Tuesday 25 August 2009

Academy of Medical Royal Colleges

Academy health inequalities forum (AHIF). Position statement. Failed asylum seekers / vulnerable migrants and access to primary care.

Consultation: specialist standards and supporting information for revalidation.

Modular credentialing: the views of the Academy Trainee Doctors Group. August 2009.

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AHRQ

Addressing the quality and safety gap—parts I-II. Princeton, NJ: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; July 2009. [Free full text].

Application of AHRQ patient safety indicators to English hospital data. Bottle A, Aylin P. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:303-308.

Dead by mistake [website focused on medical errors – Hearst Newspapers]

Making hospitals accountable. Peters PG Jr. Regulation. Summer 2009;32:30-36. "The author explains how shifting liability from individual physicians to hospitals could deter systems-based failures and improve working conditions for clinicians."

Speak up: prevent errors in your child's care. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; August 2009. “These materials provide information in English and Spanish to help parents communicate effectively with health care providers.”

What’s new archive.

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Audit Commission

Governance of risk. Improving strategic risk management arrangements in local public bodies and partnerships [diagnostic and improvement tool]

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Audit Scotland

Planning for civil emergencies progressing well, although still room for improvement [report]

Plus:

Scottish Government response

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Australian Patient Safety Foundation

Content development and review for International Classification for Patient Safety.

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CADTH

Endobronchial ultrasound for lung cancer diagnosis and staging: a review of the clinical- and cost-effectiveness [HTA].

Explore CADTH's updated free resource for grey literature searching – ‘grey matters’: a practical search tool for evidence-based medicine.

Common drug review – update: issue 60.

Health technology update issue 11.

Technologies to reduce errors in dispensing and administration of medication in hospitals: clinical and economic analyses [HTA].

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Canadian Patient Safety Institute

Patient safety matters: volume 4, issue 7, August 2009.

Patient safety in mental health research paper [July 2009 - formal launch Sept 2009].

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Care Commission

Care news online – August 2009 edition.

Convener Re-appointment to the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care.

Involving people who use care services and their families, friends and supporters. Guidance for care service providers.

The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) have produced an advice sheet for mixing medicines (July 2009) which replaces Mixing Drugs and Palliative Care (2008).

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Care Quality Commission

Monthly update for NHS trusts – August 2009.

Regulator publishes closed mortality outlier alerts for the first time [press release].

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Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

CDC advisors make recommendations for use of vaccine against novel H1N1.

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Centre for Health Economics

Identifying inefficiency: Why do costs differ from one hospital to another?

York Expert Workshops in the Socio Economic Evaluation of Medicines 2010:

Quality of Life - 16th June - 18th June 2010

Foundations - 21st June - 25th June 2010

Advanced - 28th June - 2nd July 2010

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Centre for Reviews and Dissemination

CRD databases – weekly updates (using the string below as the RESTRICT NEW FILTER will capture the previous week’s updates only) -

Go to:
http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/CRDWeb/search.aspx

Copy following search string into the Search box:

((abstract:ty not "provisional abstract":ty) or ("economic evaluation":ty not "partial economic evaluation") or publication:ty or project:ty) RESTRICT NEW

August 2009 newsletters:

August 19

August 12

August 5

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Cochrane Collaboration

CC Info – 20 August 2009.

Cochrane CAM reviews - a new Cochrane column.

Cochrane news - issue 46.

Developing a protocol for a review - York, UK. Tuesday, 22 September 2009.

Introduction to analysis - York, UK. Wednesday, 23 September 2009.

Introduction to statistics for clinical trials. University of York. 24-September - 1 October 2009.

WHO International clinical trials registry platform now available in six languages.

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Department of Health

Allied health professions prescribing and medicines supply mechanisms scoping project report.

Benchmarking of Vital Signs.

Business case for the NHS staff survey.

Chemotherapy services in England: ensuring quality and safety.

Exercise Cold Play II.

The evidence base to guide development of Tier 4 CAMHS.

Healthcare student support systems: a review of the literature. London South Bank university.

Improving access to child and adolescent mental health services.

Letter introducing high quality care for all, our journey so far.

Making relationships count - wave 3 (August 2006).

The National CAMHS support service (NCSS) - 2009/10 business plan.

Operational standards for cancer waiting times commitments.

The Patient Information Advisory Group (PIAG) annual report 2007-2008.

Planning for the psychosocial and mental health care of people affected by major incidents and disasters: Interim national strategic guidance.

Reference guide to consent for examination or treatment, second edition 2009.

Stakeholder relationship research: report of findings from qualitative research (May 2009).

Working with older prisoners.

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eLibrary

Test community website [specification being developed].

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E-watch on innovation in health services

Organizational learning in primary health care innovation.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index [website].

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GMC Scotland

Scotland Patients’ Association Conference 2009: ‘Respect and dignity’

GMC description:

The topic for this years conference is Respect and Dignity. Several notable speakers will include the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Nicola Sturgeon MSP; Margo MacDonald MSP and Michael Clancy OBE, from the Law Society.

For further information or to attend this conference please contact Scotland Patients Association at: contact@scotlandpatients.com or telephone 0141 942 0376.

Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Annual Conference: Palliative care: how can we make a difference? 30 September 2009. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street, EDINBURGH, EH2 1JQ.

For more information, and to book go to:
http://www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk

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Healthcare Governance Review

Dr Foster – The intelligent board. Commissioning to reduce inequalities. [report]

Leeds University - NHS national governance inquiry launched 17 August. Short and long versions of the report are available.

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Health Foundation

E-newsletter – August 2009 [focus on Malawi]

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Health Protection Scotland

Infection prevention and control guidance for NHS and non-NHS community and primary care settings.

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Health Services Executive (Republic of Ireland)

Palliative care - a five year/medium term development framework.

Retained organs audit and Carter report 2009.

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Information Commissioner’s Office

ICO to remind doctors who treat patients privately of their obligations to notify.

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Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Continuous improvement [IHI online newsletter] – August 2009 issue.


Flexible ICU visitation hours improve family involvement in care [improvement report].


How do they do that? Low cost, high quality care in America [includes selection of materials].


IHI expedition: using multidisciplinary rounds to ensure the right care for the right patient every time.


IHI open school course catalogue.


Improvement advisor – professional development program. Begins March 29 – April 1 2010. ‘A nine month development and support program.’


Rapid response team decreases code events and unexpected patient deaths outside the ICU [improvement report].


Safe care for stroke patients: preventing aspiration and other risks.



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ISD

Cancer waiting times – 1 January to 31 March 2009.

Information for quality improvement bulletins - August 2009: national audits [problems loading].

Suicide statistics [issued 7 August 2009].

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Joanna Briggs Institute

How families and health care practitioners experience family resuscitation and invasive procedures: a systematic review.

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Joint Commission

Joint Commission online [now weekly issues]

Complimentary MDRO Toolkit. What every health care executive should know. The cost of antibiotic resistance.

WikiHealthCareTM - Joint Commission sponsored collaborative forum.

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The King's Fund

The point of care: measures of patients' experience in hospital: purpose, methods and uses.

New research methods needed to build evidence base on effectiveness of popular complementary therapies [report].

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MHRA

Department of Health consultation on regulation of practitioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.

Drug safety update: volume 3 issue 1, August 2009.

Good clinical practice (GCP) symposium: clinical trials - a risky business? Date: 3 December 2009. Venue: York.

Information sent to healthcare professionals in July 2009 about the safety of medicines.

Public consultation (MLX 361): UK proposals on charging of fees for variations to medicines marketing authorizations.

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National Academies Press

Leadership commitments to improve value in healthcare: toward common ground: workshop summary [full text free online].

Initial National Priorities for Comparative Effectiveness Research [full text free online].

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National Patient Safety Agency

Hospitals alerted to risks of inserting suprapubic catheters incorrectly.

Revised healthcare cleaning manual [July 2009].

Serious incident reporting and learning framework (SIRL). Consultation on a national framework for reporting and learning from serious incidents requiring investigation. 14 August to 13 November 2009.

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National Centre for Health Statistics (US)

Summary health statistics for U.S. population: national health interview survey, 2008.

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New Zealand Ministry for Health

Consultation on draft specification for vocational training in rural hospital medicine.

Foundations of excellence: building infrastructure for medical education and training
report of the Medical Training Board.

Maternal and child oral health - systematic review and analysis. a report for the New Zealand Ministry of Health.

A national professional development framework for cancer nursing in New Zealand.
Palliative care in New Zealand [webpages].

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NHS Connecting for Health

Statement on the 'Informing Shared Clinical Care' report. NHS Connecting for Health has been pleased to commission the Royal College of General Practitioners to produce the Shared Record Professional Guidance report, published today (18 August 2009).

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NHS Education for Scotland

Education and development framework for senior charge nurses.

GMC and PMETB guidance for pandemic influenza.

Workplace based assessment: new guidance for doctors to enhance, support and improve their performance.

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NHS Evidence

Annual evidence update on diabetic retinopathy: 24-28 August 2009.

Annual evidence update on headache: 24-28 August 2009.

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NHS Information Centre

IC Knowledge – July 2009.

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NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

Implementing The Productive Ward across a university teaching hospital.

Practical advice to facilitators implementing The Productive Ward.

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NHS Litigation Authority

Annual report 2008-2009 and accounts.

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NHS Quality Improvement Scotland

British guideline on the management of asthma – 2009 update [SIGN].

Healthcare services for people with learning disabilites - NHS Fife local report now available [24 August].

IHI / Scottish Patient Safety Programme. Coronary Heart Disease programme launch. Glasgow. Dates: Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 November 2009. Location: SECC.

Improving nutritional care programme newsletter – issue 3 – July 2009.

Management of patients with stroke or TIA. Clinical and resource impact assessment now available.

Scottish Government health directorates 2nd Annual regulation event in partnership with the UK health professions regulators. Location: Edinburgh International Climbing Arena. Dates: 27 & 28 October 2009.

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NHS Wales

Chief Executive of Public Health Wales appointed.

Welsh Health Impact Assessment Support Unit publishes its annual report.

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NICE

eNews – July 2009.

Enhanced annual report 2008-09 [18 August 2009].

Into practice – August 2009.

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Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner

Scottish Information Commissioner responds to Finance Committee's call for evidence on the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Bill [18 August].

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Picker Institute

PCTs report culture change in engaging patients and the public [press release].

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Regulation & Quality Improvement Authority (N Ireland)

Memorandum of understanding between RQIA and the National Clinical Assessment Service.

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Scottish Government

Consultation: the care and treatment of people with mental disorder and learning disability (scrutiny, quality improvement and protection) Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland: future structure.

Limited review of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003: report.

Mental health: legislation: consultation on the review of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.

NHS QIS – board appointments [news release].

Pandemic flu: guidance on health workforce issues for NHSScotland boards.

Scotland on track to hit 'big three' targets.

Vale of Leven inquiry chair appointed [report].

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Scottish Public Health Observatory

Suicide – key point updated [August 2009 – also available via ISD].

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Scottish Public Services Ombudsman

Listening to service providers: SPSO survey results.

Ombudsman's commentary August 2009.

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