{"id":526,"date":"2014-04-28T11:23:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T10:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/?p=526"},"modified":"2014-04-28T11:27:40","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T10:27:40","slug":"knowledge-lert-for-monday-28th-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/2014\/04\/28\/knowledge-lert-for-monday-28th-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge @lert for Monday 28th April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Policy paper: Helping people live well for longer<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/helping-people-live-well-for-longer\" target=\"_blank\">document <\/a>will help people understand how the national system as a whole is supporting local action to help people live well for longer.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It includes actions already taken in prevention, early diagnosis and treatment.It focuses on the 5 big killers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>cancer<\/li>\n<li>stroke<\/li>\n<li>heart disease<\/li>\n<li>lung disease<\/li>\n<li>liver diseases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It includes examples of good practice and help for local commissioning and service delivery.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Reducing harm to patients \u2013 Health Foundation Briefing<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Looks at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.org.uk\/public\/cms\/75\/76\/313\/4740\/Reducing%20harm%20to%20patients.pdf?realName=fm8juM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">success at\u00a0\u00a0the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0outlines the factors that have contributed to their success, and how a similar approach has been used in the UK. \u00a0Key findings are:<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>As demonstrated by Virginia Mason in the US, and some inspiring examples in the UK, the ambition to reduce harm must be matched by the ingredients that help to deliver sustainable improvements in safety.<\/li>\n<li>These ingredients include a stable and dedicated leadership team, an explicit and agreed vision for improvement, a systematic approach to engaging staff and developing their skills, and a commitment to the incremental improvement of quality.<\/li>\n<li>We set out five questions that organisations should ask themselves to help make the ambition to reduce avoidable harm a reality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Redirecting Innovation in U.S. Health Care Options to Decrease Spending and Increase Value \u2013 Rand Corporation<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">New medical technologies are a leading driver of U.S. health care spending. <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/research_reports\/RR300\/RR308\/RAND_RR308.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">This report<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"> identifies promising policy options to change which medical technologies are created, with two related policy goals:<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Reduce total health care spending with the smallest possible loss of health benefits,<\/li>\n<li>ensure that new medical products that increase spending are accompanied by health benefits that are worth the spending increases.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Additional Item<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rand.org\/content\/dam\/rand\/pubs\/research_reports\/RR300\/RR308\/RAND_RR308.casestudies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Case Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Health-related quality of life and socioeconomic status: inequalities among adults with a chronic disease \u2013 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Article<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Finds <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hqlo.com\/content\/pdf\/1477-7525-12-58.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">low socioeconomic status (SES) groups seem to be faced with a double burden<\/a>: first, increased levels of health impairments and, second, lower levels of valuated health-related quality of life\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"display: inline !important;\">(HRQL) once health is impaired. These associations should be analysed and discussed in their own right, based on interdisciplinary co-operation. Social epidemiologists could include measures of HRQL in their studies more often, for example, and health economists could consider assessing whether recommendations based on HRQL scales might include a social bias.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hqlo.com\/content\/pdf\/1477-7525-12-58.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2014, 12:58 doi:10.1186\/1477-7525-12-58<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>BMJ Quality &amp; Safety: a collection of key articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.org.uk\/public\/cms\/75\/76\/313\/4749\/BMJ%20Q&amp;S%20Key%20Articles%20Booklet%202013.pdf?realName=o1UdK4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">special collection<\/a> reflects the depth and breadth of content from BMJ Quality &amp; Safety, which encourages innovation and creative thinking to improve the quality of health care and the science of improvement.<span style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read the articles\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.org.uk\/public\/cms\/75\/76\/313\/4749\/BMJ%20Q&amp;S%20Key%20Articles%20Booklet%202013.pdf?realName=o1UdK4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div><strong>Updated pay award information<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>NHS Employers has issued the following documentation in relation to this year&#8217;s pay awards:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhsemployers.org\/news\/2014\/04\/updatedfaqsonthenhspayaward201415and201516\">Updated FAQs on the NHS pay award for 2014\/2015 and 2015\/16<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; clarifies question 4 (part-time workers) and question 7 (redundancy) and adds additional questions, q8 (sick pay) and q9 (maternity)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhsemployers.org\/news\/2014\/04\/updated-agenda-for-change-pay-scales-poster-now-available\">Updated Agenda for Change payscales poster<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; includes details of the payments for Agenda for Change staff who were at the top pay point in their pay band on or before 31 March 2014, who are eligible for a non-consolidated increase of 1 per cent, payable in monthly instalments, with effect from 1 April 2014 up to 31 March 2015.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Statistics<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/statistics\/2014\/04\/25\/critical-care-bed-capacity-and-urgent-cancelled-operations-monthly-situation-reports-march-2014\/\">Critical care bed capacity and urgent cancelled operations: monthly situation reports<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; March 2014<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/statistics\/2014\/04\/25\/delayed-transfers-of-care-monthly-situation-reports-march-2014\/\">Delayed transfers of care: monthly situation reports<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; March 2014<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/input-and-impact-indicators-2013-to-2014\">DH input and impact indicators<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; March 2013<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Bulletins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/ourwork\/tsd\/ig\/ig-bull\/\">Information Governance Bulletin<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Issue 13<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.england.nhs.uk\/2014\/04\/23\/ld-bulletin-apr14\/\">Liaison and Diversion Bulletin<\/a>&#8211; April 2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Policy paper: Helping people live well for longer This document will help people understand how the national system as a whole is supporting local action to help people live well for longer. 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