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Advice to pregnant women travelling to Zika affected areas<\/strong>
\nThe Royal College of Obstetricians has issued a press release highlighting new advice for pregnant women on travel to countries where Zika virus transmission is ongoing<\/a>.\u00a0 This follows the first case in the US of a baby born with microcephaly whose mother was infected with Zika while in Brazil.\u00a0 The National Travel Health Network and Center (NaTHNaC) in the UK now advises that pregnant women should consider avoiding travelling to countries where Zika outbreaks are currently reported to reduce the risk to their babies.<\/p>\n

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Managing invited reviews within healthcare <\/strong>
\nThe Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the Royal College of Midwives and Royal College of Nursing have published A framework of operating principles for managing invited reviews within healthcare<\/a>.\u00a0 The purpose of the framework is to ensure that there are similar principles, standards and working practices across non-statutory external reviews of NHS clinical services carried out by Colleges, professional bodies or other organisations.<\/p>\n

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Management of adult diabetes services<\/strong>
\nThe Public Accounts Committee has published Management of adult diabetes services in the NHS: progress review<\/a>.\u00a0 The Committee concludes that while progress has been made since the Committee last examined diabetes services, there remain “unacceptable variations in the take up of education programmes, delivery of recommended care processes, achievement of treatment standards and in outcomes for diabetes patients”.\u00a0 The Committee calls on the Department and NHS England to take action to improve the spread of best practice in preventing and treating the condition.\u00a0 The report makes a number of recommendations including that by April 2016, diabetes data should be used to identify clinical commissioning groups performing poorly compared to the national average.<\/p>\n

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Policy update for all agency staff working in the NHS
\n<\/strong>Monitor has issued a policy update summarising a letter sent NHS Improvement\u2019s Chief Executive to NHS trust and foundation trust chief executives about the next steps on agency spending controls to relieve financial pressure on the NHS.\u00a0 New framework arrangements to tackle agency costs and support staff back into substantive and bank roles<\/a> sets out details for reducing price caps from 1 February 2016 as previously proposed and ensuring all agency procurement for all staff groups is via approved framework agreements.<\/p>\n

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Weight management initiative case study
\n<\/strong>NHS Employers has published details of a case study<\/a> which demonstrates the work of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and their aim to improve staff health and wellbeing, by promoting and encouraging staff to sign up to a healthy lifestyle and weight management programme.\u00a0 The programme was designed as an interactive and flexible skills-based group workshop available to staff that had expressed an interest in health and fitness assessments.<\/p>\n

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Mobility of health professionals across Europe
\n<\/strong><\/span>New rules have come into force governing the free movement of professionals, including health professionals, around the European Union. The rules include key changes for the NHS<\/a> which include updated minimum training requirements for midwives, doctors, general care nurses, dentists and pharmacists, as well as the introduction of an EU-wide warning system to guard against rogue professionals entering the UK from other EU countries and vice-versa. Other updates include stronger language controls, so any health professional unable to show they have sufficient language skills will need to have an English language assessment.<\/p>\n

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Delivering the Forward View: technical guidance and supporting annexes
\n<\/strong><\/span>As part of the Delivering the Forward View planning guidance published in December, Technical guidance and supporting annexes<\/a> have now been published.\u00a0 This planning document set steps to help local organisations deliver a sustainable, transformed health service and improve the quality of care, wellbeing and NHS finances.<\/p>\n

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NICE consultations<\/strong><\/p>\n