{"id":3857,"date":"2016-07-22T10:13:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T09:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/?p=3857"},"modified":"2016-07-22T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T09:20:00","slug":"knowledge-lert-for-friday-22nd-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/2016\/07\/22\/knowledge-lert-for-friday-22nd-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge @lert for Friday 22nd July"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strengthening trusts’ financial and operational performance for 2016\/17 – NHS Improvement<\/strong>
\nIn partnership with NHS England we’ve unveiled a suite of new measures for providers and commissioners to restore financial discipline and help ensure ongoing financial sustainability for the NHS. Download the PDF: Strengthening financial performance and accountability in 2016\/17 <\/a><\/p>\n

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The King’s Fund response to the PAC report on discharging older people from hospitals – The King’s Fund<\/strong>
\nResponding to the Public Accounts Committee\u2019s report on discharging older people from hospitals<\/a>, Richard Murray, Director of Policy at The King\u2019s Fund, said: \u2018The growing and unacceptable delays in discharging patients from hospital highlighted in today\u2019s report symbolise the twin crises facing the NHS and social care.<\/p>\n

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DH confirms changes to healthcare education funding – NHS Employers<\/strong>
\nThe Department of Health has now confirmed the changes to healthcare education funding<\/a>, which will see bursaries replaced by a loans system for student nurses, midwives and allied health professionals.<\/p>\n

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BME doctors face unconscious bias and remain less likely to pass exams, says GMC – GP Online<\/strong>
\nMedical graduates from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds face unconscious bias and are significantly less likely to pass exams than their white counterparts, according to GMC reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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North West trust ‘not sustainable’ in current form – <\/strong>Health Service Journal
\nSTRUCTURE: East Cheshire Trust has confirmed to HSJ that the board no longer believes the organisation is sustainable in its current form.<\/p>\n

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Locum shortage forces trust to close hospital unit – <\/strong>Health Service Journal
\nWORKFORCE: Difficulties in recruiting locum doctors has led to Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust temporarily closing its ambulatory care unit at Dewsbury Hospital, HSJ has learned.<\/p>\n

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Regulators step up intervention on financial failure; CCGs rated – Health Service Journal<\/strong>
\nNHS England and NHS Improvement have announced a series of interventions in the local NHS, representing a major step-up in intervention over financial failure, while the NAO says the DH overspent its 2015-16 budgets<\/p>\n

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Trust chiefs hit back at claims of over-recruitment – Health Service Journal<\/strong>
\nHospital chief executives who face having to find millions of pounds in extra savings have hit back at NHS Improvement\u2019s claims they recruited too many staff.<\/p>\n

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Fines for trust performance failures increase – Health Service Journal<\/strong>
\nFines for the non-achievement of performance targets have effectively increased by 60 per cent under new rules announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Special measures trust chief: The problem is demand not inefficiency – Health Service Journal<\/strong>
\nThe chief executive of one of the five trusts put in financial special measure said his organisation\u2019s overspending was mainly due to demand rather than inefficiency.<\/p>\n

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Two-year operational plans to be submitted by December – Health Service Journal<\/strong>
\nLocal NHS organisations will be expected to agree two-year operational plans by the end of December, national leaders have said.<\/p>\n

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\u00a3400m of uncertainty in financial forecast as trusts reject control totals – Health Service Journal<\/strong>
\nSeventeen trusts that have not agreed control totals with NHS Improvement are predicting a combined deficit of more than \u00a3400m for 2016-17.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNudge\u201d and the epidemic of missed appointments –<\/a> Journal of Health Organization and Management, Volume 30, Issue 4, Page 558-564, June 2016.<\/strong>
\nFindings \u2013 A policy, which avoids the use of financial penalties is likely to be more culturally acceptable within the NHS. It could also prevent the phenomenon of \u201ccrowding out\u201d whereby the desire to act dutifully gets displaced by the motivation to avoid incurring a monetary fine. Originality\/value \u2013 Testing both strategies would provide insight into patient attitudes towards health care and society. This would help optimise behavioural strategies which may influence not only appointment attendances but also have wider implications for encouraging rational health care consumption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strengthening trusts’ financial and operational performance for 2016\/17 – NHS Improvement In partnership with NHS England we’ve unveiled a suite of new measures for providers and commissioners to restore financial discipline and help ensure ongoing financial sustainability for the NHS. Download the PDF: Strengthening financial performance and accountability in 2016\/17…\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":[37,15,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ccg","category-daily-news","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4kWbe-10d","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857","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=3857"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3894,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857\/revisions\/3894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}