The state of health care and adult social care in England 2015/16 –  Care Quality Commission (CQC)
This annual assessment of the quality of health and adult social care in England has found that most health and adult social care services in England are providing people with safe, high quality and compassionate care – but with pressures rising on demand, access and cost, this report raises concerns about how long this can last. The report also highlights the impact of the fragility of the adult social care market on those who rely on these services and on the performance of NHS care.

Delivering high quality, effective, compassionate care: developing the right people with the right skills and right values –  Department of Health (DH)
This mandate outlines the government’s objectives for Health Education England to provide health care education and training for 2016-2017. The document reflects strategic objectives around workforce planning, health education and training and development. The mandate looks at how the healthcare workforce can be developed to improve care for patients through education and training.

NICE Bites multimorbidity
The September 2016 NICE Bites bulletin from the North West Medicines Information Service covers Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management.  This guideline covers optimising care for adults with multimorbidity, by reducing treatment burden (polypharmacy and multiple appointments) and unplanned care.

Policy paper: HEE mandate 2016 to 2017 – HM Government
The Health Education England mandate for 2016 to 2017 reflects strategic objectives around:

• workforce planning
• health education
• training and development

The mandate looks at how the healthcare workforce can be developed to improve care for patients through education and training.

HSJ roundup: (contact the library for further details on any of these HSJ articles)

Trust chief threatened with injunction by royal college
The Royal College of Midwives threatened legal action to prevent an NHS trust from publishing a report into a payoff given to a manager at the centre of a care scandal, HSJ has learned.

Greater Manchester CCGs working towards single commissioning team
Commissioning chiefs are working on plans for a potential single management team and decision making body for health and social care services across three boroughs in Greater Manchester.

MCP vanguard looks to take on A&E
Leaders of a high profile vanguard project in Greater Manchester have moved away from the standard multispecialty community provider model by opting to include significant aspects of acute hospital care.

Senior managers leave Capita team running troubled GP contract
Two senior leaders have left the Capita team responsible for a widely criticised GP support service, with one replaced by an NHS England director, HSJ has learned.

Follow-ups for 20,000 patients delayed at ‘serious incident’ trust
A serious incident has been declared at a struggling foundation trust for the second time in 12 months after more than 20,000 outpatients were overdue follow-up appointments.

Private equity firms poised to take over mental health hospitals
Market regulators have launched a consultation into whether 22 private mental health facilities can be sold to two international private equity firms.

CQC: A&E and general medicine are worst performing services
The Care Quality Commission today released figures showing more than half of accident and emergency and general medicine services are inadequate or require improvement, and said it had particular concern about these services.