A Short Guide to the Department of Health and NHS England –\u00a0National Audit Office\u00a0<\/strong> New technology helping to tackle frailty in older people –\u00a0NHS England\u00a0<\/strong> Sepsis Quality standard [QS161]\u00a0<\/strong> Cross-system sepsis action plan 2017\u00a0<\/strong> NHS is warned to be on high alert for flu this winter –\u00a0BMJ<\/strong> MRSA, MSSA and E. coli bacteraemia and C. difficile infection: quarterly epidemiological commentary –\u00a0Public Health England\u00a0<\/strong> Number of written complaints about NHS increases 4.9 per cent – Health and Social Care Information Centre<\/strong> Partnering for Improvement: inter-organisational developments in the NHS<\/strong> Practical guide for large scale change launched –\u00a0NHS England<\/strong> New improvements to help fight sepsis – Department of Health<\/strong> HSJ Roundup\u00a0<\/strong>(contact the Library for further details<\/a>)<\/p>\n Our Fabulous NHS \u2013 Academy of Fabulous Stuff
\nThis short guide<\/a> summarises what the Department of Health and NHS England do, how much they spend, organisations that oversee, support and deliver health and social care, recent and planned changes, key themes from NAO reports, commissioning plans and organisation of regulation and oversight.<\/p>\n
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\nNHS England is reporting the trialling of new wearable sensors<\/a>, based on technology used by NASA and the CGI film industry, to help identify older patients at risk of falls as part of a new drive to tackle frailty. One system, designed to analyse the way a patient walks, was developed in partnership with Intel and tested at University College Dublin’s Institute for Sports and Health. In Sheffield, the Perfect Patient Pathway Test Bed is testing Kinesis’ QTUG device for patients over 65 who have no recorded falls and score as ‘moderately frail’. The system sees patients walk with the motion sensor attachments on their legs while an app carries out the analysis.<\/p>\n
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\nThis quality standard <\/a>was published in September 2017. It covers the recognition, diagnosis and early management of sepsis for all populations. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.<\/p>\n
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\nThis document <\/a>identifies further actions which will be undertaken by healthcare organisations to enable continuing improvements in sepsis care across over the next year. Amongst others, this document is aimed at CCG clinical leaders.<\/p>\n
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\nThe head of NHS England has warned hospitals and GP surgeries to be prepared for a big increase in cases of flu<\/a> this winter after a heavy season in the southern hemisphere.Speaking at the Health and…<\/p>\n
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\nThe commentaries contain national aggregated data and an overview of the trends<\/a> in the mandatory reports of\u00a0HCAI; meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), meticillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection, over recent quarters.<\/p>\n
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\nThere were 208,400 written complaints received by the NHS during 2016\/172 – up 4.9 per cent on the previous year, NHS Digital figures released today<\/a> show.<\/p>\n
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\nThis research <\/a>explored the expectations and realities of partnering across different spectrums – individual, mandated, structural and voluntary partnering – and identifies a number of key learning points.
\nThe report presents a range of implications of relevance to all those with an interest in pursuing partnering – NHS providers, policymakers and regulators.<\/p>\n
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\nNHS England has launched a refreshed guide<\/a> to support health and care leaders to deliver large scale change. The guide will help them meet the challenges set out in the\u00a0Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View published earlier this year. NHS England\u2019s Sustainable Improvement team and the Horizons team have refreshed and updated [\u2026]<\/p>\n
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\nHealth Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced new measures to help combat sepsis<\/a>. Thousands of nurses, care home staff and pharmacists will be told how to check for signs and symptoms of sepsis, as part of a new NHS plan to improve treatment of the condition.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Department of Health and its executive agencies spent \u00a339m on \u201cexit packages\u201d last year, following the departure of more than 700 staff.<\/li>\n
\nA clinical commissioning group rated inadequate has appointed an interim chief officer following the departure of its experienced leader.<\/li>\n
\nHealth leaders are in discussions over merging three northern sustainability and transformation partnerships to create the largest in the country, HSJ can reveal.<\/li>\n
\nA private hospital group has agreed to pay \u00a327.2m in compensation to patients injured by a surgeon who operated from its sites.<\/li>\n
\nNHS England is facing calls to lift funding restrictions following the death of a 74-year-old man from a brain bleed months after he was denied treatment to prevent strokes.<\/li>\n
\nTrusts are waiting almost half a year to receive their Care Quality Commission inspection reports, the latest data from the regulator reveals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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