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HSJ Roundup<\/strong><\/p>\n Our\u00a0Fabulous NHS \u2013\u00a0Academy of Fabulous Stuff\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Elective Care Guide\u00a0 – NHS Improvement<\/strong> Leading across the health and care system: Lessons from experience – The King’s Fund<\/strong> Long-term conditions: patient information journey – The Patient Information Forum<\/strong> Patient information leaflets \u2013 audio versions Workload pressure no defence against clinical negligence, barrister warns – <\/strong> Reducing agency spend: Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust case study\u00a0–\u00a0NHS Employers\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> Brexit and the NHS: election 2017 –\u00a0NHS Confederation<\/strong> Investing in success: NHS priorities for the new government –\u00a0NHS Providers<\/strong> Election briefing: NHS and social care funding – three unavoidable challenges –\u00a0Health Foundation<\/strong> NICE guidance updates\n
\nA decision by the Court of Appeal to introduce a new interpretation of employment law in a junior doctor\u2019s case has extended whistleblower protection across the workforce, a charity has said.<\/li>\n
\nAn alliance of NHS organisations is being assembled to fight the health service\u2019s corner during the Brexit negotiations, HSJ has learned.<\/li>\n
\nJunior doctors have been granted new whistleblowing protection <\/a>after the Court of Appeal ruled against Health Education England in a landmark case.<\/li>\n
\nMore than 300 posts are set to be cut by Health Education England as part of a savings drive that could save over \u00a310m in pay costs alone, HSJ has learned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\nNHSCC\u2019s publication \u2018Excellence in commissioning diabetes care\u2019 showcases examples of where clinically led commissioning is changing the way diabetes care [\u2026]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\nNHS Improvement has published Elective care guide Referral to treatment pathways: guide to managing efficient elective care, third edition<\/a>. This document provides guidance on the operational delivery of an effective referral to treatment pathway, including demand and capacity planning, elective access policies, performance management and reporting<\/p>\n
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\nThis paper <\/a>offers those who are leading new systems of care some guidance on how to address the challenges they face. It draws on the Fund\u2019s work on the development of new care models, sustainability and transformation plans, and accountable care organisations.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Patient Information Forum has published Perfect patient information journey: phase 1 summary report<\/a>.\u00a0 This is the report from phase one of a project aimed at creating a model pathway to support the \u2018perfect patient information journey\u2019 for people with long-term conditions. This phase involved conducting research on previous efforts to embed information into patient pathways, as well as talking to patients, healthcare professionals and commissioners, to identify key themes related to the provision of high quality information.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong><\/span>Public Health England has produced audio versions of some of its patient leaflets relating to screening services:<\/p>\n\n
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\nJudges considering prosecutions against doctors for gross negligence manslaughter would not view a lack of NHS resources as a defence against clinical negligence<\/a>, a barrister who specialises in medical law and clinical negligence has said. At a conference on litigation against doctors at the Royal Society of Medicine, James Badenoch QC said that he was often asked whether judges would take into account \u201cthe impossible conditions in which some doctors work.\u201d \u201cThe answer, to be relatively frank with you, is no,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve often had discussions about whether financial constraints might \u2026<\/p>\n
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\nThis case study <\/a>shares the experience of Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust on how they reduced levels of medical agency spending.<\/p>\n
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\nThis briefing <\/a>outlines the priorities identified by NHS Confederation for the new incoming government. It calls for all political parties to commit to a series of pledges on Brexit ahead of the upcoming general election.<\/p>\n
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\nThis briefing <\/a>outlines the priorities for the incoming government that NHS Providers have identified as key to tackling the challenges that the NHS faces over the next parliament. It argues that politicians must address growing concerns over the NHS workforce and that the next government will need to work with NHS national bodies on a new long-term approach to workforce planning and pay.<\/p>\n
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\nThis is the first in a series of briefings <\/a>ahead of the 2017 General Election and it aims to clarify the debate on three of the main challenges facing the funding of health and care services. It calls for increased investment in the NHS to halt planned reductions in spending per person over the next two years. It highlights social care funding and sustainability as an urgent priority for the next incoming government.<\/p>\n
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