Strategy Evidence Update February 2017 - UHL Clinical Librarian Service

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December 2016 - February 2017

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Reports

Winter beds pressures
The Nuffield Trust has published Nuffield winter insight briefing 1: Winter beds pressures). This is the first in a short series of briefings examining the extra pressures on the NHS in winter. This briefing looks at bed occupancy rates across the NHS in England in winter.

Review of winter pressures on the NHS
NHS Providers is calling for an urgent review of managing winter pressures to be led by NHS Improvement and NHS England with input from trusts. The review would investigate how effectively the NHS prepared for this winter, looking at how funding for winter pressures is distributed and how services are supported by social care and GPs.

Paediatric intensive care managing unplanned peaks
NHS England, Specialised Commissioning has published Paediatric intensive care surge standard operating procedure. Originally published in 2013, this updated document sets out instructions for managing unplanned peaks in demand for critical care beds, across the country’s 29 paediatric intensive care units.

Leading healthcare systems: STPs
The Institute of Healthcare Management has published Swimming together or sinking alone: health, care and the art of systems leadership. This report aims to help leaders understand the values, culture and skills they need as the NHS tries to change from organisations working in silos to local health and care networks focussed on the needs of patients. The report is based on a series of interviews with senior leaders in health and local government regarding the Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) process.

NHS Indicators
The House of Commons library has published NHS Indicators: England, January 2017. This briefing covers areas such as: A&E, waiting lists, delayed transfers of care, staffing levels, and demand for hospital services.

Allied health professionals
NHS England has published Allied Health Professions into Action: using allied health professionals to transform health, care and wellbeing 2016/17 - 2020/21. This publication is aimed at leaders and decision makers to inform and inspire the system about how allied health professionals (AHP) can be best utilised to support future health, care and wellbeing service delivery. It offers examples of innovative AHP practice and a framework to develop a plan of delivery.

Cancer strategic priorities progress
Public Health England has updated PHE progress report on the Independent Cancer Taskforce recommendations. This report outlines Public Health England’s progress on strategic priorities identified in the Independent Cancer Taskforce report published in July 2015.

Sustainable development management plans
The Sustainable Development Unit has updated Sustainable development management plan (SDMP) guidance for health and social care organisations. This guidance is intended to support organisations to understand the key elements that make up a sustainable development management plan. It has been updated with the current NHS standard contract and provides more detailed guidance as to which areas are more or less appropriate for large providers, small providers and CCGs.

NHS efficiency map
The Healthcare Financial Management Association and NHS improvement have updated the NHS efficiency map. This map promotes best practice in identifying, delivering and monitoring cost improvement programmes in the NHS. It contains links to a range of tools and guidance to help NHS organisations improve their efficiency and includes sections on enablers for efficiency, provider efficiency and system efficiency

Ophthalmology services: meeting increased demand
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists has published The Way Forward, a resource for collaborative working for the review and redesign of eye care services. This resource aims to identify current methods of working to help meet the increasing demand in ophthalmic services.Additional link: RCOPhth press release

Beds in the NHS
The British Medical Association has published State of the health system: beds in the NHS. This paper presents NHS bed data from across the UK. It identifies core themes from a literature search on beds within healthcare systems, sets out how beds are used within the NHS and provides data from each
nation on beds.

Transforming urgent and emergency services
NHS Improvement has published Transforming urgent and emergency care services in England: safer, faster, better: good practice in delivering urgent and emergency care. This guide for local health and social care communities details how to redesign models of care through a fundamental shift in the way urgent and emergency care services are provided. It sets out design principles drawn from good practice, which have been tried, tested and delivered successfully by the NHS in local areas across England.

Statistics
How does the UK compare internationally for health funding, staffing and hospital beds?

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Resources used:
Daily Health Bulletin
Department of Health
The Health Foundation
Healthcare UK
The King's Fund
King's Fund Blog
NHS Confederation
NHS England
NHS Partners Network
Public Health England
Royal College of General Practitioners
Royal College of Physicians
UK Trade & Investment
The World Health Organisation

Links checked: 27/02/2017

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