Maternity Challenge Fund
NHS England has announced the winners for the latest round of the Maternity Challenge Fund.  Three projects are each being awarded £50,000 to explore innovative ways to use women’s and their partners’ feedback to improve maternity services.  The winning trusts are Gloucester Hospitals, Southport and Ormskirk Hospital, and Northumbria Healthcare.

Sustainability in the NHS
NHS Employers has launched resources to support the upcoming NHS Sustainability Day on 23 March 2017.  Get Energy Smart resources aim to support individuals and organisations to raise awareness of the day and of the small steps staff can take at work and home to help make a difference.

Information and digital technologies: clinical requirements 2020 – Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
This report looks at the use of data and technology in healthcare and concludes that uptake has been slow. It finds that there is now an increasing focus on learning how to use technologies to improve delivery of care for patients. This document aims to ensure that clinical priorities are met and reflected at a national level.

The shape of the workforce is shifting – NHS Employers
A recent Nuffield report highlighted the need to reshape the workforce to deliver new models of care.

STP could lead to joint trust leadership – HSJ
Sustainability and transformation plans in the North West could lead to joint leadership between an acute trust and community and mental health trust, HSJ has learned.

Statistics

• Suicides by occupation, England – 2011 to 2015
• Seasonal flu vaccine uptake in healthcare workers – 1 September 2016 to 28 February 2017
• Direct access audiology waiting times – January 2017
• Mixed sex accommodation breaches – February 2017