{"id":2224,"date":"2015-12-01T10:38:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T10:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2015-12-01T11:51:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T11:51:58","slug":"knowledge-lert-for-tuesday-1st-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/2015\/12\/01\/knowledge-lert-for-tuesday-1st-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge @lert for Tuesday 1st December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Warning A&amp;Es will &#8216;fly blind&#8217; with less performance data this winter &#8211;\u00a0Health Service Journal<\/strong><br \/>\nNHS England <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsj.co.uk\/sectors\/acute-care\/warning-aes-will-fly-blind-with-less-performance-data-this-winter\/7000789.article\" target=\"_blank\">will not publish figures<\/a> on the number of ambulances queuing, four hour waits in emergency departments, cancelled operations or delayed transfers of care on a weekly basis, as it has done in previous winters.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Statement on junior doctors\u2019 contract \u2013 Department of Health \u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nHealth Secretary updates Parliament on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/speeches\/statement-on-junior-doctors-contract\" target=\"_blank\">the latest <\/a>on the junior doctors\u2019 contract negotiations<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Junior doctor strikes could still go ahead in January, BMA warns &#8211;\u00a0GP Online\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nJunior doctors&#8217; leaders have said they<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gponline.com\/junior-doctor-strikes-go-ahead-january-bma-warns\/article\/1375234\" target=\"_blank\"> remain prepared to take strike action<\/a> if negotiations with the government and NHS Employers do not work out, after action was suspended last night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Timeline: How the NHS came to the brink of the first junior doctor strikes in 40 years &#8211;\u00a0GP Online\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nJunior doctor strikes planned for Tuesday 1 December were called off at the last minute after more than two years of disagreements between the BMA and DH over a proposed contract overhaul. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gponline.com\/timeline-nhs-brink-first-junior-doctor-strikes-40-years\/article\/1375163\" target=\"_blank\">GPonline&#8217;s timeline <\/a>looks at how the dispute evolved.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BMA cancels strike as government suspends imposition threat \u2013 Health Service Journal<\/strong><br \/>\nThe British Medical Association has suspended strike action planned for tomorrow by junior doctors, in response to a deal with the government to re-start negotiations over a new contract. \u00a0Health secretary Jeremy Hunt told the Commons this afternoon there had been a \u201dpotential agreement\u2026 [which] would allow a time limited period during which negotiations can take place, and during which the BMA agrees to suspend strike action and the government agrees not to proceed unilaterally with implementing a new contract\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Government agreed to drop imposition threat in exchange for \u2018time-limited\u2019 negotiations<\/li>\n<li>Agreement to negotiate follows Acas talks and months of acrimony after BMA walk out in October 2014<\/li>\n<li>Hunt tells MPs strike action could have led to 20,000 operations being cancelled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><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<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Allied health professionals are critical to new models of care &#8211; King&#8217;s Fund<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingsfund.org.uk\/blog\/2015\/11\/allied-health-professionals-new-models-care\" target=\"_blank\">Allied health professionals (AHPs) <\/a>make up 6 per cent of the NHS workforce \u2013 the third largest professional group \u2013 and still more work in social care, housing, local government, and the voluntary and private sectors. They are highly trained and professionally autonomous practitioners, yet too often their vital contribution is marginalised in a public discourse that tends to refer only to \u2018doctors and nurses\u2019. This needs to change.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Royal Liverpool board says more work needed on merger plan &#8211;\u00a0Health Service Journal<\/strong><br \/>\nThe board of the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust has backed clinicians\u2019 call for joint working with Aintree University Hospital Foundation Trust, but said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsj.co.uk\/hsj-local\/providers\/royal-liverpool-and-broadgreen-university-hospitals-nhs-trust\/royal-liverpool-board-says-more-work-needed-on-merger-plan\/7000779.article\" target=\"_blank\">further work is needed<\/a> to determine whether a merger is the best option.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\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 70420<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><strong>Atrial fibrillation decision support tool<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>NICE has endorsed an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/news\/article\/helping-people-with-af-make-informed-choices-about-their-treatment\">Atrial fibrillation decision support tool<\/a>which is designed to assist UK healthcare professionals in the appropriate prescribing of anticoagulation therapy for the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. The tool provides individualised prescribing recommendations based on NICE clinical guidelines and also incorporates a NICE patient decision aid to help patients weigh up the possible benefits, harms, advantages and disadvantages of different treatment options.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><strong>National Prostate Cancer Audit<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Royal College of Surgeons of England has published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hqip.org.uk\/resources\/national-prostate-cancer-audit-2015-annual-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">National prostate cancer audit 2015 annual report<\/a>.\u00a0 The audit looks at whether NHS services in England and Wales for men diagnosed with prostate cancer meet recommended standards.\u00a0 The audit found that men with locally advanced prostate cancer are increasingly being offered radical treatments in line with national guidelines.\u00a0 The percentage of men with this stage of prostate cancer who had radical treatment went up from 27% between 2006 and 2008 to 47% between 2010 and 2013.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NICE Bites: Diabetes (type 1 and 2) in children and young people<\/strong><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\">The November 2015 NICE Bites bulletin from the North West Medicines Information Service covers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicinesresources.nhs.uk\/upload\/documents\/Health%20In%20Focus\/NICEBites%20Nov%202015%20Type%201%20and%202%20diabetes%20in%20children.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Diabetes (type 1 and 2) in children and young people<\/a> (NG18).\u00a0\u00a0 The aim of this publication is to provide healthcare professionals with a clear and succinct summary of key prescribing points taken from the NICE guidance, NG18.\u00a0 This guideline covers the management of type 1 and 2 diabetes in children and young people<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rules for all agency staff working in the NHS &#8211;\u00a0 Monitor<\/strong><br \/>\nThis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/rules-for-all-agency-staff-working-in-the-nhs\" target=\"_blank\">collection of guidance and resources<\/a> aims to provide support on the new cap on the amount of money that trusts can pay per hour for agency staff within the NHS which was implemented with effect from 23 November 2015.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Involving children and young people in the recruitment process<\/strong><br \/>\nNHS Employers has published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhsemployers.org\/case-studies-and-resources\/2015\/11\/involving-children-and-young-people-in-the-recruitment-process\" target=\"_blank\">A guide to involving children and young people in the recruitment process<\/a>.<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>This guide is intended to support employers who wish to involve children, young people and their families in the recruitment process. Featuring examples from different trusts and organisations, the guidance takes organisations step by step through the process and includes information on: the benefits of involving children and young people; learning from others; preparing the organisation &#8211; what to consider; recruitment activities and preparing young people.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Diversity and inclusion in the NHS<br \/>\n<\/strong>NHS England has published an analysis carried out by the King\u2019s Fund <a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/2015\/11\/19\/stamp-out-discrimination\/\">Making the difference: diversity and inclusion in the NHS<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 The analysis used data drawn from the 2014 NHS Staff Survey to assess staff experience at work. The report shows that discrimination within the NHS was experienced between managers and staff, between colleagues, but also from patients and members of the public; it shows variation across the country.\u00a0 The report also highlights organisations which are ahead of the curve from which other can learn.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><strong>Extending the role of community pharmacy in urgent care<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>NHS England has published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/2015\/11\/18\/andre-yeung\/\" target=\"_blank\">Extending the role of community pharmacy in urgent care<\/a>. \u00a0This guidance provides practical tips and case studies for System Resilience Groups and local commissioners showing how to extend the role of community pharmacy to relieve pressure on urgent care and how to make best use of the tools such as the Directory of Services, NHS Choices and the Summary Care Record to support this.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Consultants prepare acute reconfiguration plans for troubled FT \u2013 Health Service Journal<\/strong><br \/>\nA troubled Yorkshire trust has brought in consultants to draw up a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsj.co.uk\/hsj-local\/providers\/calderdale-and-huddersfield-nhs-foundation-trust\/consultants-prepare-acute-reconfiguration-plans-for-troubled-ft\/7000255.article\" target=\"_blank\"> reconfiguration plan <\/a>for its two acute hospitals. \u00a0EY is preparing a five year plan for Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust, which will enable its clinical commissioning groups to launch a public consultation next year.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Monitor director joins vanguard project \u2013 Health Service Journal<\/strong><br \/>\nA regional director at Monitor has been appointed to join one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsj.co.uk\/hsj-local\/providers\/southern-health-nhs-foundation-trust\/monitor-director-joins-vanguard-project\/7000256.article\" target=\"_blank\">new care model \u201cvanguard\u201d sites<\/a>. \u00a0Paul Streat, the regulator\u2019s regional director for the South, is joining Southern Health Foundation Trust as the development director for Better Local Care \u2013 the Hampshire vanguard.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Local people open up about why maternity matters to them &#8211; The Academy of Fabulous NHS Stuff\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nLocal people speak up about why maternity matters to them and what they want to see from the teams working in hospitals, at a recent event hosted by University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT). The <a href=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/1OPguGL\" target=\"_blank\">Maternity Matters in Morecambe Bay<\/a> event on 25 September in Barrow, saw around 60 members of the public attending to speak to UHMBT staff and partner health organisations about their experiences of local maternity services, and how they want to work with the Trust, and be involved in the future of the service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018Conversation cafes\u2019 were held where those that attended gave their honest and open views and opinions on their experiences and what they would like to see changed or done differently in the future. The feedback, which is now being reviewed to make further improvements from the event was gathered in various different ways from notes written on table cloths and feedback forms, to a \u2018Wall of Conversation\u2019 that was produced by a graphic illustrator as people were talking.&#8217;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hscic.gov.uk\/catalogue\/PUB18977\">NHS Sickness Absence Rates<\/a> &#8211; July 2015<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hscic.gov.uk\/catalogue\/PUB18996\">NHS Staff Earnings Estimates<\/a> to August 2015 &#8211; Provisional statistics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hscic.gov.uk\/catalogue\/PUB18981\">NHS Workforce Statistics<\/a> &#8211; August 2015, Provisional statistics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/quality-outcomes-framework-qof-recorded-dementia-diagnoses-april-2015\">Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) Recorded Dementia Diagnoses<\/a> &#8211; April 2015<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/inpatient-elective-admission-events-outpatient-referrals-attendances-availability-and-occupancy-for-q2-2015-16\">Inpatient elective admission events, outpatient referrals, attendances availability and occupancy<\/a> \u2013 quarter ending 30 September 2015<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/critical-care-bed-capacity-and-cancelled-urgent-operations-for-october-2015\">Critical care bed capacity and cancelled urgent operations<\/a> &#8211; October 2015<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/seasonal-flu-vaccine-uptake-in-gp-patients-1-september-2015-to-31-october-2015\">Seasonal flu vaccine uptake in GP patients<\/a> &#8211; 1 September 2015 to 31 October 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Warning A&amp;Es will &#8216;fly blind&#8217; with less performance data this winter &#8211;\u00a0Health Service Journal NHS England will not publish figures on the number of ambulances queuing, four hour waits in emergency departments, cancelled operations or delayed transfers of care on a weekly basis, as it has done in previous winters.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[37,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ccg","category-daily-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4kWbe-zS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2224"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2242,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224\/revisions\/2242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}