Health Management and Policy Alert

Transforming imaging services in England: a national strategy for imaging networks

NHS England and NHS Improvement - 

This strategy sets out a proposal for implementing collaborative imaging networks on a national basis across England. This approach will deliver better quality care and better value services for patients and provide hardworking NHS staff opportunities to develop their career and increase their productivity. 

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Establishing the evidence base for ‘multiple site single service’ (MSSS) models of care: systematic review

Public Health England - 

Models of care which deliver a single clinical service over multiple hospital sites, theoretically offer the potential to maintain geographical access to services whilst delivering care, finance and workforce outcomes. This systematic review is the first to describe the evidence base for multiple site, single service (MSSS) models of care and highlight the current limitations of available research. The report also sets out a universal framework to categorise different MSSS models which may be employed in the reorganisation of secondary care services, and a suggested set of outcome measures to guide planning, implementation and evaluation of future clinical service reconfigurations to better understand the population impact of service change.

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Ear, nose and throat surgery: GIRFT programme national specialty report

Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) - 

The GIRFT review of ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgery services visited 126 units across the country and found that thousands more people could be treated on a day case basis rather than having an overnight stay in hospital. Through a series of recommendations and by sharing the good practice of units with higher-than-average day case rates, GIRFT aims to: ensure more patients are treated without the worry or inconvenience of a stay in hospital; make ENT departments more resilient to pressures on beds; and allow trusts to free up beds for use by other specialties.

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No age limit: the hidden face of domestic abuse

Age UK - 

In this report, Age UK advocates legislation to change what is understood as domestic abuse and make it easier for people to recognise or report it, as well as improving the resources available to help victims and survivors. This includes training for health care practitioners and better links between the NHS and police.

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The detention of young people with learning disabilities and/or autism

Joint Committee on Human Rights - 

This report condemns the “horrific reality” of conditions and treatment under which many young people with learning disabilities and autism are detained in mental health hospitals, “inflicting terrible suffering on those detained and causing anguish to their distraught families”. It calls for an overhaul of inspections and changes to Mental Health Act to protect those detained and the establishment of a Number 10 unit with Cabinet level leadership to urgently drive forward reform.

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‘Right to be heard’: the government’s response to the consultation on learning disability and autism training for health and care staff

Department of Health and Social Care - 

This report sets out the government's response to comments about its proposals for mandatory training for health and social care staff so they understand the needs of people with a learning disability and people with autism, and make reasonable adjustments to support them.

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NHS Property Services

Public Accounts Committee (PAC) - 

NHS Property Services (the Service) manages NHS properties in England. In an inquiry into its operation, the PAC found that the Service lacks the powers of a commercial landlord and has inherited a range of long-standing issue. However, it is unacceptable that 70 per cent of its tenants (NHS organisations and some GPs) do not have rental agreements. Disputes over the accuracy of its bills has led to debt almost tripling to £576m and a further £100m being written off. The PAC states that urgent action needed to overhaul this broken system.

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The role of the NHS provider chair: a framework for development

NHS Improvement - 

NHS provider chairs were consulted and contributed to the co-creation of the NHS provider chair development framework, which is expected to be widely applied to more effectively and consistently support the recruitment, development and retention of top leadership talent on NHS boards.

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Framework for conducting annual appraisals of NHS provider chairs

NHS Improvement - 

NHS provider chairs were consulted and contributed to the co-creation of this framework for conducting annual appraisal of NHS provider chairs, which is expected to be widely applied to more effectively and consistently support and develop the leaders in these pivotal roles.

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Securing cyber resilience in health and care: progress update 2019

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - 

This update is the third in a series of progress reports published by the DHSC since the May 2017 WannaCry cyber attack. The report highlights the actions taken by the department and our delivery partners to build cyber resilience in health and care. It describes our progress over the past 12 months and looks forward to 2020.

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