Dementia assessment and improvement framework: Framework\/compulsory guidance –\u00a0NHS Improvement<\/strong> Section 136 of the Mental Health Act<\/strong> Patient discharge from hospital<\/strong> Flow of patients between the NHS and social\u00a0care – local performance metrics –\u00a0Department of Health<\/strong> Avoiding admissions in neonatal units<\/strong> Making effective use of staff bankstags: Improvement tool<\/strong> A guide to developing criteria-led dischargetags: Improvement guide<\/strong> HSJ Roundup<\/strong>\u00a0(contact the Library for further details<\/a>)<\/p>\n Our Fabulous NHS \u2013 Academy of Fabulous Stuff
\nAn evidence-based framework<\/a> to support and enable directors of nursing and medical directors<\/strong><\/em> to achieve \u2018outstanding\u2019 care standards for those living with dementia during their stay in hospital.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Royal College of Emergency Medicine is reminding emergency departments of changes to section 136 of the Mental Health Act which take effect from today (11th December 2017).\u00a0 A brief guide to Section 136 for Emergency Departments<\/a> outlines the process to be followed when police bring a person to the department under a section 136.<\/p>\n
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\nNHS Improvement has published A brief guide to developing criteria-led discharge<\/a>. This guide includes the rationale for developing criteria-led discharge, an outline of the two main approaches, underpinning principles and a review of related studies. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nA new dashboard <\/a>which allows local areas of assess the flow of patients across the boundary between the NHS and social care.
\nIt provides a set of six measures indicating how health and social care partners in every Local Authority area in England are performing at the interface between health and social care. Included in the dashboard is a breakdown of delayed days attributable to social care per 100,000 of the population and the equivalent for NHS-attributable delays.
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\nHealth Education England has released an e-learning programme to help healthcare professionals avoid term admissions into neonatal units<\/a>. It focuses on four clinical areas: respiratory conditions, hypoglycaemia, jaundice and asphyxia (perinatal hypoxia\u2013ischaemia).<\/p>\n
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\nA toolkit <\/a>to help trusts maximise the use of staff banks and reduce agency spend.<\/p>\n
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\nUse this guide <\/a>to encourage development of the use of discharge criteria to support patient discharge from hospital.<\/p>\n
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\nThe former chief executive of NHS Improvement has said \u00a31bn could be saved by \u201cruthlessly\u201d stripping back national bodies and local commissioners \u2013 and warned that plans to establish accountable care are \u201cfar too bloody complicated\u201d.<\/li>\n
\nJim Mackey has warned that negativity over the NHS\u2019s budget settlement will have \u201cpissed off\u201d ministers, arguing the \u00a31.6bn of new funding was a \u201cserious investment\u201d which could deliver real improvements \u2013 but only if stabilising chaotic emergency departments was prioritised.<\/li>\n
\nJim Mackey has criticised the Department of Health for applying \u201ctotally pointless\u201d interest rates to the bailout loans that support financially struggling NHS hospitals.<\/li>\n
\nThe former chief executive of NHS Improvement said he was \u201cirritated and disappointed\u201d in himself for not being able to clear the provider deficit \u2013 but the sector was also \u201clet down\u201d by some providers such as King\u2019s College Hospital Foundation Trust.<\/li>\n
\nBabylon Health Services has failed to stop the publication of a Care Quality Commission report that states it is not providing a safe service in some areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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