Defining and refining success: innovation in the NHS

Defining and refining success: innovation in the NHS In our new report last week on the spread of new innovations in the NHS, we identified four key themes that innovators, potential adopters and policy-makers should keep in mind to achieve scale and spread across the health service. Here co-author Rachel Hutchings focuses on the first of those – defining and refining success. Nuffield Trust

COVID-19: Government announces moving out of contain phase and into delay

COVID-19: Government announces moving out of contain phase and into delay The Government has announced that we are moving out of the contain phase and into delay, in response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Department of Health and Social Care

See also:

• Covid-19 critical incident plan launched in Northamptonshire today Northamptonshire Telegraph
• Speech: NHS nurses, we thank you for your service as we get through coronavirus together Department of Health and Social Care
• Detailed guide: Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk in the UK Department of Health and Social Care
• Guidance: COVID-19: stay at home guidance Public Health England
• Guidance: COVID-19: investigation and initial clinical management of possible cases Public Health England
• Detailed guide: Number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and risk in the UK Public Health England
• Video consultations during Covid-19 Royal College of General Practitioners
• Coronavirus: What we’ve learned about UK 'delay' response BBC News
• Coronavirus: People with fever or persistent cough told to self-isolate BBC News
• Up to 10,000 in UK 'likely to have coronavirus' - chief scientific adviser BBC News
• Coronavirus: UK's approach 'concerning', says Jeremy Hunt BBC News
• Coronavirus: Government expert defends not closing UK schools BBC News
• Coronavirus: "I've had worse flu, without a doubt" BBC News
• Coronavirus UK: Health experts on Boris Johnson's measures The Daily Mail
• Coronavirus update: How the world is reacting to the outbreak The Daily Mail
• Coronavirus UK: Boris Johnson warns we 'may lose loved ones' The Daily Mail
• Britain's chief medic puts NHS on coronavirus war-footing The Daily Mail
• An empty world: How public spaces have been left eerily vacant by COVID-19 The Daily Telegraph
• Anyone with persistent cough or fever told to self-isolate for seven days GPonline
• Johnson: many more people will lose loved ones to coronavirus The Guardian
• No 10 coronavirus briefing reassuring in its lack of reassurance The Guardian
• The Guardian view on the government and coronavirus: a risky path | Editorial The Guardian
• Verdicts of experts on government's new coronavirus measures The Guardian
• Health expert brands UK's coronavirus response 'pathetic' The Guardian
• Can the NHS cope with coronavirus? - podcast The Guardian
• NHS prepares to cancel elective ops in readiness for covid-19 surge Health Service Journal
• NHS seeks 'seven-fold' surge in intensive care capacity Health Service Journal
• Coronavirus: 'Highly likely' that NHS will be overrun by Covid-19, EU health authorities warn The Independent
• Internal memo leaked from NHS over COVID19 UK News in Pictures

Inspire, attract and recruit toolkit updated

Inspire, attract and recruit toolkit updated Our Inspire, attract and recruit toolkit has been updated for 2020, with changes made to bring it up to date with current developments and links added to new resources. NHS Employers

Chairing more than one trust board

Chairing more than one trust board This report highlights the potential benefits and risks of more than one trust sharing a chair. This arrangement is becoming increasingly common for a range of different reasons, often including a trend towards greater collaboration and consolidation of trusts, a drive to improve quality and efficiency, and new partnerships with the development of system working. NHS Providers

Study highlights factors behind rising rates of child suicide

Study highlights factors behind rising rates of child suicide Around eight in every 100 children aged 9–10 years in the USA report suicidal ideation – such as temporarily or regularly thinking about, considering, or planning suicide, according to a new study.

Suicide is the second leading cause of death in 10–14-year-olds in the USA, and the number of children’s hospital admissions for suicidal thoughts or self-harm has more than doubled over the last decade, increasing from 0.67% in 2008 to 1.79% in 2015. OnMedica

See also:

• Risk and protective factors for childhood suicidality: a US population-based study (abstract) Lancet Psychiatry

Up to two-year wait for sleep apnoea treatment

Up to two-year wait for sleep apnoea treatment People with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) are having to wait up to two years for appropriate treatment.

About two million people in the UK have moderate or severe symptoms related to OSA, which makes patients temporarily stop breathing while asleep.

This can happen hundreds of times a night, leaving them exhausted, with poor memory and concentration and a significantly higher risk of accidents.

A recent spike in diagnosis has been linked to rising levels of obesity. BBC News

Hike to immigration health surcharge will 'penalise' NHS workers from overseas, campaigners say

Hike to immigration health surcharge will 'penalise' NHS workers from overseas, campaigners say Ministers have been accused of “penalising” much-needed healthcare workers from overseas and pricing people out of immigration status after the Chancellor announced a hike to NHS fees for migrants.

Rishi Sunak announced during his Budget speech on Wednesday that the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) – paid annually by migrants living in Britain – would increase from £400 to £624 to ensure that that “what people get out, they also put in”.​ The Independent