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\nThree trusts have significantly more deaths than expected in trauma cases, according to new data<\/a>.<\/li>\n
\nThe chief executive of England\u2019s only fully integrated hospital, mental health, community services and ambulance provider has stepped down ahead of the publication of its inspection report.<\/li>\n
\nManchester health leaders have kicked off the search for providers of \u201cout of hospital\u201d health and care services across the city <\/a>under a contract worth nearly \u00a36bn \u2013 the largest ever NHS services tender.<\/li>\n
\nDocuments made public after Freedom of Information Act requests have revealed concerns about the way some trusts are audited. Last week, NHS Improvement published summaries of reviews it had ordered of a random sampling of the audits commissioned by trusts in 2015-16<\/a> and 2014-15<\/a>.<\/li>\n
\nA GP practice run by the high profile Hurley Group has been placed in special measures<\/a> by the Care Quality Commission.<\/li>\n
\nAfter Brexit the NHS could be hit by a shortage of more than 40,000 nurses by 2026, according to modelling by the Department of Health leaked to HSJ.<\/li>\n
\nNHS organisations across a troubled health economy have agreed the first steps to setting up an accountable care organisation <\/a>for their sustainability transformation partnership footprint.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n<\/strong>The ambulance service has come to be a totemic symbol of the NHS in England, free at the point of use and available to all. It represents the fundamental duty of care at the heart of the health service and is an expression of the dedication of NHS staff. In our final winter briefing, we look at these growing pressures on a critical NHS service<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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\nThis report <\/a>highlights the difficulties that patients have been experiencing in accessing blood sugar monitoring equipment. The survey of patients found that a quarter of respondents had experienced restrictions and that over half of those who had experienced restrictions have type 1 diabetes.<\/p>\n
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\nData suggests 57 practices in England closed in 2016<\/a>, affecting some 265,000 patients.<\/li>\n
\nA Kent hospital <\/a>prepares for a staffing crisis as locums face a drop in pay after tax changes.<\/li>\n
\nParamedics warn the issue is causing delays <\/a>getting to the most seriously ill and injured patients.<\/li>\n
\nThe RAC says <\/a>too many hospitals force patients to carry around “pocketfuls of change” to pay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\nThis report <\/a>highlights the potential for remote monitoring technology to ease delayed discharges in the NHS and estimates that the widespread implementation of digital health could have already saved the NHS over \u00a31 billion over the last five years. The report calls for the Department of Health to create a standardised remote health management network by 2020 which would enable acute and social care providers to have access to patient data and remote monitoring.<\/p>\n
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\nThe NMC has changed the number of OSCE test attempts <\/a>an overseas trained (non-EU\/EEA) nurse or midwife can take as part of their application for registration.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Benchmarking Network has published the results of the Planned Care 2016 project<\/a>.\u00a0 (Please note, the desktop toolkit and national report are only available to BENCHMARKING NETWORK MEMBERS).\u00a0 The Planned Care for Commissioners project aimed to provide a strategic overview of the investment in the healthcare system on planned care, and develop benchmarking analytics to fill the gap in the data already available to commissioners. The project covered 51 commissioning organisations.<\/p>\n
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\nWe talk to Ben Dyson, executive director of strategy at NHS Improvement (NHSI). What are NHSI\u2019s main policy objectives for the next 12 months<\/a>? “Our core objectives remain the same: to support NHS providers improve their quality of care, financial performance and performance against NHS Constitution standards.”<\/p>\n
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\nThis updated set of FAQs <\/a>provides guidance and information on the pioneers who are testing ways of improving choice and personalisation for women accessing maternity services.<\/p>\n
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\nThis guidance <\/a>aims to supports staff to involve patients and the public in their work in a meaningful way to improve services, including giving clear advice on the legal duty to involve.\u00a0The guidance is accompanied by an equality and health inequalities analysis and associated resources.<\/p>\n
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