Our Fabulous NHS \u2013 Academy of Fabulous Stuff HSJ Roundup\u00a0<\/strong>(contact the Library for further details<\/a>)<\/p>\n NHS funding and privatisation: the facts – The King’s Fund<\/strong> Hunt vs. Hawking: who\u2019s right about the NHS?<\/strong> Education and training survey<\/strong> Whistleblowers Support Scheme<\/strong> GP training – consultation outcome<\/strong> Accessible Information Standard<\/strong> End of life care: people who have a learning disability<\/strong> Polypharmacy in older people<\/strong> NICE Bites: Parkinson\u2019s disease<\/strong> Where next for commissioning?<\/strong> Care of older people in hospital<\/strong> Integrated support and assurance process –\u00a0NHS England<\/strong> Specialized services quality dashboards –\u00a0NHS England\u00a0<\/strong> Plans to improve NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment processes –\u00a0NHS England<\/strong> Statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n Bulletins<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nA sustainability and transformation partnership in the East Midlands has recruited Capita to help with the creation of its accountable care system.<\/li>\n
\nJeremy Hunt has been warned for a second time about the potential harm to patients caused by the lack of patient record sharing in the NHS.<\/li>\n
\nPatients are being put at \u201cunacceptable risk\u201d because thousands of unregulated NHS staff are being allowed to perform invasive procedures without checks on their qualifications, HSJ has been told.<\/li>\n
\nOne of the most advanced national vanguard projects has decided to form a multispecialty community provider through an alliance agreement rather than go out to procurement as it \u201cwould take longer\u201d.<\/li>\n
\nCounty councils have written to health secretary Jeremy Hunt urging him to rethink \u201cundeliverable\u201d targets for reducing delayed transfers of care from hospitals that could reuslt in vital funding being withdrawn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\nA\u00a0lecture<\/a> and\u00a0article<\/a>\u00a0by the scientist Professor Stephen Hawking outlining his views on the NHS have prompted a lively debate about a number of issues.\u00a0Here we look at the facts about two of these: whether the NHS is being privatised and if it has been given the funding it needs. We also look at the main ways in which health care is paid for in different countries and the pros and cons of each<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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\nThe health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, clashed with Professor Stephen Hawking over the weekend about\u00a0the NHS.\u00a0The exchange saw claims and counter-claims scattered\u00a0across the pages of the weekend papers, with each\u00a0accusing the other of ignoring evidence.\u00a0So, who\u2019s right? FactCheck\u00a0looks at the four biggest points of contention between the pair.<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nHealth Education England\u2019s Technology Enhanced Learning team has launched a survey to discover the views of NHS staff on education and training<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0 The survey aims to find out how staff currently learn, preferences for future learning and the role that technology and digital may play in enhancing learning.\u00a0 The survey closes on 30 September 2017.<\/p>\n
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\nNHS England has launched the Whistleblowers Support Scheme<\/a>.\u00a0 This pilot scheme will offer a range of services including career coaching, financial advice and mediation for primary care staff who have suffered as a result of raising concerns about NHS practice.\u00a0 The pilot will run until March 2018.<\/p>\n
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\nHealth Education England (HEE) has published Targeted GP training proposal including changes to extensions to training: consultation outcome<\/a>.\u00a0 This document details the outcomes of the discussions and consultation on the two parallel and interdependent proposals of \u2018Targeted GP Training\u2019 and \u2018Amending Rules for extensions to training\u2019 run by HEE between December 2016 and April 2017. It sets out where changes have been made to the proposals outlined in the consultation and provides details of next steps.<\/p>\n
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\nNHS England has issued a revised version of the Accessible Information Standard specification<\/a>.\u00a0 Organisations are expected to consider the revised specification and the associated \u2018change paper\u2019 which details the amendments, in order to ensure they remain compliant.<\/p>\n
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\nNHS England has published Delivering high quality end of life care for people who have a learning disability<\/a>.\u00a0 This document provides resources for commissioners, providers and social care staff providing or delivering care to people with a learning disability at the end of their lives.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Centre for Reviews and Dissemination has published Effectiveness Matters: reducing harm from polypharmacy in older people<\/a>. This document summarises research evidence on approaches that aim to reduce problematic forms of polypharmacy.\u00a0 It concludes a multifaceted person-centred coordinated care approach should underpin efforts to reduce harm from polypharmacy in older people.<\/p>\n
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\nThe July\/August 2017 NICE Bites bulletin from the North West Medicines Information Service covers Parkinson\u2019s disease in adults<\/a>.\u00a0 This publication aims to provide healthcare professionals with a summary of key prescribing points taken from the NICE guidance, NG71.\u00a0 This guideline covers the diagnosis and management of Parkinson\u2019s disease in people aged \u226518 years.<\/p>\n
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\nNHS Providers has published the next of its \u2018Provider Voices\u2019 series sharing a chief executive\u2019s view on Where next for commissioning? <\/a>\u00a0\u00a0The chief executive of West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust shares his view in relation to ambulance services.\u00a0 Areas covered include designing pathways for continuous improvement, STPs, diversity of commissioning approaches and providing value for investment in commissioning.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has published the results of a survey of Gransnet members on hospital care and treatment of an older relative<\/a>.\u00a0 The survey was open to members who had had an older relative spend time in hospital in the last 12 months and were concerned about the care or treatment that their relative received.\u00a0 The survey results are published in spreadsheet format.<\/p>\n
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\nThese documents <\/a>describe the integrated NHS England and NHS Improvement process for supporting commissioners and providers looking to procure and bid for complex contracts.<\/p>\n
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\nThese dashboards are designed to provide assurance on the quality of care by collecting information about outcomes from healthcare providers. The dashboards\u00a0are a key tool in monitoring the quality of services, enabling comparison between service providers and supporting improvements over time in the outcomes of services commissioned by NHS England.<\/p>\n\n
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\nThis letter<\/a> outlines revised guidance in relation to NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments in order to promote a reduction in delayed transfers of care. CCGs will be required to review current assessment processes and ensure that the current procedures do not contribute to delays in transfer of care.<\/p>\n
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