Contributions from Professor Chris Ham, The King’s Fund, and Warren Heppolette, Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership   

21 September 2017, 9.00am – 1.00pm with networking lunch
The Harwood Room, Manchester University
Working in partnership, the Advancing Quality Alliance (AQuA), Mersey Internal Audit Agency (MIAA), NHS North West Leadership Academy (NHS NWLA) and the North West Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (NW ADASS) are delighted to bring to you an opportunity to explore the policy and principles of place based systems of health and social care whilst also exploring local journeys from across the North West region.
Professor Chris Ham, Chief Executive at The King’s Fund will bring focus to the principles of place based systems of care and draw on national and international examples utilising a whole system approach. Warren Heppolette, Executive Lead for Strategy and System Development at Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership intends to share with you his experience of what place based health and care looks like in practice.
More speakers to be confirmed shortly!
During the half day interactive workshop, participants will discover how system change can be achieved through essential elements such as place based collaboration, cultural alignment and new forms of system leadership.

Participants can expect to hear further insights and thinking from across the wider North West region as additional contributors will be confirmed shortly.
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If you would like any further information please contact Cathy Joinson, MIAA on 0151 285 4529.

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The government has published a new timetable for the planned rise of the state pension age to 68, bringing the move forward to take effect between 2037 and 2039, and affecting people born between April 1970 to April 1978.
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What challenges do junior doctors face when returning to training after out-of-programme activity? What interventions could better support their return? Share your thoughts through Health Education England’s online survey and help shape an accelerated return to training strategy.

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Take a look at the eight critical elements we’ve identified to help you better manage sickness absence in your organisation. The new framework has been informed by our health and wellbeing network, to help improve sickness absence in the NHS.

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Following the success of the inaugural Our Health Heroes Awards in November 2016, the celebration of our healthcare workforce is back for 2017.
This year, we’re going bigger and better and want to recognise the hard work of even more of our nation’s Healthcare Heroes; whether they are support workers, apprentices, integrated teams or workforce planners we don’t want their work to go unnoticed.
We will be searching for teams and individuals that go above and beyond the call of duty, are creative and innovative in their roles and deserve a big thank you.
If you know someone that fits the bill, nominate them to get the recognition they deserve.

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Healthcare research studies highlight the benefits of involving staff with quality improvement activities. This new briefing will help you to identify:

• staff involvement is an essential ingredient of a sustainable approach to quality improvement
• a range of ways in which staff can be involved in quality improvement activity
• staff involvement is an integral part of your approach
• staff need protected time and training in quality improvement techniques
• greater staff involvement will help to deliver sustainable improvements.
  

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Take a look at some of the activities coming up across the NHS from July to September 2017, which may impact on HR directors.
Our horizon-scanning page details events and activities that HR directors need to be aware of, or that require action, as well as useful information and resources to support you. 

We have also taken the opportunity to highlight developments on the horizon for beyond September.

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Recognising the essential role of strong system leadership in delivering integrated, place-based services across the public sector, the NHS North West Leadership Academy (NHS NWLA) is currently seeking to understand the key behaviours and skills needed from our future system leaders. 
 
We would really value your reflections from the various positions you hold within the system. As many of you have multiple roles, not least as citizens, you may receive this email more than once - apologies for any inconvenience caused. To that end, we would like to invite you to join the conversation on our crowdsourcing platform by clicking here. You will find thirteen key behavioural themes that emerged from a recent cross-sector stakeholder event designed to initiate and stimulate debate on future system leadership needs.  Please join the discussions by voting and commenting on the ideas therein, adding in any system leadership behaviours we might have missed, and inviting others to join the conversation.
 
KEEP TALKING AND SHARING TO #TRANSFORMTALENT
 
We are keen to capture a broad range of views from citizens, communities and colleagues across the public sector - sharing and diversifying the stories, ideas and insight of people from across the system. Please do share far and wide within your networks, as well as continuing the conversation with us on Twitter #transformtalent. 
 
To keep things moving, the crowdsourcing link will only be available until Wednesday 9th August 2017.  We will continue to ‘work out loud’ with you over this period, sharing the evolving discussion and debate so that everyone is able to access and build on this approach. Keep an eye out for further information on this project on our website – more details to follow soon!
 
For now, please do take a look at our ‘focus on system leadership’ webpage with reflections from our recent joint masterclass with Margret Heffernan.
 
We look forward to chatting with you online!

On 19 July, the Department for Work and Pensions published its review into the state pension age, proposing a new timetable for the rise to age 68. The government explains this is to maintain fairness between generations in line with continuing increases in life expectancy.

Under the proposed new timetable, the state pension age will increase to 68 between 2037 and 2039. This is earlier than the current legislation which sees a rise between 2044 and 2046. The change will affect everyone born between 6 April 1970 and 5 April 1978.

The report also recognises that:

• rises in state pension age must be part of a wider package that encourages people to plan for their retirement, enables people to work for longer where they can, and supports those who cannot work. 
• there is a need to provide certainty and transparency going forward. In addition to seeking to provide adequate notice for those affected by new changes to state pension age, there must be a clear strategy for communicating future changes to help with wider financial and later life employment planning. 

The timetable is in line with the recommendations put forward to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by John Cridland CBE in March 2017 following his independent review of state pension age. 

You can access the full report on the gov.uk website. 

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