Resources
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engagement, management and leadership development practice, and effective investment in management and leadership. To access the full report, including recommendations, go to www.managers.org.uk/whitepaperhealth
NHS Improving Quality has collected case studies and examples of how a range of NHS and social care settings and services across England deliver routine services seven days a week. The document also discusses the sort of preparations that are required before organisations or services can implement sevenday working, and advises how to get patients and the public involved in moving towards this new way of working. Download the document at tinyurl.com/NHSIQ
examined. The report is available at tinyurl.com/Nuffield-PHB
Meanwhile, the King’s Fund has published an online reflection of its recent conference on women in leadership which discusses why, although women make up three quarters of the NHS workforce, they remain underrepresented in senior leadership roles, and how to create cultures that redress this imbalance. The web page at tinyurl.com/KF-women also contains links to the Women in Health Care Survey results and the Athena Programme for executive women.
Management health check
Never events
Recent research by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) found that one in three managers working in health and social care is considered ineffective by their staff, and that this figure rises to almost half at senior management level. These and other findings are published in the CMI Management and Leadership Health Check report, which discusses possible reasons for the problems, why good leadership and management in health and social care services are essential, the link between leadership and
NHS England has, for the first time, made quarterly data on the number of never events at each hospital trust in England publicly available. Previously the information was published annually and at national aggregated level. The data are now available on the NHS England website and from April 2014 will be updated monthly. tinyurl.com/never-data
Personal health budgets From April, people receiving NHS England continuing healthcare funding will have the right to request a personal health budget (PHB), giving them more control over their care. To help commissioners and policymakers negotiate the policy, the Nuffield Trust has published a report on what PHBs are and how they will work in practice. It also discusses issues that will affect commissioners, such as how to determine appropriate value of PHBs, how to decommission existing services to fund PHBs, and how to find the money needed to pay for the necessary infrastructure. Issues that will affect policy makers, including the potential effects of PHBs on care quality, long-term sustainability and the risk of a postcode lottery are also
Web scan and Out for consultation are compiled by Ruth Williams
Out for consultation Pension contributions Amendments to the NHS pension scheme regulations have been drafted by the Department of Health and include proposals to increase member contribution rates from April 1 (for those earning more than £15,000) and introduce new scheme access requirements for independent providers of NHS clinical services. Full details are available on the website and comments can be made up until February 10. tinyurl. com/pension-regs. More information on the pension increases is available on the NHS Employers website, at tinyurl.com/oe9tlkv Ambulance service review Following last year’s strategic review of NURSING MANAGEMENT
Welsh Ambulance Services, a number of recommendations were made. These included changing the service’s name, transforming how care is provided, with greater focus on the most appropriate healthcare professional treating patients in the right place at the right time, and ensuring clear lines of funding and accountability. The Welsh Government has now published proposals on legislative changes that aim to provide a clinically led, appropriately funded ambulance service that has clear governance arrangements. To read the relevant literature and add your comments go to the website before February 13. tinyurl.com/Wales-ambo
Continuing health care Meanwhile, the Welsh Government is also looking for views on implementation of its National Framework for Continuing NHS Healthcare (CHC). The document replaces the 2010 framework and will be supported by various resources, for example an online CHC toolkit that includes documentation templates to help local health boards with contracts, policies and protocols, and regular newsletters and conferences to enhance shared learning. The consultation document and response forms can be found at tinyurl.com/Wales-CHC and the closing date is March 13. February 2014 | Volume 20 | Number 9 17
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Web scan Seven-day working
engagement, management and leadership development practice, and effective investment in management and leadership. To access the full report, including recommendations, go to www.managers.org.uk/whitepaperhealth
NHS Improving Quality has collected case studies and examples of how a range of NHS and social care settings and services across England deliver routine services seven days a week. The document also discusses the sort of preparations that are required before organisations or services can implement sevenday working, and advises how to get patients and the public involved in moving towards this new way of working. Download the document at tinyurl.com/NHSIQ
examined. The report is available at tinyurl.com/Nuffield-PHB
Meanwhile, the King’s Fund has published an online reflection of its recent conference on women in leadership which discusses why, although women make up three quarters of the NHS workforce, they remain underrepresented in senior leadership roles, and how to create cultures that redress this imbalance. The web page at tinyurl.com/KF-women also contains links to the Women in Health Care Survey results and the Athena Programme for executive women.
Management health check
Never events
Recent research by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) found that one in three managers working in health and social care is considered ineffective by their staff, and that this figure rises to almost half at senior management level. These and other findings are published in the CMI Management and Leadership Health Check report, which discusses possible reasons for the problems, why good leadership and management in health and social care services are essential, the link between leadership and
NHS England has, for the first time, made quarterly data on the number of never events at each hospital trust in England publicly available. Previously the information was published annually and at national aggregated level. The data are now available on the NHS England website and from April 2014 will be updated monthly. tinyurl.com/never-data
Personal health budgets From April, people receiving NHS England continuing healthcare funding will have the right to request a personal health budget (PHB), giving them more control over their care. To help commissioners and policymakers negotiate the policy, the Nuffield Trust has published a report on what PHBs are and how they will work in practice. It also discusses issues that will affect commissioners, such as how to determine appropriate value of PHBs, how to decommission existing services to fund PHBs, and how to find the money needed to pay for the necessary infrastructure. Issues that will affect policy makers, including the potential effects of PHBs on care quality, long-term sustainability and the risk of a postcode lottery are also
Web scan and Out for consultation are compiled by Ruth Williams
Out for consultation Pension contributions Amendments to the NHS pension scheme regulations have been drafted by the Department of Health and include proposals to increase member contribution rates from April 1 (for those earning more than £15,000) and introduce new scheme access requirements for independent providers of NHS clinical services. Full details are available on the website and comments can be made up until February 10. tinyurl. com/pension-regs. More information on the pension increases is available on the NHS Employers website, at tinyurl.com/oe9tlkv Ambulance service review Following last year’s strategic review of NURSING MANAGEMENT
Welsh Ambulance Services, a number of recommendations were made. These included changing the service’s name, transforming how care is provided, with greater focus on the most appropriate healthcare professional treating patients in the right place at the right time, and ensuring clear lines of funding and accountability. The Welsh Government has now published proposals on legislative changes that aim to provide a clinically led, appropriately funded ambulance service that has clear governance arrangements. To read the relevant literature and add your comments go to the website before February 13. tinyurl.com/Wales-ambo
Continuing health care Meanwhile, the Welsh Government is also looking for views on implementation of its National Framework for Continuing NHS Healthcare (CHC). The document replaces the 2010 framework and will be supported by various resources, for example an online CHC toolkit that includes documentation templates to help local health boards with contracts, policies and protocols, and regular newsletters and conferences to enhance shared learning. The consultation document and response forms can be found at tinyurl.com/Wales-CHC and the closing date is March 13. February 2014 | Volume 20 | Number 9 17
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