Challenging bureaucracy
In February 2013 the NHS Confederation was commissioned to complete a review of the bureaucratic burdens on providers of NHS care. This report sets the actions which should be taken to free the NHS from unnecessary bureaucracy to help ensure that healthcare staff spend as much time as possible delivering patient care.
Winter health check – 29th November 2013
This weekly summary offers an overview of the system and pulls together information on waiting times in A&E, ambulance response times, daily situation reports from the NHS, and information on flu rates.
New guidance published to support staffing decisions
The National Quality Board, has published new guidance to support providers and commissioners to make the right decisions about nursing, midwifery and care staffing capacity and capability
NHS England promises new and far reaching drive to improve patient safety
NHS England highlights the significant work it is leading to improve the safety of patients as part of a co-ordinated response to the Francis Report. In the coming months NHS England will: launch patient safety collaborative programmes; create an NHS improvements fellows programme; make patient safety data more accessible; publish never events data; and re-launch the patient safety alerts system.
Report on seven-day NHS care
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) report on seven-day care argues that consultants need to be present all week round and that it is “ethically unjustifiable” to provide a lower standard of care at weekends compared to weekdays.
Volunteering in acute trusts in England
The King's Fund has produced a report on volunteering in acute trusts. Survey data analysis suggests that for the average trust, every pound invested in volunteering could yield around £11 in added value.
PROMs in England - April 2013 to June 2013
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has published provisional monthly patient reported outcome measures from April to June 2013.
NHS Outcomes Framework 2014 to 2015
This version of the framework includes a progress report and information about the development of the indicators.
NHS standard contract 2014/15
NHS England plans to issue the 2014/15 NHS standard contract via its website by the end of December. Face to face training and webinars on the NHS standard contract and e-contract system will also be provided during January and February 2014.
NHS clinical and financial engagement best practice
The government has published a guide to promote collaborative working and understanding between NHS clinicians and finance professionals.
NHS Employers workforce survey results
A workforce survey by NHS Employers reporting current reported trends in the labour market across the NHS, including information on pay awards and affordability along with recruitment, retention, workforce supply and service demand.
Public Health England publishes cold weather plan
With winter fast approaching, the cold weather plan for England has been published by Public Health England (PHE).
Commissioning for value data packs
These packs from Public Health England are for use by the local health community and its partners, GP commissioners and leaders and CCG senior management teams and health and wellbeing boards. They will support local discussion about prioritisation and utilisation of resources
Lessons from Europe: assuring quality through regulation
With the Francis report proposing far-reaching changes to how quality in the NHS is assured and regulated, the final Lessons from Europe seminar examined what the NHS in England can learn from how European countries assure quality in a market-based environment.
Patients unsure how to raise concerns about poor medical care
A new report has found that many patients are unsure how to raise concerns about poor medical care and more needs to be done to help them
Adopt, improve or defend - An AID for QIPP
Commissioners in Wigan have embedded a systematic approach to achieve challenging QIPP targets by identifying and addressing variations in local healthcare. This has been achieved through a three-stage process. Savings of £18m were achieved in 2012-13.
Closing the NHS funding gap: how to get better value health care for patients
Health services will need to change radically in order to secure the future of the NHS Monitor has warned. These changes will be needed if the health sector is to close a £30 billion funding gap while providing good quality services to patients that are free at the point of use and fit for the needs of patients in the 21st century.
Patient survey highlights variation in benefit from common NHS operations
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has published an interactive map showing the level of health benefit patients feel they gain from four common NHS operations under different providers. For the first time the map presents the annual results of the Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) programme.
Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Needs Assessment 2013 Update Report Published
The Lincolnshire Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) 2013 Overview Update Report has just been published on the LRO. This document provides an update of this overarching Joint Strategic Needs Assessment for the health and wellbeing of the Lincolnshire population.
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