Digital delivery principles – NHS Providers 
This guide (produced jointly with Public Digital as part of the Digital Boards development programme) outlines practical takeaways for NHS trust leaders, shares peer learning and summarises key considerations for all board members when building and implementing digital services. It aims to increase board members’ confidence in delivering digital at their trust and help them to avoid common mistakes.

Making wound care work: rebuilding services for the 3.8 million people living with a wound in the UK – Patients Association
This report, published jointly with the company Mölnlycke, found that around 28 per cent of patients are managing their own wounds due to the pandemic. The report (based on a survey and interview with patients, and a survey of wound care nurses) also found that the majority (88 per cent) of nurses fear that Covid-19 has had a negative impact on wound care services and eight out of ten are worried about the delays it has caused to appointments, and the knock-on effect of delays to patient outcomes.

Patient engagement with digital health care: lessons from the Care City test bed – Nuffield Trust 
Health apps and digital tools have the potential to help alleviate some of the huge pressures the NHS faces from Covid-19, the backlog of care and rising demand. But introducing these tools into health care and supporting people to use them is never a quick fix, and they will not work for everyone. This summary provides a set of lessons for ensuring digital health innovations are applied in optimal ways for the people using them. The findings are based on a large-scale evaluation of digital technologies being implemented in health and social care in East London.

The Health and Care Act 2022: the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead – The King’s Fund
Now the Health and Care Act has been passed, Richard Murray reflects on the negotiations that went down to the wire, what didn’t make it and what’s needed to ensure the reforms are successful.

Enablers for success: virtual wards including hospital at home – NHS England and NHS Improvement
NHS England and NHS Improvement are asking all integrated care systems (ICSs) to extend or introduce the virtual ward model. This guidance supports ICSs with their strategic and financial decisions on virtual ward planning and implementation. Designed for ICS leadership teams, but will also be helpful for provider organisations as they plan together to implement this model.

Provider collaboratives: explaining their role in system working – The King’s Fund 
This explainer looks at provider collaboratives in England, the opportunities they provide and the unresolved questions to consider when thinking about their role in the changing health and care landscape.

Integration and innovation in action: provider collaboration – NHS Confederation
This report looks at how collaborations between providers at neighbourhood, place and system level are making a positive impact on patient care. It explores different types of collaboration between providers at neighbourhood, place and system level. Based on interviews with leaders and clinicians, it identifies a set of common principles that underpin effective partnership working.

What next for NHS management? Messages for Messenger – NHS Confederation 
A review of leadership in health and social care, led by General Sir Gordon Messenger, is underway and due to report in spring 2022. Ahead of the review’s recommendations, the NHS Confederation and independent academics from the University of York and London South Bank University are publishing a series of long reads on NHS management. In this final instalment, Professor Ian Kirkpatrick and Professor Becky Malby examine the implications for the future of NHS management and provide some key messages for the Messenger review and for systems leaders.

Hospital discharge and community support guidance – Department of Health and Social Care
This document sets out how health and care systems can ensure that people are discharged safely from hospital to the most appropriate place and continue to receive the care and support they need after they leave hospital.

An introduction to leading with kindness and compassion in health and social care – The King’s Fund
An introductory three-week course from The King’s Fund, designed to introduce you to some of the foundations of leadership, kindness and compassion. This short e-learning course is for anyone working in or interested in health and social care regardless of experience or role

Weekly publication of COVID-19 admissions and bed occupancy data [to 10 April 2022]- NHS England.
This file contains Covid data on measures of:-

• hospital admissions
• number of beds occupied by Covid patients
• number of MV beds (capable of supporting mechanical ventilation) occupied by Covid patients
• number of Adult G&A beds: occupied by Covid patients; occupied by non-Covid patients; unoccupied; and unoccupied, available to non-Covid patients
• number of Adult Critical Care beds: occupied by Covid patients; occupied by non-Covid patients; unoccupied; and unoccupied, available to non-Covid patients

NHS Employers – recent publications

• International HR Day – celebrating our NHS people professionals NHS organisations are being encouraged to recognise their HR and OD professionals as part of International HR Day, on 20 May.
• Flexible working common myths The NHS Staff Council has busted a range of common myths around flexible working within the NHS.
• Northeast and Yorkshire healthcare support worker recruitment and retention survey 2021/22 An analysis of results from the second of two surveys, to understand the recruitment and induction of newly appointed healthcare support workers.
• Domestic violence Facts about domestic violence, how it can affect your staff and what you can do to support them.Financial wellbeing Our financial wellbeing web page supports you to develop a robust approach to support your staff with financial wellbeing in the workplace.
• The financial challenges affecting our NHS people – insights and solutions This webinar will look at the financial challenges affecting our NHS people and what employers can do to support them.
• Flexible working options to support staff expenditure Learn how employers can support their staff by offering flexible working options as an effective route out of in-work poverty.
• Empower staff to support their own financial wellbeing Ensuring that staff are empowered by their employer to support their financial wellbeing is crucial to helping staff escape in-work poverty.
• Supporting in-work progression Supporting staff to progress in their careers, achieve their potential and earn more can be transformational for some colleagues living in poverty.
• In-work poverty: using benefits package to support staff Providing the right employee benefits and ensuring that they are accessible to all staff is crucial to helping staff escape poverty.
• NHS Resolution’s resources for exclusions NHS Resolution has published a suite of resources on ‘exclusion’ to help medical directors, responsible officers and other healthcare leaders.
• Making NHS organisations more accessible environments As part of Deaf Awareness Week 2-8 May, Carol McIndoe shares tips for making NHS environments more accessible for both disabled staff and patients.
• Armed Forces reservists toolkit Your guide to understanding and supporting Armed Forces reservists in your workforce.
• The national Clinical Impact Awards are open for entry Employers should encourage and support their consultants to enter for a NCIA. Find resources and information to support you.
• Improving support for staff with caring responsibilities the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals way Learn how Sheffield Teaching Hospitals engaged with and supported carers in the workplace.
• GMC consultation on the future of good medical practice The General Medical Council (GMC) is asking for feedback from employers on an updated version of its good medical practice guidance.

NICE  – Recent Guidance

Recent Statistics

• Healthcare expenditure, UK health accounts: 2020 and 2021 Detailed statistics on healthcare spending in the UK for 2020 and provisional high-level estimates of healthcare spending in 2021, produced to the international definitions of the System of Health Accounts 2011.
• Palliative and end of life care profiles: May 2022 data update The profiles provide an overview of palliative and end of life care in England at various geographies.
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, UK: antibody and vaccination data, 4 May 2022 Antibody and vaccination data by UK country and regions in England from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey. This analysis has been produced in partnership with University of Oxford, University of Manchester, UK Heal…
• Admissions for children with long-term conditions, emergency admissions and A&E attendance: 2022 update Update of indicators for hospital admissions for various conditions, overall emergency admissions, A&E attendance and road traffic accident admissions for different age groups.
• Public Health Outcomes Framework: May 2022 data update The Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) examines indicators that help health and care professionals and the public to understand trends in public health.
• Musculoskeletal conditions profile: May 2022 update Update of data on musculoskeletal conditions and services for local populations in England.
• Cardiovascular disease profiles: May 2022 update Update of cardiovascular disease (CVD) profile indicators for heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease and stroke data for commissioning organisations.
• COVID-19 vaccine uptake in frontline healthcare workers: monthly data, 2021 to 2022 Report on the uptake of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination in frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) since the start of the national programme in England.
• NHS Sickness Absence Rates, October 2021 to December 2021, Provisional Statistics Monthly report on NHS Sickness absence rates by regions, organisations and main staff groups
• NHS Workforce Statistics, January 2022 NHS workforce (HCHS) broken down by staff groups region and organisation.
• NICE Technology Appraisals in the NHS in England (Innovation Scorecard), To December 2021 Uptake of medicines for selected NICE Technical Appraisals at Trust, CCG, Regional and National Level.
• Maternity Services Monthly Statistics, January 2022, experimental statistics Monthly publication of statistics from the Maternity Services Data Set. This month, we are analysing January 2022 data