Hospital mortality review data
NHS England has published detailed data about the first four of the 14 hospitals involved in the review of mortality data.
NHS launch plan to help hospital and A&E departments keep waiting times in check
Plans to strengthen performance in urgent and emergency care are being put in place across the country to help hospital A&E departments meet demand and tackle waiting time pressures.
NHS premises assurance model
The NHS Premises Assurance Model (Pam) is a management tool that provides NHS organisations with nationally consistent approach to evaluating NHS premises performance against a set of common indicators.
Guide to hospital data for non-executive directors
The NHS Confederation has published a briefing for non-executive directors (NEDs) interested in improving their understanding of NHS data and how it can be used to determine what is going on in their hospital. It looks at elective hospital admissions, waiting times and patient experience. See also The non-executive directors’ guide to hospital data part one: Activity, pathways and datasets
The regulation and oversight of NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts
A Joint statement on changes to regulation and oversight of NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts proposed in response to the Francis report.
Model Core Constitution
The Model Core Constitution has been updated. It reflects provisions of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 which are relevant to NHS foundation trusts' constitutions and which are now in force. Aspirant foundation trust should use this version.
First year's findings about harm-free patient care published
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has released its first publication based on the NHS Safety Thermometer tool, which reports an increase in the percentage of assessed patients who received harm-free car
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