Performance data for surgeons published
Surgery-specific data has been published on the NHS Choices website.
Keogh review of hospital care
More networking to share good practice and real-time patient feedback beyond the friends and family test area among the recommendations of Sir Bruce Keogh’s report on quality and standards of care at the 14 hospital trusts identified as below the line.
Chief inspector of hospitals announces inspection plans
CQC’s new chief inspector of hospitals, Professor Sir Mike Richards is introducing radical changes to the way hospitals in England are inspected.
First results from NHS Friends and Family test published
New data from the NHS Friends and Family survey, which asks patients whether they would recommend A&E and inpatient wards to their nearest and dearest based on their own experience, has been released.
NHS England and the HSCIC launch a consultation on hospital data to raise standards and improve patient safety
The HSCIC has published NHS Hospital Data and Datasets: A Consultation for views on what information should be extracted from hospitals in future in order to raise standards, improve safety, and reduce inequalities in patient care.
New research explores association between nurse staffing levels and quality of care
Research published online in BMJ Quality and Safety, finds that ward nurses say they are forced to ration care, and not do or complete certain aspects because of time constraints.
New proposals to ensure care and compassion in the NHS and in social care
All healthcare assistants and social care support workers should undergo the same basic training, based on the best practice that already exists in the system, and must get a standard
‘Certificate of Fundamental Care’ before they can care for people unsupervised, according independent Cavendish Review,
‘Certificate of Fundamental Care’ before they can care for people unsupervised, according independent Cavendish Review,
King’s Fund on state of health and social care
The report finds that for the final quarter of 2012/13, nearly 6% of patients waited four hours or longer in A&E, the highest level since 2004.
Health workforce information review
This report sets out findings and recommendations from a review of the arrangements for handling health workforce data and intelligence. A supporting document provides links to best practice and toolkits on information governance.
Acheiving value in health systems – HFMA Right Care briefing
This briefing describes how Right Care’s approach supports the delivery of reform and improvement in a robust and systematic way, ensuring that the effort of the organisation and its partners is focused on transforming the right services to deliver improvements to patients while saving money
Putting patients at the heart of care
This briefing from the NHS Confederation highlights the experiences of some of the independent sector organisations that have looked hard at the total package of care they provide to ensure they continue to meet the changing needs and demands of their patients.
New website highlights variation in avoidable death
The figures are part of Longer Lives, a new Public Health England (PHE) website which allows local people to see easily how their areas perform on early deaths from the major four killers, like heart disease and cancer, and how this varies across the country
Social media for chief executives: the essential guide
The figures are part of Longer Lives, a new Public Health England (PHE) website which allows local people to see easily how their areas perform on early deaths from the major four killers, like heart disease and cancer, and how this varies across the country.
Clinical commissioning hub
This hub brings together information to support the commissioning of secondary care services across medical specialties. It also reinforces the promotion of patient experience and education and training in commissioning decisions.
Proposals for the 2014/15 national tariff
Monitor and NHS England have published three documents on proposals for the 2014/15 national tariff.
CQC launches consultation on the future of inspection and regulation
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published plans to change the way health and social care is regulated. This consultation focuses on hospital care.
Your choices: consultant choice
NHS England will begin the staged publication of mortality rates for individual hospital consultants in ten specialties. The data – covering around 3,500 consultants – will appear on the NHS Choices website and will cover a range of operations and procedures.
Approved Costing Guidance
Costing services accurately has the potential to deliver higher quality care to patients and better value for the NHS, both through better prices and improved information for clinicians and other decision makers at health care providers. The Approved Costing Guidance sets out Monitor’s approach to costing and we are encouraging providers of NHS-funded services to adopt this approach.
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