Knowledge @lert for Tuesday 23rd December
Who’s who in health and social care guides 2014 – Regional Voices
These guides have been updated to include new and current contact information for key figures within local health economies. Each regional guide contains contact information for representatives on health and wellbeing boards, CCGs, Healthwatch, strategic clinical networks and senates, and directors for adult and child social care.
Developing A New Approach To Palliative Care: A Revised Draft For Discussion – NHS England
Based on a two year data collection from sites covering both adults’ and children’s services, NHS England is developing a currency for palliative care which focuses on patient need. The aim of the work is to provide a transparent basis for palliative care commissioning.
Evidence update: Hyperphosphataemia in chronic kidney disease
NICE has published a new evidence update Hyperphosphataemia in chronic kidney disease (Evidence update 72). It provides a summary of selected new evidence relevant to NICE clinical guideline 157 ‘Management of hyperphosphataemia in patients with stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease’ (2013).