The NHS Sustainable Development Unit has helped develop a
new tool
to help NHS organisations think through how they build staff, public and
patient engagement into their work on sustainability. It provides evidence of
what works and brings together the latest learning and evidence from a variety
of healthcare organisations, including emerging clinical commissioning groups
across the country.
Arrangements for emergency preparedness, resilience and response
The Department of
Health and the NHS Commissioning Board have published further information on implementing the
arrangements for emergency preparedness, resilience and response, including
the establishment of local health resilience partnerships (LHRP) while
maintaining current resilience arrangements
Measuring outcomes: a guide for commissioners
These two slide sets from the King’s Fund aim to help
CCGs make the best use of measurement to support them to commission for
improved outcomes. The first set of slides
introduces general concepts; the second set looks specifically at how
commissioners can build up sets of measures along whole pathways of care.
Explaining variation in use of emergency hospital beds by patients over 65
This report
explores the contribution made by patient demand and broader system
relationships to the significant variation in the use of hospital beds by
patients over 65 admitted as an emergency.
Looking for value in hard times
This report describes a new approach to priority setting
called Star. It works by producing visual models,
developed interactively with stakeholders, so that those involved can
understand the nature of the choices to be made - and the disadvantages of not
changing current practices.
Monitor publishes review of annual plans for NHS Foundation Trust Sector
Monitor has set out the main challenges facing foundation
trusts in its review
of the sector’s annual plans. The
review of NHS foundation trust plans (2012/13) shows that the sector still
faces challenges in meeting greater demand and more challenging health care
targets while delivering significant savings each year.
National Quality Board set out how to improve quality in the new health system
The National Quality Board (NQB) has published a report
setting out how the new health system will work together to maintain and
improve quality and safety, ensuring patients receive the best care possible.
Implementing the next stage in the transition to the new health and care system
In these letters,
NHS Chief Executive, David Nicholson sets out arrangements to ensure stability
and resilience for the current system through transition to the new health and
care system from April 2013.
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