Falls Prevention Horizon Scanning Volume 3 Issue 6

Falls Prevention Horizon Scanning | from North West Health Libraries.

The latest edition of the Falls Prevention Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign.

End of Life Care Horizon Scanning Volume 5 Issue 6

End of Life Care Horizon Scanning | from the North West PCT Librarians Group.

The latest edition of the X Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign.

Analysed: The commissioning workforce post transition | Health Service Journal

This week’s HSJ Briefing looks at what has happened to the NHS commissioning workforce since the transition to the new organisational structure in April, and asks what this can tell us about the new system.

via Analysed: The commissioning workforce post transition | News | Health Service Journal.

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Bolton FT’s financial governance is slammed | Health Service Journal

Bolton Foundation Trust’s financial governance is “inadequate” in all areas, according to a devastating independent assessment seen by HSJ.

via Bolton FT’s financial governance is slammed | News | Health Service Journal.

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Struggling CSUs set to be told to outsource or lose accreditation -Health Service Journal

Commissioning support units would be required to bring in outside providers to run parts of their operations or face losing accreditation if they fail to meet quality standards, under rules proposed by NHS England

via Struggling CSUs set to be told to outsource or lose accreditation | News | Health Service Journal.

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Quarter of CCGs facing financial ‘difficulty’ | Health Service Journal

About a quarter of clinical commissioning groups are facing “real difficulty “ in “making ends meet” this financial year, the NHS England finance director has said.

via Quarter of CCGs facing financial ‘difficulty’ | News | Health Service Journal.

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Revealed: the 100-fold variation in CCG workforce size | Health Service Journal

There is a more than a 100-fold variation in the numbers of people employed by clinical commissioning groups, HSJ research has found. The revelation has prompted concern over the viability of smaller CCGs

via Revealed: the 100-fold variation in CCG workforce size | News | Health Service Journal.

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Stroke Horizon Scanning Volume 5 Issue 5

Stroke Horizon Scanning | from the North West PCT Librarians Group.

The latest edition of the Stroke Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign.

Hospitals fear that GPs will invite tenders on services to avoid legal challenges from private sector | BMJ

NHS hospital trust managers are worried that GP commissioners may decide to open up some commissioned services to competitive tendering because they fear challenges from private providers, MPs have been told.

via Hospitals fear that GPs will invite tenders on services to avoid legal challenges from private sector | BMJ.

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COPD Horizon Scanning Volume 5 Issue 5

COPD Horizon Scanning | from the North West PCT Librarians Group.

The latest edition of the COPD Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign.

Orthopaedics Horizon Scanning Volume 4 Issue 6

Orthopaedics Horizon Scanning | Just another WordPress.com site.

The latest edition of the Orthopaedics Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign

Diabetes Type 2 Horizon Scanning Volume 5 Issue 5

Diabetes Type 2 Horizon Scanning | from the North West PCT Librarians Group.

The latest edition of the Diabetes Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign.

How is the health and social care system performing? June 2013 | The King’s Fund

This quarter’s report aims to take stock of what has happened over the past year and assess the state of the health and care system halfway through the £20 billion Nicholson Challenge

via How is the health and social care system performing? June 2013 | The King’s Fund.

Emphasise benefits of reconfiguration to support change, says report | BMJ

Three UK health bodies representing doctors, managers, and patients have warned that the NHS in England must get people more involved in radical change of services or risk “paralysis.”

via Emphasise benefits of reconfiguration to support change, says report | BMJ.

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Report highlights potential benefits of mobile communication devices for health | BMJ

A report on the use of mobile communication devices in managing treatment claims that they could save €99bn (£84bn; $130bn) in healthcare costs in the European Union by 2017.

via Report highlights potential benefits of mobile communication devices for health | BMJ.

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Nicholson: Transferring NHS funds to social care would mean ‘radical changes’ to hospitals | Health Service Journal

The government must accept “radical changes” to hospital services if it diverts more NHS funding to shore up the social care budget, the head of the NHS England has said.

via Nicholson: Transferring NHS funds to social care would mean ‘radical changes’ to hospitals | News | Health Service Journal.

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Nearly 40% of hospitals missed emergency department waiting time target in last quarter, show figures | BMJ

The proportion of patients in England waiting for four hours or longer in hospital emergency departments reached a nine year high in the last quarter of 2012-13, as nearly four in every 10 hospitals breached the government’s target on waiting times, new figures have shown.

via Nearly 40% of hospitals missed emergency department waiting time target in last quarter, show figures | BMJ.

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Immunisation Horizon Scanning Volume 5 Issue 5

Immunisation Horizon Scanning | from the North West PCT Librarians Group.

The latest edition of the Immunisation Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign

Child Health Horizon Scanning Volume 2 Issue 6

Child Health Horizon Scanning | from Library and Information Health Network North West (LIHNN).

The latest edition of the Child Health Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign

Alcohol Horizon Scanning Volume 5 Issue 4

Alcohol Horizon Scanning | from the North West PCT Librarians Group.

The latest edition of the Alcohol Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign

Obesity Horizon Scanning Volume 5 Issue 3

Obesity Horizon Scanning | from the North West PCT Librarians Group.

The latest edition of the Obesity Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign

Patient Safety Horizon Scanning Volume 4 Issue 5

Patient Safety Horizon Scanning | From the North West Health Libraries.

The latest edition of the Patient Safety Horizon Scanning is out and available. Produced by NHS Libraries North West, Horizon Scanning is : “Bringing together best practice, innovation and future risks to support the commissioning process and service redesign

NICE to develop public health standards

NICE will develop quality standards to hold the NHS to account for its public health activity for the first time, with the first to look at tobacco, harmful use of alcohol and obesity, the Government has announced.

http://www.nice.org.uk/newsroom/news/FirstSetNICEPublicHealthQualitStandardsRevealed.jsp

http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/commissioning/commissioning-topics/ccgs/nice-to-develop-public-health-standards/20002958.article

Government response to the Health Select Committee report on the future of NICE

In its response to the Health Select Committee’s report on the future role of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the government has confirmed NICE will:

• have a crucial role in the future value-based pricing arrangements for branded medicines.
• build on its current drug evaluation processes by giving it broader scope to assess a medicine’s benefits and costs. The aim is to make sure that the price the NHS pays for new medicines is more closely linked to their value to NHS patients and society.

via Government response to the Health Select Committee report on the future of NICE | Department of Health.

NICE to assess value of medicines from 2014

NICE will take responsibility for assessing the full value of medicines when new pricing arrangements are introduced in 2014 the Government announced today.

via NICE to assess value of medicines from 2014 | Media Centre.

DH on course for biggest underspend this parliament | News | Health Service Journal

The Department of Health is this year on course for its biggest annual underspend in the current parliament – with none of the unused budget due to be carried over for future use, today’s Budget revealed.

via DH on course for biggest underspend this parliament | News | Health Service Journal.

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Volunteering in health and care Securing a sustainable future

A report has been published that considers the role and value of volunteers in health and social care. It looks at the important part that volunteers play in improving patient experience, addressing health inequalities, and building a closer relationship between services and communities. It also outlines the changing nature of volunteering, why this can cause tensions, and why volunteering does not always reach its full potential. Examples of good practice in the NHS and voluntary sector illustrate how these barriers can be overcome.

via Management Newsfeed.

This was originally shared by the hardworking staff at East Midlands SHA

Weakest CSUs given three months to improve | Health Service Journal

Struggling commissioning support units are to be given just three months to improve their business practices or face intervention by the NHS Commissioning Board, HSJ has been told.

via Exclusive: Weakest CSUs given three months to improve | News | Health Service Journal.

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New national clinical directors are appointed to drive clinically led NHS | BMJ

The medical director of England’s NHS Commissioning Board, Bruce Keogh, has announced the names of 22 doctors who have been appointed as national clinical directors to give expert advice on specialist areas of care in the NHS

via New national clinical directors are appointed to drive clinically led NHS | BMJ.

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Commissioners must start redesigning services to ensure real savings, MPs say | BMJ

A reliance on reductions in hospitals’ price tariffs to drive NHS efficiency savings is offering commissioners a “cop-out” from redesigning services and will not improve the effectiveness and quality of NHS healthcare, MPs have warned.

via Commissioners must start redesigning services to ensure real savings, MPs say | BMJ.

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