Leaving hospital or care settings<\/strong> Information standard for sexual orientation monitoring<\/strong> NHS Indicators<\/strong> The medico-legal crisis and how to solve it –\u00a0Centre for Policy Studies<\/strong> Partnerships for improvement: ingredients for success –\u00a0The Health Foundation<\/strong> Harrogate’s social media journey – NHS Employers<\/strong> Recruitment through Social Media\u00a0– NHS Employers<\/strong> Bulletins<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHealthwatch has published What happens when people leave hospital and other care settings?\u00a0 Findings from the Healthwatch network<\/a>.\u00a0 This briefing brings together a summary of the experiences over 2000 people have shared with local Healthwatch during the last two years relating to leaving hospital and other care settings.\u00a0 Although there are many positive experiences, the briefing highlights there is still significant work to be done to ensure discharge is a good experience for everyone.<\/p>\n
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\nThe NHS England Equality and Health Inequalities Unit in partnership with the LGBT Foundation has published Sexual Orientation Monitoring: Full Specification<\/a>. This Standard provides the mechanism for recording the sexual orientation of all patients\/service users aged 16 years and over across all health services and Local Authorities with responsibilities for Adult social care in England in all service areas where it may be relevant to record this data.<\/p>\n
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\nThe House of Commons Library has published NHS Indicators: England, October 2017<\/a>.\u00a0 This briefing provides a summary of performance indicators and demand levels for NHS services in England.\u00a0 It covers A&E statistics, waiting lists, ambulance data, delayed charges and staffing levels including doctors and nurses.<\/p>\n
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\nThe author of this report<\/a> concludes that the NHS’ liabilities for medico-legal claims now total \u00a365bn, draining the NHS of much-needed funds and putting patients at risk by driving GPs out of practice. The report puts forward nine recommendations to bring down costs for the NHS and provide better outcomes for patients.<\/p>\n
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\nThis briefing<\/a> looks at a range of current organisational partnerships. It focuses on five different partnering arrangements, as well as interviews with national leaders, and draws learning to help inform and guide policymakers and providers.<\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve published a new blog<\/a> looking at a resourcing manager’s journey in aiding his trust to build and use social media effectively<\/p>\n
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\nRead more to find out how a Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust used social media to aid recruitment.<\/a><\/p>\n
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