HSJ Roundup<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our Fabulous NHS \u2013 Academy of Fabulous Stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n New workforce supply resource from NHS Employers<\/strong> Excellence by design: standards for postgraduate curricula –\u00a0General Medical Council (GMC)\u00a0<\/strong> The value of occupational health Warning of faulty defibrillators Statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\nThree Essex acute trusts establishing a new \u201cgroup\u201d model to run their hospitals have launched a mortality review<\/a> in a bid to address \u201chigher than expected\u201d ratios and \u201csustained\u201d rises across its sites, HSJ has learned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\nPlymouth Hospitals NHS Trust (PHNT) in collaboration with Luminati Waycon Ltd, have designed and developed a Patient Pump Bridge engineered [\u2026]<\/li>\n
\nSheffield Teaching Hospital\u2019s Community Stroke Service team is comprised of Administrators, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Pharmacists, Psychologists, Physiotherapists, Rehabilitation Assistants [\u2026]<\/li>\n
\nSituation analysis -The highest cost in Healthcare is Staffing. One way to save money and improve efficiency is to help [\u2026]<\/li>\n
\nThe Safety Thermometer App, built by the NHS Quality Observatory and supported by Haelo, has been introduced to Mid Yorkshire [\u2026]<\/li>\n
\nAmbulatory emergency care services have become the norm in recent years. AEC can have a positive impact on patient flow [\u2026]<\/li>\n
\nDementia diagnosis in Cumbria now four times faster thanks to \u2018virtual clinics\u2019 New virtual clinics in the Memory Matters team [\u2026]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\nOur new workforce supply web pages<\/a> help employers to address the challenges they face in terms of planning for, educating, recruiting, developing and retaining their staff<\/p>\n
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\nThese newly developed standards<\/a> aim to make postgraduate training more flexible for doctors and they provide a framework for the approval and provision of postgraduate medical education and training across the UK. All medical colleges and faculties are required to update all 103 existing postgraduate medical curricula against the GMC\u2019s new standards, with a target to complete the process by 2020.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>The Society of Occupational Medicine has published Occupational health: the value proposition<\/a>. This report highlights the value that occupational health services can give in reducing long term sickness and promoting a healthy workplace culture. This report is aimed at policy makers and commissioners of services.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has issued a press release<\/a> warning people and organisations to check if they have the defibrillator model, LIFEPAK 1000 Automatic External Defibrillators (AED), because a technical fault with some of them means they may not deliver an electric shock to the heart of someone who is in cardiac arrest. This issue could potentially affect all LIFEPAK 1000 devices<\/p>\n
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