Knowledge @lert for Monday 14th January

January 14, 2019 CCG Daily News

NHS productivity
NHS England has highlighted statistics showing NHS productivity for the financial year ending 2017 grew by 3% in England, more than treble the 0.8% achieved across wider the UK economy in 2016/17. Labour productivity, UK: July to September 2018 statistics, published by the Office of National Statistics, show output per hour, output per job and output per worker for the whole economy and a range of industries.

Safe, sustainable and productive staffing improvement resource for the deployment of nursing associates in secondary care – NHS Improvement
The purpose of this resource is to help providers of NHS-commissioned services, boards and executive directors to support their secondary care professionals to deploy nursing associates as part of their clinical teams.

Getting medicines right – NHS Improvement
A case study describing action by North Devon Healthcare NHS Trust to improve the medicines management pathway for patients receiving acute unplanned episodes of care

Good rostering guide – NHS Improvement
This resource is a result of collaborative working between NHS Employers and the British Medical Association. It is general guidance that sets out the ways in which good rostering practice can be used to develop effective rotas

Workforce health and wellbeing framework – NHS Improvement
This document was created by NHS England and is designed to offer guidance on how to improve overall staff health and wellbeing.

Local auditor reporting
The National Audit Office has published Local auditor reporting in England 2018. This report describes the local audit landscape; summarises the issues being reported by local auditors, and how these have changed over time; and examines how local bodies, central government departments and arm’s-length bodies use the information to address the weaknesses reported. The report covers local NHS organisations.

CCG allocations / Operational planning and contracting guidance
NHS England has published draft CCG allocations for 2019/20 – 2023/24. These allocations are part of the deployment of NHS England’s five-year revenue funding settlement, averaging 3.4% a year in real terms and reaching £20.5bn extra a year by 2023/24. The following documents have been published:

Note on CCG allocations 2019/20 – 2023/24
Draft CCG allocations 2019-20 to 2023-24 (core services)
Draft CCG allocations 2019-20 to 2023-24 (primary care medical)
Draft CCG allocations 2019-20 to 2023-24 (specialised services)
Draft CCG allocations 2019-20 to 2023-24 (total place based)
Draft CCG allocations 2019-20 to 2020-21 (Running cost allowances)
Change to CCG core services target allocation 2018/19 – 2019-20

The full NHS Operational Planning and Contracting Guidance 2019/20 has also been published and replaces the preparatory guidance published in December 2018.

National Diabetes Transition Audit
The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership has published National Diabetes Transition Audit 2011-17. This report examines care provision when young people with Type 1 diabetes move from paediatric to adult-based clinical care. The findings point to deterioration in annual care process completion, achievement of treatment targets and higher rates of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) when young people transition from paediatric to adult services, with considerable local service variation. The report sets out recommendations for local specialist services, clinical commissioning groups and health boards.

Flu vaccination
The Department of Health and Social Care has published Flu vaccination in England: government response to the Science and Technology Committee report. This command paper sets out the government’s response to the Science and Technology Committee’s ninth report into flu vaccinations of session 2017 to 2019, published by the House of Commons in October 2018.

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