust said some commissioners outside England use a \u201cburdensome\u201d prior approval process, where a funding agreement is needed before each stage of treatment. The process can cause delays for patients as decisions often take two working days.<\/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 in full or Phn. 01704 704202<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Socioeconomic Inequality Of Access To Healthcare: Does Patients\u2019 Choice Explain The Gradient? Evidence From The English NHS \u2013 University of York, Centre for Health Economics\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nEquity of access is a key policy objective in publicly-funded healthcare systems. Using data on patients undergoing non-emergency heart revascularization procedures in the English NHS, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.york.ac.uk\/media\/che\/documents\/papers\/researchpapers\/CHERP112_socioeconomic_inequality_access_healthcare.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">this research paper<\/a> finds evidence of significant differences in waiting times within public hospitals between patients with different socioeconomic status (up to 35% difference between the most and least deprived population quintiles).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><strong>Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards resources<\/strong><\/b><br \/>\nThe Social Care Institute for Excellence has published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scie.org.uk\/news\/mediareleases\/media-release?id=a1UG0000004Izk0MAC\">new resources covering the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards<\/a>. The resources look at how sometimes there is a case for depriving people of their liberty; for instance, when someone lacks the capacity to consent to their care and treatment.\u00a0 The case for the decision is taken in order to keep them safe from harm.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><strong>NICE guidance<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/b>NICE has published the following guidance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/guidance\/ng8\">Anaemia management in people with chronic kidney disease<\/a> (NG8) NICE guidelines<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/guidance\/cg97\">Lower urinary tract symptoms in men: assessment and management<\/a> (CG97) NICE guidelines<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/guidance\/dg17\">Diagnosing prostate cancer: PROGENSA PCA3 assay and Prostate Health Index<\/a> (DG17) Diagnostics guidance<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/guidance\/ipg519\">Insertion of an epiretinal prosthesis for retinitis pigmentosa<\/a>(IPG519) Interventional procedure guidance.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/guidance\/ipg520\">Radiofrequency ablation for gastric antral vascular ectasia<\/a> (IPG520) Interventional procedure guidance.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/guidance\/ipg521\">Suture fixation of acute disruption of the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis<\/a>(IPG521) Interventional procedure guidance.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/guidance\/ipg523\">Ultrasound\u2011enhanced, catheter\u2011directed thrombolysis for deep vein thrombosis<\/a> (IPG523) Interventional procedure guidance.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/guidance\/ipg524\">Ultrasound\u2011enhanced, catheter\u2011directed thrombolysis for pulmonary embolism<\/a> (IPG524) Interventional procedure guidance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><strong>Statistics<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/escherichia-coli-e-coli-bacteraemia-monthly-data-by-attributed-clinical-commissioning-group\">Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteraemia: monthly data by attributed CCG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/mssa-bacteraemia-monthly-data-by-attributed-clinical-commissioning-group\">MSSA bacteraemia: monthly data by attributed CCG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/escherichia-coli-e-coli-bacteraemia-monthly-data-by-nhs-acute-trust\">Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteraemia: monthly data by NHS acute trust<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/statistics\/2015\/06\/03\/dementia-assessment-and-referral-data-collection-quarter-4-201415\/\">Dementia Assessment and Referral data collection \u2013 Quarter 4 2014\/15<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b><strong>Bulletins<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/2015\/06\/02\/ccg-bulletin-issue-85\/\">CCG Bulletin<\/a> &#8211; Issue 85<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhsemployers.org\/?sc_itemid=%7b625BA350-9782-4C1B-8DAD-C7A55FF95417%7d&amp;sc_lang=en&amp;sc_pd_view=1\">NHS Workforce Bulletin<\/a> &#8211; 1 June 2015<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhsemployers.org\/?sc_itemid=%7b1CFDD88B-00EE-445B-9B52-A0C6699B7B73%7d&amp;sc_lang=en&amp;sc_pd_view=1\">NHS Managers&#8217; Bulletin<\/a> &#8211; 28 May 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collaboration in clinical leadership: the role of secondary care doctors on CCG governing bodies &#8211;\u00a0NHS Clinical Commissioners This briefing highlights how collaborative working between CCG leaders and secondary care doctors can provide benefits to the health service provision of local people. 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