Patient discharge from hospital to general practice: thematic report 2017-2018 – Healthcare Inspectorate Wales
This review found some problems with the discharge process, including a lack of awareness from some hospital staff on procedures and poor communication with general practices. As a result, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales has made thirteen recommendations to improve the quality of patient discharge.

Nursing and midwifery e-rostering: a good practice guide – NHS Improvement
Our updated guide will help you to deliver the Carter recommendations and assist managers and frontline clinicians to identify areas of improvement within your current rostering.

King’s Improvement Science: guide to evaluation resources – NHS Improvement
This guide signposts to useful evaluation resources for evaluating health and social care initiatives, including quality improvement projects and programmes.

See also:

• King’s Improvement Science: step 1 — introduction to quality improvement
• King’s Improvement Science: step 2 — deciding what to improve and assessing the feasibility of a quality improvement project
• Kings Improvement Science: step 3 — template for planning and evaluating a quality improvement project

Developing the long-term plan for the NHS – NHS Improvement
The NHS has been asked to set out a long-term plan for the future of the NHS by the autumn, setting out our ambitions for improvement over the next decade, and our plans to meet them over the five years of the funding settlement.

Older people’s health and social care
The Dunhill Medical Trust has worked with Picker to publish a report Exploring education and training in relation to older people’s health and social care . This report evaluates the education and training landscape for the workforce that cares for older people in the UK. The report has found a need for tailored training, more continuing professional development, and for more recognition and incentives for those choosing a career in health and social care for older people.

Closing five emergency departments in England between 2009 and 2011: the closED controlled interrupted time-series analysis – National Institute for Health Research 
This study finds that the closure of emergency departments does not lead to more deaths. The research, which analysed five emergency departments (EDs) in England that were downgraded between 2009 and 2011, found there was no impact on death rates upward or downward, despite patients having to travel further to access emergency care.

Life expectancy in the UK
The King’s Fund have published What is happening to life expectancy in the UK? It looks at how overall life expectancy has changed over time, along with considerations such as the difference in life expectancy between males and females and geographical inequalities.

Refreshed routes into nursing infographic
NHS Employers have updated their routes into nursing infographic. It highlights the costs and benefits of the different nursing supply options and the timescales to be expected to recruit a registered nurse.

Statistics

• Venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment data: Q1 2017/18
• GP Patient Survey Dental Statistics; January to March 2018, England
• Routes to Diagnosis and Treatment (Cancer) 2013-2015 (excel spreadsheet)