{"id":547,"date":"2014-04-30T14:25:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T13:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/?p=547"},"modified":"2014-04-30T14:40:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T13:40:35","slug":"547","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/2014\/04\/30\/547\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge @lert for Wednesday 30th April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Stevens sets out alternative approach to small hospitals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsj.co.uk\/news\/acute-care\/stevens-sets-out-alternative-approach-to-small-hospitals\/5070408.article?referrer=RSS#.U2D8Z4FdXSg\" target=\"_blank\">merger or closure of small hospitals might not be the best way forward<\/a> for an already \u201ccentralised\u201d English NHS, Simon Stevens has told the Commons health committee. T<\/span>he NHS England chief executive\u2019s comments mark a significant change in direction from his predecessor Sir David Nicholson, who favoured centralising most specialist services into 15-30 centres.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonhslks.com\/contact-us.html\" target=\"_blank\">Contact the Library &amp; Knowledge Service<\/a>\u00a0to request this HSJ article or Phn. 01704 704202<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Later arrival at hospital means staying for days longer &#8211; HSJ Article<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Being admitted to hospital a few hours later in the day often means <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsj.co.uk\/news\/acute-care\/exclusive-later-arrival-at-hospital-means-staying-for-days-longer\/5070367.article?referrer=RSS\" target=\"_blank\">patients spending several days longer on wards<\/a>, according to new analysis shared with\u00a0<em>HSJ<\/em>.\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">The dramatic variation is the main finding of research by a team of NHS analysts who specialise in emergency hospital care.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonhslks.com\/contact-us.html\" target=\"_blank\">Contact the Library &amp; Knowledge Service<\/a> to request this HSJ article or Phn. 01704 704202<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Everyone can help make the NHS run 24 hours\u00a0<strong>&#8211; HSJ Article<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Just as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsj.co.uk\/5070421.article?WT.tsrc=email&amp;WT.mc_id=Newsletter94#.U2D724FdXSh\" target=\"_blank\">ill health does not respect the working week<\/a>, neither does it respect circadian rhythm, it seems.\u00a0<\/span>The phrase \u201cseven-day services\u201d reflects the existing focus on patient outcomes at the weekend, underpinned by well reported data.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonhslks.com\/contact-us.html\" target=\"_blank\">Contact the Library &amp; Knowledge Service<\/a>\u00a0to request this HSJ article or Phn. 01704 704202<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Guidance: Improving children and young people\u2019s health<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/improving-children-and-young-peoples-health\" target=\"_blank\">CYPHOF <\/a>has welcomed progress and challenged the health system and children\u2019s sector on where further improvements are needed. They are grouped into 6 themes:<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>ensuring useful engagement with children and young people so that their views are asked for, listened to and acted upon<\/li>\n<li>ensuring that all people who work with children and young people are properly trained and have the right skills, attitudes and behaviour<\/li>\n<li>ensuring that the incentives for developing children and young people\u2019s services encourage prevention, early intervention, and safe and sustainable services<\/li>\n<li>ensuring that the children and young people\u2019s health outcomes are measured properly and that progress is reviewed<\/li>\n<li>data sharing and integration<\/li>\n<li>ensuring that children and young people\u2019s services are accountable at a national and local level<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<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.<\/p>\n<p>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>Framework for measuring and monitoring safety<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Health Foundation has published\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.org.uk\/publications\/practical-guide-a-framework-for-measuring-and-monitoring-safety\/\">Practical guide &#8211; A framework for measuring and monitoring safety<\/a>. It aims to help those working in the NHS answer the question \u2018How safe is our care?\u2019 and bring about constructive change. The guide describes some broad principles to bear in mind when using the framework and provides some prompts for each of the framework\u2019s dimensions to help people focus on some of the main challenges to understanding safety.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Public Health &#8211; one year on<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Local Government Association has published\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.local.gov.uk\/publications\">Public Health &#8211; one year on<\/a>. The report was commissioned to capture the thoughts of those working to make the new public health system work within local authorities after the move from the NHS in April 2013. It includes contributions from councilors, directors of public health, providers, commissioners, GPs, academics and other key decision makers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>QS61 Infection prevention and control (QS61) \u2013 National Institute for Care and Excellence (NICE)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Contains <a href=\"http:\/\/guidance.nice.org.uk\/QS61\" target=\"_blank\">six statements designed to reduce infection rates<\/a>, including a statement recommending that patients should be looked after by healthcare workers who always clean their hands thoroughly, both immediately before and immediately after contact or care. It also aims to tackle the growing threat of antibiotic resistance by recommending that antibiotics be prescribed only in accordance with local antibiotic formularies \u2013 as part of a system to stem resistance of infections to antibiotics.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Additional Item<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/nicemedia\/live\/14503\/67365\/67365.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">NICE support for commissioning for infection prevention and control<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Health Statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/ons\/rel\/psa\/expenditure-on-healthcare-in-the-uk\/2012\/index.html\">Expenditure on Healthcare in the UK<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2012<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hscic.gov.uk\/catalogue\/PUB13966\">Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI) &#8211; Deaths associated with hospitalisation<\/a>, England, October 2012 &#8211; September 2013, Experimental Statistics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stevens sets out alternative approach to small hospitals The merger or closure of small hospitals might not be the best way forward for an already \u201ccentralised\u201d English NHS, Simon Stevens has told the Commons health committee. 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