Draft guidance from NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) outlines what the best palliative care for children looks like.
It emphasises the need for infants, children and young people to be treated as individuals and highlights the importance of children and their families being involved in decisions about care.
It outlines the steps needed to address the variation in the provision of specific services for adults with cerebral palsy and aims to help local and regional services to provide consistent clear pathways of clinical and social care.
The guidelines provide recommendations on how to increase uptake of the free flu vaccination among those who are eligible.
The recommendations encourage employers of health and social care staff to use a multicomponent approach, including providing information about the effectiveness and safety of the flu vaccine, training peers to vaccinate their co-workers and assigning dedicated staff to increase awareness and uptake.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued new guidelines on what is known as harmful sexual behaviour. As well as sexting (sending sexually explicit pictures or messages via smartphone) it also includes other age inappropriate sexual behaviour such as watching extreme pornography or making inappropriate remarks.
HealthTech Connect, a new online resource provided by NICE to help identify and support new health technologies as they move from inception to adoption in the UK health and care system was formally launched 29 April.
Four evidence reviews written to support work NICE carried out on staffing levels in the NHS have been released. Under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, the documents had been withheld to give NHS Improvement time to study them in their new remit to consider service improvement. The release of the documents follows an internal review of the FOI decision.
In 2013 the Francis and Berwick reports, published in the wake of care failings at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust, identified NICE as a key player to help advise the NHS on staffing levels. The Department of Health and NHS England asked NICE to begin work developing evidence based guidelines focusing on nursing care, one of the main drivers of patient safety.
The draft guideline advises local businesses, community services and prisons on the support people considering suicide need. It says physical barriers like fences and netting in problem areas may be enough to make people reconsider their intentions. Using CCTV could also allow staff to monitor when people may need help.
NICE has announced it will work with the London School of Economics’ health division on how medicines, medical devices and tests are evaluated for cost effectiveness. In addition both NICE and LSE Health will develop educational courses for the industry and public sector covering the evidence and methods used in health technology appraisal in the UK. NICE will also support LSE Health students working on MSc dissertations in related fields.
NHS Digital has produced and published the Innovation Scorecard quarterly as an official statistic since January 2013 on behalf of the Office of Life Sciences. It can be used by local NHS organisations to monitor progress in implementing NICE Technology Appraisal recommendations.
We produce the scorecard using a range of data sources. No central data collection is involved.
Following improved access and optimisation of the website, the NICE guidance app will no longer be available for download with plans to phase it out by January 2019.
Families with dying children must be put at the heart of care, new guidance from NICE (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) says.
We advise people working in health and social care to make sure mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, get the practical and emotional support they need to care for a family member at the end of life.
A ‘Trigger Tool’ is used around the world to identify case-notes that warrant further search for adverse events. This paper shows we can get rid of Trigger Tools and just review random notes – we will find just as many adverse events. If we want a ‘canary in the mineshaft’ then we should examine adverse events in case-notes of patients who have died – they have a much higher than random adverse event rate.
A fully independent ‘Guardian Service’ is being launched for the North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) where staff can discuss any matters relating to service users care and safety, whistleblowing, bullying and harassment, and work grievances in complete confidence.
A team of inspectors visited Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust in April and May. It was rated Good for safety, and Outstanding for caring, effectiveness, responsiveness and well-led. Overall, the trust rating has remained Outstanding - the same rating that it achieved when it was last inspected, in June 2016.
The dashboard is located on the Trust intranet and is accessible to all staff.
Its purpose is to provide a central location for all generic key performance indicators (KPIs) representing Nursing and Midwifery (N&M).
The information displayed on the dashboard can be displayed at ward (department); divisional and Trust level.
The dashboard also provides links to other Trust-wide and speciality dashboards, making this a N&M one-stop point for all data.
Occupational Therapists (OT) in Lincolnshire have been working hard on a number of electronic evidence based pathways.
The pathways are an easy reference guide to expected practice and links to information and tools required for working with patients on this aspect of their care.
This ensures that OTs are using evidence based practice and consistent tools across mental health services in Lincolnshire and is a really useful guide for new staff and students.
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