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the latest overview of key papers and publications from the past month that
impact on the NHS and healthcare service delivery.
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Abstract: The Topol Review, led by cardiologist,
geneticist, and digital medicine researcher Dr Eric Topol and produced by HEE,
explores how to prepare the healthcare workforce, through education and
training, to deliver the digital future. The Review is now published and makes
recommendations to enable NHS staff to make the most of innovative technologies
such as genomics, digital medicine, artificial intelligence and robotics to
improve services.
Source: Health Education England (HEE); 2018 [Freely available online]
Abstract: Access
practical advice and guidance on the employment law issues that might arise
when staff works across different NHS organisations.
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Source: NHS Employers; 2019 [Freely
available online]
Abstract: This
article shows you how to create an inspiring vision of the future for your
people, and teaches you to build and coach a highly motivated, effective team.
Source: Mind Tools; 2019 [Freely available online]
Abstract: This report focuses on gender
equality in the workplace, reviewing policies, programmes, and indicators of
power and privilege across 198 global organisations active in health. It aims
to provide an in-depth look at gender equality within the workplace across four
dimensions: commitment, evidence-informed policy content, equitable outcomes in
power and pay, and gender-responsive programming.
Source: Global
Health 50/50; 2019 [Freely available online]
Abstract: NIHR Signal. Regular
participation in structured organisation-wide forums, known as Schwartz Center
Rounds®, helps support healthcare staff. The forums are linked with increased
empathy and compassion for colleagues and patients, and they facilitate practice
change. Levels of poor psychological well-being decrease in forum attendees
compared with non-attendees. This NIHR-funded evaluation is the first
mixed-methods, large-scale evaluation of the forums in England.
Source: NIHR
Dissemination Centre; 2019 [Freely available online]
Abstract: In this report, the Health & Care Women Leaders Network,
delivered by NHS Confederation and NHS Employers, explores some of the
important actions and behaviours men can take to support the development of
female leaders in the NHS. The report was compiled following conversations with
a number of male senior leaders who shared their views on the barriers facing
women getting to leadership roles in the NHS and how those can be overcome.
Source: NHS Employers; 2019 [Freely
available online]
Abstract: In this article and video, we'll
highlight some of the common approaches to leadership that you can use. We'll
also look at some specific styles of leadership, and we'll explore the
advantages and disadvantages of each.
Source: Mind Tools; 2019 [Freely available online]
Abstract: In this article, we'll explore what
transformational leadership is, and we'll outline how you can become a
transformational leader.
Source: Mind
Tools; 2019 [Freely available online]
Abstract: Staffing is the make-or-break issue for the
NHS in England. In this joint report with the Nuffield Trust and the Health
Foundation, we set out the policy actions that need to be at the heart of the
workforce implementation plan due to be published later this year.
Source: The King’s Fund; 2019 [Freely available online]
Abstract: Based on data from every UK cancer hospital, this report reveals: one in
six UK cancer centres now operates with fewer clinical oncology consultants
than five years ago; vacancies for clinical oncology posts are now double what
they were in 2013 – with more than half of vacant posts empty for a year or
more; the UK’s clinical oncology workforce is currently 18 per cent
understaffed – without investment the shortfall is predicted to grow to at
least 22 per cent by 2023; and to close the gap between supply and demand for
cancer doctors, oncology trainee numbers need to at least double and even with
that investment, the gap would not be closed until 2029.
Source: Royal College of
Radiologists; 2019 [Freely available online]
Abstract: This review identifies three
broad categories of work completed by the wider public health workforce:
leading and advocating for health; influencing the wider determinants of
health; and direct contact with individuals and communities. It reports on
progress to date to engage and develop the wider public health workforce across
a range of sectors: health care; social care; emergency services; voluntary,
community and social enterprise; education; employment; criminal justice;
housing; and planning.
Source: Public Health England; 2019 [Freely available online]
Abstract: The latest NHS
staff survey shows a decline in overall levels of wellbeing and an increase in
the numbers of staff reporting discrimination.
Source: NHS Survey Co-ordination Centre; 2019 [Freely available online]
Abstract: The phrase
‘postcode lottery’ has become a byword for differences in access to NHS
treatment according to where a patient lives.
However, this should not be the case. There are four key approaches that
could help create a more harmonised approach to healthcare and a more coherent
experience that focuses on patients’ needs.
Source: British Journal of
Healthcare Management 2019; 25(3): 110-111
