HSCIC publishes new report to help shed light on A&E activity
Focus on Accident and Emergency, December 2013 aims to help inform the current debate by bringing together a broad range of statistical data and analyses. While the report reflects a changing, complex picture of overall attendance, it also shows striking consistencies in patterns of A&E activity over several years.
‘Avoidable’ emergency admissions on the rise
The report from the Care Quality Commission looks at the pressures on accident and emergency (A&E) services due to an increase of admissions for ‘avoidable’ conditions.
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.
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