Launch of advanced clinical practice framework – NHS Employers
Registration has opened for a conference to launch the new national advanced clinical practice (ACP) framework and will look at how the role can improve patient service delivery.

New case study on reducing agency spend – NHS Employers
Discover how Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust has significantly reduced agency spend through central deployment and bank advertising.

HSJ Roundup (contact the Library for further details)

• How much NHS trusts made from land sales
  Sales of land or physical assets by NHS trusts generated cash receipts of £220m in 2016-17.
• Trust chief retires ahead of CQC inspection report 
  The chief executive of a struggling trust has announced his retirement, shortly before the publication of an inspection report.
• Trust executive director under investigation for bullying 
  An ambulance trust executive director has been seconded to two national organisations after being accused of bullying by senior operational staff.
• Capital’s trusts to introduce ‘maximum’ caps on agency rates 
  Hospitals in London struggling to recruit medical locums to tackle staff shortages are to limit the amount they can spend even when safety is a factor from this weekend, HSJ can reveal.
• Ireland’s chief information officer joins teaching trust 
  The chief information officer for the Irish Health Service Executive is to join one of England’s largest teaching hospital trusts.
• DH completes team assessing £730m procurement after last minute plea 
  The Department of Health has managed to recruit new evaluators for a £730m procurement after two people left the team tasked with assessing bids at late notice.

Our Fabulous NHS – Academy of Fabulous Stuff
***Get involved*** –  share your fab stuff!

• The ACORN project – fresh ideas that add value The Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust ACORN project (fresh thinking that creates value) is a multi-professional collaborative bringing together diverse existing skill sets and knowledge to support the identification of new ideas stemming from front line staff and to nurture outputs that can be identified from existing Service Evaluation and work produced as part […]