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• Collaborative ownership supports innovation from idea to success – sepsis packs  
  Our sepsis team at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHSFT are changing how we recognise our patient with suspected sepsis with the introduction of new early warning score parameters (mNEWS) and a new sepsis pathway. As part of the Sepsis Improvement Team, I was asked by both the Emergency Surgical Assessment Unit (ESAU) and Ambulatory Care […]

HSJ Roundup

• Government accused of ‘contradictory’ health regulation policies  The body overseeing the professional regulation for healthcare workers in the UK has criticised the government for its “contradictory” policies and continuing with an “outdated” model.
• Royal college warns bed shortage is ‘national crisis’ Consultants have raised concerns over risks to patients after a trust ran out of beds at half of its mental health units earlier this year.
• New acting chief executive announced for East of England trust Luton and Dunstable University Hospitals NHS trust chief executive Pauline Philip has stepped down to concentrate on her national A&E role and STP leadership.
• CCG bosses told their pay is ‘significantly higher’ than peers NHS England is to update its guidance on pay for clinical commissioning groups after a review found “significantly higher” remuneration levels at Liverpool CCG.
• CQC to investigate patient deaths at NHS trusts NHS trusts will be investigated over patient deaths under new plans from the Care Quality Commission to “strengthen” how it monitors hospital mortality reviews.
• Fund to reduce baby deaths oversubscribed by 25 per cent A training fund set up by the Department of Health to reduce baby deaths in England was oversubscribed by 25 per cent after every trust running maternity units submitted bids.
• Trusts to fill board vacancies from new ‘executive talent pool’ NHS Improvement has established a “talent pool” of people ready to be appointed into executive level positions across the Midlands and East region.
• Accountable care systems will make ‘pathway’ for STPs to follow The first NHS “accountable care systems” must develop a “pathway” for STPs in other areas to follow, according to their agreement with NHS England, seen by HSJ.
• Approach to safe staffing ‘has not changed enough’ since Mid Staffs Sir Robert Francis QC has criticised NHS Improvement for not producing standardised guidance on safe staffing levels.

The C Word: How We React To Cancer Today – Macmillan Cancer Support This report argues there is a greater need for the public to be better informed about the reality of cancer diagnosis and treatment. The report explores people’s experiences when receiving a cancer diagnosis and how best to support patients following diagnosis.

Competition policy in five European countries: What can be learned for health policy in England?: (Working Paper Number 1) – The Health Foundation Working paper from the Health Foundation that aims to understand how competition could be used more effectively in primary and secondary care services in England, this working paper explores how policies affecting competition have been implemented and promoted in health systems in five countries: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal.