Falls prevention resources – NHSI
Resources to reduce the instances of falls in hospitals.

Suspicion of sepsis insights dashboard – NHS Improvement
A case study describing action by Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP) through the patient safety collaborative (PSC) to develop a suspicion of sepsis insights dashboard.

Reducing the impact of serious infections CQUIN 2018/19
Resources to support delivery of reducing the impact of serious infections (antimicrobial resistance and sepsis) CQUIN, parts 2c and 2d for 2018/19.

Addressing hospital handover delays: actions for local A&E delivery boards
Advice for ambulance trusts and A&E delivery boards on what action to take during busy periods and should ambulances begin to queue. This aims to help reduce delays in handover of patients from ambulance services to emergency departments.

Board assurance framework for seven day hospital services
This new measurement system replaces the previous self-assessment survey and consists of a standard measurement and reporting template, which all providers of acute services will complete with self-assessments of their delivery of the 7DS clinical standards.
This self-assessment will then be formally assured by the trust board and the completed template submitted to regional 7DS leads to enable measurement against the national ambitions for 7DS.

Rural health care
The Nuffield Trust has published Rural health care: a rapid review of the impact of rurality on the costs of delivering health care.  The Nuffield Trust was commissioned by the National Centre for Rural Health and Care to explore the key issues around the impact of rurality and sparsity on the costs of delivering health care.  The analysis suggests that while the association between rurality, overstretched services and financial pressure are unclear, NHS trusts with ‘unavoidably small’ sites do appear to underperform: as well as having generally longer waiting times and lengths of stay, they are also in greater financial difficulty.

Employer guide to nursing associates – NHS Employers
Nursing associate is a new regulated role which bridge the gap between health and care assistants and registered nurses. With the first cohort of qualified nursing associates set to join the registered workforce, this interactive guide for employers has been produced to provide advice and support for those exploring the potential of this new role within their organisations.

Community health services
The King’s Fund has published Community health services explained.  This ‘long read’ sets out what community services are, the challenges they face and how they are changing.  The paper calls for greater priority and attention to community services at national and local level and calls for growing gaps in the community workforce to be addressed otherwise staff shortages may limit plans to deliver more care in community settings.

Supply of medicines
The Chief Pharmaceutical Officer has published a letter which outlines the steps taken so far to protect the continuity of supply of medicines should the UK leave the EU without a deal.

The Department of Health and Social Care has also published brief information for patients on how they will continue to receive medicines and treatment if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

Public Health Outcomes Framework consultation
Public Health England (PHE) has launched a consultation Proposed changes to the Public Health Outcomes Framework from 2019 to 2020: a consultation.  PHE is planning to update the Public Health Outcomes Framework in the summer to ensure that it continues to be relevant and meets the needs of users.  PHE would like feedback from users on their proposed changes to ensure they are helpful and appropriate.  The consultation closes on 17 February 2019.

Atlas of Shared Learning
The following case studies have been added to NHS England’s Atlas of Shared Learning:

• The Sudden and Unexpected Deaths in Childhood (SUDC) Service – a nurse-led model of care and support – Lancashire
• Improving care in Mental Health services – an Acute Care Pathway – Stoke-on-Trent
• Improving Mentorship at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
• Mental Capacity and ‘Best Interest’ planning at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
• Introducing a Children’s Health Smartphone App at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Planning and contracting guidance: corrections
NHS England has published Corrections to NHS Operational Planning and Contracting Guidance 2019/20.  This document details the changes that have been made to the planning guidance which was first issued on 21 December 2018.

Our Fabulous NHS – Academy of Fabulous Stuff 
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• Tools and approaches to support better decision making. Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust’s Non-Executive Director Mark Outhwaite talks about the importance of asking the right questions, having the right data and having the capacity and capability to analyse and act.
• Making Data Count. This practical and interactive guide will show you hot to make better use of your data to inform judgements and decisions for action.
• Better Use of Data in Board Reports. NHS Improvement’s Executive Director of Improvement Adam Sewell-Jones talks about how different presentations of data can lead to different conversations, conclusions and actions. He explains why it is important that NHS Boards in particular choose the best format of data presentation to inform their decision making.