{"id":896,"date":"2014-07-23T14:49:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T13:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/?p=896"},"modified":"2014-07-23T14:49:40","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T13:49:40","slug":"knowledge-lert-for-wednesday-23rd-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lihnnhs.info\/Sando\/2014\/07\/23\/knowledge-lert-for-wednesday-23rd-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge @lert for Wednesday 23rd July"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hunt dismisses Keogh trusts’ finance struggles – HSJ Article\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lack of money is no excuse for poor care<\/a>, the health secretary has insisted after HSJ analysis revealed trusts placed in special measures following the Keogh review predict a collective deficit of almost \u00a3140m this year.<\/p>\n

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RCN infection prevention and control commissioning toolkit updated\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Health care organisations should use a series of\u00a0indicators to support performance management of infection prevention and control<\/a>, according to updated guidance published today by the RCN.<\/p>\n

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NHS leaders and major service change\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>British Journal of Healthcare Management<\/strong><\/p>\n

This article\u00a0<\/a>discusses the\u00a0challenge of delivering change that improves sustainability, clinical outcomes and service.\u00a0 It also discusses how this challenge becomes\u00a0an increasingly difficult one for NHS leaders as elections draw nearer.<\/p>\n

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How would seven-day elective care look for junior doctors? \u2013 British Journal of Healthcare Management\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Seven-day working is an extremely topical and much-debated subject.\u00a0 This article <\/a>details three potential options from the trainee perspective and how they will impact on doctor-to-patient ratios throughout the week.<\/p>\n

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The funding paradox: The Better Care Fund \u2013 British Journal of Healthcare Management<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nick Timmins, senior fellow at the Institute for Government and the King\u2019s Fund discusses the challenges of re-shaping services<\/a> with financial constraints.<\/p>\n

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You can\u2019t be a great manager if you\u2019re not a good coach \u2013 Harvard Business Review Blog\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This considers how the experience of making progress of work is something which is personally meaningful.<\/a> It looks at how as a leader you can use this to better understand what motivates and drives an individual. With this information you can use coaching techniques such as deep listening and asking the correct questions to create and sustain a developmental alliance, move forward positively and create accountability.<\/p>\n

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‘Then what…?’ special inquiry\u00a0–\u00a0Healthwatch England<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This special inquiry <\/a>aims to investigate the experience of people who are discharged from hospitals or care homes without adequate support in place. The aim of the inquiry is to gain a deeper understanding of what happens to people who experience \u2018unsafe discharge\u2019 from a hospital, nursing or care home, or mental health setting in England and how it was that they were able to fall through the gaps.<\/p>\n

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Local involvement in health service decision making<\/strong><\/p>\n

Healthwatch has warned that it fears that\u00a0local people are being cut out of decision making about their health services<\/a>.\u00a0A recent straw poll of the Healthwatch network suggested at least a third of local Healthwatch across 152 areas in England are concerned about being able to influence the public engagement activities of their CCGs. The Watchdog fears that GPs and other health professionals responsible for running Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are forming joint decision making bodies, known as committees in common, to make decisions on health services at a regional level. However, these new committees, or \u2018Super CCGs\u2019, are circumventing the local scrutiny and accountability measures put in place by the Government’s health reforms.<\/p>\n

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Exercise medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine has published\u00a0A Fresh Approach in Practice<\/a>. It is aimed at CCGs tackling health problems caused by physical inactivity. It outlines how effective exercise medicine can be used in tackling chronic diseases and conditions related to physical inactivity and common musculoskeletal conditions, whilst reducing referrals for costly procedures and services. It includes the results of pilot services in surgeries, clinics and hospitals which have successfully used exercise medicine services to improve patient outcomes.<\/p>\n

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NICE guidance
\n<\/strong>NICE has issued the following guidance:<\/p>\n