{"id":4716,"date":"2016-09-07T09:48:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T08:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/?p=4716"},"modified":"2016-09-07T11:48:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T10:48:28","slug":"knowledge-lert-for-wednesday-7th-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/2016\/09\/07\/knowledge-lert-for-wednesday-7th-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge @lert for Wednesday 7th September"},"content":{"rendered":"

Birmingham trusts to form single organisation to solve ‘unsustainable’ arrangements<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0NHE<\/strong>
\nUniversity Hospitals Birmingham and Heart of England NHS Foundation Trusts will form a single trust<\/a> after finding that their current structure is not delivering the best care for patients. If the decision is approved by both trusts\u2019 boards, one trust will run Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, the Heartlands, Good Hope and…<\/p>\n

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Total Rewards Statements for 2016 – now live –\u00a0NHS Employers<\/strong>
\nTotal Reward Statements for 2016 are now live<\/a>. Encourage your staff to access their statements.<\/p>\n

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New plans to expand the use of digital technology across the NHS –\u00a0Department of Health<\/strong>
\nNew plans to fast track digital excellence and improve the digital skills of the NHS workforce <\/a>have been announced by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt as part of plans to expand the use of digital technology across the NHS.\u00a0Responding to a review of NHS technology conducted by renowned US clinician Bob Wachter<\/a>, Jeremy Hunt will establish 12 new global exemplars to pioneer best practice and a new academy dedicated to training NHS staff in digital skills.\u00a0As global exemplars, the 12 successful NHS organisations will receive up to \u00a310 million and be expected to deliver pioneering approaches to digital services and help others in the NHS to learn from their experience. These trusts will be partnered with an international organisation of their choice, to take full advantage of their expertise.<\/p>\n

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Hunt names 12 ‘digital excellence’ trusts in line for funding –\u00a0Health Service Journal<\/strong>
\nJeremy Hunt is today due to name 12 trusts that will \u201cdeliver pioneering approaches to digital services\u201d as he looks to \u201cfast track\u201d technology implementation in the NHS.<\/p>\n

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Wachter tells ministers: Discard \u2018unrealistic\u2019 2020 IT target – Health Service Journal<\/strong>
\nMinisters have been urged by a government-commissioned review to ditch their \u201cunrealistic\u201d flagship target to achieve a paperless NHS by 2020 – and warned significantly more money will be required to achieve a digital health service.<\/p>\n

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Begin with culture; the rest will follow – King’s Fund\u00a0<\/span>Blog<\/a><\/strong>
\nWhat drives high performance in the NHS<\/a>? Is it the promise of reward and recognition? Or is it the fear of impending punishment and blame? The answer is neither. It\u2019s said that motivation is all about rewarding good behaviour and punishing bad behaviour. Simple. Except that humans are not so simple. And research shows that while this formulaic approach might work with rats and dogs, it doesn\u2019t bring about lasting changes in attitudes, values or mindsets in humans. When incentives and threats are taken away or made less explicit, their influence diminishes and, over time, their effects can disappear completely. So this quick and dirty approach to employee motivation can only go so far in bringing about and sustaining the highest quality of patient care<\/a> that we all want to see throughout the NHS.<\/p>\n

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Health inequalities and austerity
\n<\/strong>The BMA has published Health in all policies: health, austerity and welfare reform<\/a>.\u00a0 This briefing aims to support this advocacy role of doctors by providing an overview of the evidence on the relationships between austerity, welfare reform and health, and how these link to the social determinants of health. It also considers what action is needed to protect and promote health during and after periods of financial crisis.<\/p>\n

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General practice in England
\n<\/strong>The Nuffield Trust has published Large-scale general practice in England: what can we learn from the literature<\/a>? Collaborative \u2018at-scale\u2019 models are increasingly being heralded as the answer to the formidable challenges facing general practice. NHS England has signalled that large-scale general practice organisations should form a core component of their vision for new care models set out in the Five Year Forward View. But can these organisations really deliver what is expected of them? This report presents findings of an extensive literature review examining the evidence.<\/p>\n

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General Medical Services (GMS) contract
\n<\/strong>NHS Employers has published the Technical Requirements For 2016\/17 GMS contract changes<\/a> for commissioners and practices that hold a General Medical Services (GMS) contract, and practices that offer enhanced services and vaccination programmes nationally.\u00a0 The updated technical requirements document includes a section on the 2016\/17 dementia data collection and a new Read Code for the learning disabilities enhanced service.<\/p>\n

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Safe Working Levels in General Practice \u00a0–\u00a0BMA<\/strong>
\nThis report <\/a>offers one evidence-based method for measuring safe GP working levels, arguing that a GP-led locality hub model could be commissioned in areas where demand outstrips capacity. It demonstrates this concept within the context of current service pressures and policy priorities through a number of examples where a hub model is already being trialed.<\/p>\n

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