{"id":2631,"date":"2016-02-23T09:58:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T09:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/?p=2631"},"modified":"2016-02-23T09:58:44","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T09:58:44","slug":"knowledge-lert-for-tuesday-23rd-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/2016\/02\/23\/knowledge-lert-for-tuesday-23rd-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge @lert for Tuesday 23rd February"},"content":{"rendered":"

Improving quality in the English NHS: A strategy for action \u2013 The King\u2019s Fund<\/strong>
\nThis paper<\/a> argues that the NHS in England cannot meet the health care needs of the population without a sustained and comprehensive commitment to quality improvement as its principal strategy.\u00a0 It describes key features of a quality improvement strategy and the role of organisations at different levels in realising it, offering 10 design principles to guide its development.<\/p>\n

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Revalidation \u2013 free resources for specialist nurses on apollonursingresource.com – NHS Academy of Fabulous Stuff<\/strong>
\nApollo is a free website resource for specialist nurses.<\/a> Apollo was developed by Ulster University and Coloplast Ltd to support specialist nurses demonstrate their value as a direct response to requests for help from specialist nurses. Specialist nurses tend to have lop-sided skill sets, they are clinical experts \u00a0providing high quality and life-enhancing interventions for patients and their families. But on the other hand, whilst they have developed clinically, a different reality is now an integral component of the role \u2013 \u00a0the need to demonstrate the value they bring to people and services in a way that managers and commissioners understand and value.<\/p>\n

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NHS providers: quarterly performance report – Monitor
\n<\/span><\/strong>Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority have published the latest Quarterly report on the performance of the NHS foundation trusts and NHS trusts: 9 months ended 31 December 2015<\/a>.\u00a0 This report contains updates on the sector\u2019s performance against key national healthcare standards and its financial position.\u00a0 The report also describes joint action being taken by Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority to tackle any concerns, and drive improvements at sector-wide level.<\/p>\n

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CCG leaders expect surge in A&E reconfiguration \u2013 Health Service Journal<\/strong>
\nMore than a third of commissioning group leaders responding to an\u00a0HSJ\u00a0survey expected the publication or implementation of plans to close or downgrade accident and emergency services in the next year<\/a>. \u00a0Fifty-four clinical commissioning group chairs and accountable officers responded to the CCG Barometer, carried out with Capsticks, in January and early February. They represent around a quarter of the 209 CCGs in England.<\/p>\n

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Maternity review sets bold plan for safer, more personal services \u2013 NHS England<\/strong>
\nMaternity services in England must become safer, more personalised, kinder, professional and more family-friendly. That\u2019s the vision of the National Maternity Review<\/a>, which today (Tuesday) publishes its recommendations for how services should change over the next five years. The NHS England commissioned review \u2013 led by independent experts and chaired by Baroness Julia Cumberlege \u2013 sets out wide-ranging proposals designed to make care safer and give women greater control and more choices.<\/p>\n

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Women should control maternity care budgets, review says \u2013 Health Service Journal<\/strong>
\nWomen should be given their own budgets to spend on their maternity care, a national review <\/a>has said, as part of a series of recommendations to increase the proportion of births outside of hospital settings.<\/p>\n