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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