NICE Bites: Sepsis
The August 2016 NICE Bites bulletin from the North West Medicines Information Service covers Sepsis.  The aim of this publication is to provide healthcare professionals with a clear and succinct summary of key prescribing points taken from the NICE guidance, NG51.  This guideline covers recognition, diagnosis and early management of sepsis for all populations.

Understanding safe caseloads in the district nursing service – Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI)
This discussion paper summarises the challenges in managing safe caseloads in district nursing and points to specific actions needed to improve and safeguard the future quality of services. The report provides a thematic overview of the issues that should be taken into account when determining a safe caseload including: skill mix, capacity of other health and care services, use of technology and housing.

Private healthcare remittal: summary of final report – Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
In April 2012, the CMA started a market investigation in private health care and the final report of the investigation concluded that certain features of the markets for privately-funded health services were leading to adverse effects on competition. This report summarises the adverse effect on competition in the central London market and whether any action should be taken to remedy this.

Department of Health group accounting manual 2016-2017 – Department of Health (DH) 
This manual includes mandatory accounting guidance for DH group bodies (including CCGs, NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts and arm’s length bodies) for completing statutory annual reports and accounts.

NHS Employers response to industrial action being cancelled in September
“The NHS will be relieved that the BMA has called off next week’s industrial action.  We remain concerned however that the planned action in October, November and December is an excessive response to any outstanding concerns, particularly as it relates to a contract agreed by the BMA Junior Doctors Committee as recently as May.”

HEE unveils measures to ‘improve quality of life’ for junior doctors – Health Service Journal
The number of times junior doctors rotate through NHS hospitals could be reduced as part of a package of measures by Health Education England to improve trainees’ quality of life announced today.