National maternity review is now officially underway – Baroness Julia Cumberlege (Chair) – NHS England
NHS England has has announced the full list of members for the national maternity review, a major review of maternity services set to modernise care for women and babies across the country. The review will be led by Baroness Julia Cumberlege and its terms of reference were published last month.

Seven Day Services
NHS Improving Quality (NHSIQ) has released details of a number of new functions which have been added to the 7DSAT to help with planning and implementation of seven day services. These have been developed by NHSIQ and National Clinical Analysis and Specialised Applications Team (NATCANSAT) in response to feedback from users, including the seven day services early adopter communities.

Physiotherapy without a GP referral
Only one in three CCGs in England allows patients to refer themselves for physiotherapy, a Chartered Society of Physiotherapy investigation has found. The figure was revealed in replies to freedom of information requests sent by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) to all 211 CCGs in England. Patients in 22% of CCGs have comprehensive self-referral to physiotherapy, the CSP found. Meanwhile, 9% of CCGs offer only limited self-referral, restricted to particular conditions or primary care practices.

NICE consultations

• Community nursing care settings: consultation on the draft scope. Closing date for comment 20 May 2015
• Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in children and young people: topic engagement. Closing date for comment 6 May 2015
• Improving outcomes in head and neck cancers: surveillance review proposal. Closing date for comment 4 May 2015

Statistics

• Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics – Commissioner census (Assuring Transformation), March 2015, Experimental Statistics
• Critical care bed capacity and cancelled urgent operations – monthly situation reports, March 2015
• Delayed Transfers of Care – monthly situation reports, March 2015

Bulletins

• Independent provider bulletin – April 2015
• NHS Workforce Bulletin – 20 April 2015
• NICE news – April 2015
• Update for primary healthcare – April 2015
• Emergency department bulletin – 23 April 2015
• GP out-of-hours syndromic surveillance bulletin – 23 April 2015