Dr Ng, @mayng888 Consultant Paediatrician based at Ormskirk Hospital has had a Systematic Review published by the Cochrane Cystic Fibrosis and Genetic Disorders Group.
Drug therapies for reducing gastric acidity in people with cystic fibrosis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Aug 22. Authors: Ng SM, Moore HS.

A list of publications by staff from Southport & Ormskirk NHS Hospital Trust is available here

New resource for Pharmacists
Medicines Learning Portal resource: build clinical problem -solving skills at http://www.medicineslearningportal.org/ 

‘All pharmacists involved with patient care need clinical problem solving skills to deliver medicines optimisation, and this website we will assist the development of these skills by:

• Providing knowledge about medicines, and addressing basic principles of medicines safety for key subject areas.
• Showing the right questions to ask when problem-solving.
• Recommending sources of information about medicines.
• Guiding pharmacists on how to apply their professional judgement.
• Advising on communication techniques for delivering expert advice.

Simulation: Experiential, Safe Learning in Healthcare – Evidence Based Nursing blog,  Dr Ian Walsh
Simulation is encountered increasingly in healthcare education, throughout both undergraduate and postgraduate arenas. Particularly in key areas such as patient safety, it has evolved significantly from simulated clinical tasks deploying high fidelity manikins to replication of complex clinical scenarios addressing nontechnical skill issues such as communication, decision making and teamworking.

Supporting nurses to prepare for the OSCE – NHS Employers
Find out how Cambridge University Hospitals is supporting nurses recruited from overseas to prepare to work in the UK in our new blog.

Officials warn over ‘extremely constrained’ capital for STPs – Health Service Journal
Health and local government leaders working on major regional transformation plans have been warned capital funding is “extremely constrained” and to prepare to have IT funding requests turned down.

80 hospitals in GMC ‘special measures’ over safety and training concerns – Health Service Journal
Almost 80 hospitals are being monitored by the General Medical Council with “a form of special measures” because of concerns about training for junior doctors and risks to patient safety, its chief executive has told HSJ.

Successor to Care.data awaits government sign-off – Health Service Journal
A new data service capable of recreating key elements of the controversial Care.data project is being developed by the National Information Board and is likely to receive Treasury backing as soon as next month, HSJ has learned.

NICE
NICE has issued/updated the following guidance:
Interventional Procedure Guidance

• IPG564 Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal for acute respiratory failure

Medtech Innovation Briefing

• MIB76 Axxent electronic brachytherapy system for early stage breast cancer
• MIB77 OSNA for colon cancer staging
• MIB48 CORTRAK 2 Enteral Access System for placing nasoenteral feeding tubes (update)

Technology Appraisal Guidance

• TA401 Bosutinib for previously treated chronic myeloid leukaemia
• TA402 Pemetrexed maintenance treatment for non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer after pemetrexed and cisplatin
• TA403 Ramucirumab for previously treated locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer
• TA404 Degarelix for treating advanced hormone-dependent prostate cancer
• TA405 Trifluridine–tipiracil for previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer
• TA391 Cabazitaxel for hormone-relapsed metastatic prostate cancer treated with docetaxel (update)

Clinical Guidelines

• CG44 Heavy menstrual bleeding: assessment and management (update)
• CG141 Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding in over 16s: management (update)
• CG142 Autism spectrum disorder in adults: diagnosis and management (update)
• CG156 Fertility problems: assessment and treatment (update)
• CG140 Palliative care for adults: strong opioids for pain relief (update)

Quality Standards

• QS6 Diabetes in adults (Update)
• QS127 Obesity: clinical assessment and management
• QS128 Early years: promoting health and wellbeing in under 5s

Statistics
NHS sickness absence rates – April 2016, provisional statistics
NHS workforce statistics – May 2016, provisional statistics