Health leaders’ panel: survey six – footprints, financing and staff morale –\u00a0 The Nuffield Trust<\/strong> Control totals risk undermining STPs, leaders warn – Health Service Journal<\/strong> Dorrell warns health and care service will need more cash – Health Service Journal<\/strong> User\u2019s guide: Finance and Efficiency template v1.0 – NHS England, NHS Improvement<\/strong> “Hiding who I am”: exposing the reality of end of life care for LGBT people – Marie Curie<\/strong> Each Baby Counts launches first annual report – Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists<\/strong>
\nSince July 2014, the Nuffield Trust has regularly surveyed a panel of 100 health and social care leaders in England<\/a> for their views on a range of issues including: finance, general practice and rationing. This is the sixth poll in the series and this poll focuses on NHS finances, staff morale and the Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) areas. The poll results identify a decline in staff morale in the last six months, linked to heavy workloads and financial pressures in the sector. Respondents also highlighted concerns about the successful implementation of STPs due to the survival instincts of previously independent bodies and the fragmented system of NHS governance.<\/p>\n
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\nNational leaders risk derailing the sustainability and transformation planning process by \u201cblackmailing\u201d local NHS bodies using outdated strategies such as control totals, the NHS Confederation has warned.<\/p>\n
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\nThe health and social care system will likely require more money over the next four years than was allocated in the comprehensive spending review, former Conservative health secretary Stephen Dorrell has suggested.<\/p>\n
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\nThis report <\/a>looks at the barriers that prevent lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans\u00a0(LGBT) people from accessing end of life care and highlights their real-life experiences. Its findings indicate that nearly three-quarters (74 per cent) of LGBT people are not confident that health and social care services provide sensitive end of life care for their needs. \u00a0As a result, access to care is often delayed and LGBT people are more likely to experience unmanaged symptoms and pain at the end of their lives.<\/p>\n
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\nMore robust and comprehensive local reviews are urgently needed to ensure lessons can be learnt and improvements made. The quality of local investigations into cases of stillbirth, early neonatal death and severe brain injury occurring as a result of incidents during term labour must improve, highlights the first annual report<\/a> from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists\u2019 (RCOG) Each Baby Counts initiative.<\/p>\n
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