CCGs to join up for STP-wide commissioning – HSJ<\/strong> New immigration charges could cost NHS millions\u00a0– HSJ\u00a0<\/strong> Interim managers demand higher rates to offset tax losses\u00a0– HSJ<\/strong> Learning from deaths in the NHS: national guidance – NHS Improvement<\/strong> Understanding NHS financial pressures Expansion Of Undergraduate Medical Education \u2013 Department of Health\u00a0<\/strong> Fair care for trans patients: An RCN guide for nursing and health care professionals: 2nd ed. \u2013 Royal College of Nursing\u00a0<\/strong> Understanding devolution: a critical appraisal of the Greater Manchester devolution deal – <\/strong>New Economics Foundation (NEF)<\/strong> NHS England Dementia: Good Care Planning: Information for primary care providers and commissioners \u2013 NHS England<\/strong> Health in rural areas<\/span><\/strong> Apprenticeships: shaping the healthcare workforce\u00a0 – NHS Employers<\/strong> What self-management after stroke means to stroke survivors and physiotherapists Health and wellbeing of NHS staff NICE guidance
\nAll the clinical commissioning groups across a sustainability and transformation plan footprint have signed up to form a commissioning committee <\/a>covering the whole patch.<\/p>\n
\nNHS England\u2019s chief nurse has called on the NHS to support European nursing staff <\/a>as the country prepares for Brexit and the NHS faces a new immigration charge from next month.<\/p>\n
\nSome NHS trusts have been asked to pay higher rates<\/a> by interim senior managers, locum doctors and other agency staff to compensate for new tax rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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\nA framework <\/a>to help standardise and improve how NHS providers identify, report, investigate and learn from deaths.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong><\/span>The King\u2019s Fund has published Understanding NHS financial pressures: how are they affecting patient care<\/a>?\u00a0 This study investigates the impact of financial pressures in four areas of the health service: genito-urinary medicine (GUM), district nursing, elective hip replacement and neonatal services.\u00a0 It aims to understand whether and how the slowdown in NHS funding has affected patient access to high quality care and whether the financial pressures are felt differently in different areas of the healthcare system.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nThe government proposes to increase the number of student places at medical schools in England by 1,500<\/a>. The first 500 places will be allocated to medical schools and will be available to students in September 2018. This consultation seeks views on how to maximise the benefits from the increases in medical student numbers.<\/p>\n
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\nThe RCN recognises that trans people frequently experience prejudice and discrimination. The nursing community can, through its professional actions and interests, work to eliminate this at both an individual and a societal level in partnership with a range of organisations, including those who represent the needs of trans people. This resource <\/a>is designed to help you respond to the needs of patients and clients who identify as transgender. Initially created in response to an RCN Congress resolution, this guidance has been updated following further research from other organisations.<\/p>\n
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\nThis paper <\/a>presents an assessment of the devolution process in Greater Manchester so far and highlights key issues for consideration for future devolved local areas. The analysis identifies the integration of health and social care as the service area which will undergo the greatest change in terms of public service reform in devolved regions.<\/p>\n
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\nThis guide <\/a>is aimed at primary care and commissioners, particularly GPs, who provide care plan reviews. It is designed to help improve care planning in dementia by supporting a standardised approach, highlighting good practice, ensuring alignment with relevant cross condition care plans and help to reduce local variation in the process.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Local Government Association has published Health and wellbeing in rural areas: case studies<\/a>. This document presents case studies to encourage local authorities to build on and share their work in designing health and care interventions that target those most in need in rural communities. It includes examples that go beyond the traditional \u2018medical model\u2019 of public health and build on some of local authorities\u2019 other responsibilities including planning, housing, economic regeneration and leisure services.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nIn an article for the Nursing Times, Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers, looks at the shape of the future workforce and the role that apprenticeships can play<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>A new study Exploring stroke survivors’ and physiotherapists’ views of self-management after stroke: a qualitative study in the UK<\/a><\/strong> has been published in BMJ Open.\u00a0 This UK study looks for the first time at both stroke survivors\u2019 and physiotherapists\u2019 views of self-management after stroke. Based on interviews with thirteen stroke survivors recently admitted to a London stroke unit and thirteen physiotherapists involved in their care, key differences were found in how self-management was understood.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>NHS Employers has launched a new web page and published a new poster<\/a> to show the eight elements that are critical to delivering a robust and effective health and wellbeing offer for staff. The eight elements have been developed by network of health and wellbeing leads across the NHS.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>ES8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Narcolepsy with or without cataplexy in adults: pitolisant<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n