Our Fabulous NHS \u2013 Academy of Fabulous Stuff HSJ Roundup\u00a0<\/strong>(contact the Library for further details<\/a>)<\/p>\n What are the priorities for health and social care?\u00a0The King’s Fund<\/strong> Results of a national survey of support to adult care homes in England: a specialist palliative care provider perspective\u00a0–\u00a0Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care<\/strong> Developing people \u2013 improving care: a national framework for action on improvement and leadership development in NHS-funded services\u00a0 –\u00a0NHS Improvement<\/strong>
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\n\u201cUrgent steps\u201d have been taken to hold back funding intended for clinical commissioning groups, to help the Department of Health deliver financial balance this year.<\/li>\n
\nThe \u201cmodel hospital\u201d system for measuring trusts\u2019 productivity and efficiency is to be expanded over the next two years to CCGs, STPs and ACOs, HSJ can reveal.<\/li>\n
\nNHS England and local commissioners underspent on their primary care budgets by almost \u00a3200m in 2016-17, which helped offset the \u00a3791m deficit in the provider sector, new figures reveal.<\/li>\n
\nA struggling trust in the West Midlands was threatened with enforcement action over the staffing levels and culture in its maternity service, HSJ has learned.<\/li>\n
\nOxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has approved controversial plans to downgrade maternity and intensive care units at the Horton General Hospital \u2013 despite Jeremy Hunt considering appeals against the plans.<\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>NHS Improvement has put out an advert to recruit a leader with the \u201cresilience and strength of character\u201d to take over as its chief executive when Jim Mackey leaves later this year.<\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>Pressure is mounting on NHS bosses to intervene ahead of winter, as official data suggests the system failed to make headway against key performance measures in the first quarter of 2017-18.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\nAs the dust settles on the first weeks of the new parliament and ahead of the party conference season, we assess the state of health and social care <\/a>and set out the big issues facing the government.<\/p>\n
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\nThis survey of organisations providing specialist palliative care services to care homes highlights the work they do and identifies the key challenges they face. The report<\/a>, commissioned by Public Health England, undertaken by the Marie Curie Research Centre at Cardiff University, with input from the National Council for Palliative Care and Hospice UK, examines the role of specialist palliative care in providing support to care homes in England.<\/p>\n
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\nThis updated framework <\/a>focuses on helping NHS and social care staff to develop four critical capabilities: systems leadership; established quality improvement methods; inclusive and compassionate leadership; and talent management.<\/p>\n
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