Interventional radiology: guidance for service delivery
The report from the National Imaging Board illustrates how the NHS can improve quality, safety and productivity while delivering comparable or better outcomes for patients with shorter hospital stays and fewer major complications.
NICE quality standard: chronic kidney disease
This new NICE quality standard for CKD also comes with a commissioning and benchmarking tool, covering service requirements, local service levels, service redesign and quality assurance.
Lincolnshire Public Health Annual Report 2010
This report recommends that patients with cancer receive input from a number of different services. Co-ordination of cancer services is essential. The role of Lincolnshire Cancer Partnership should be strengthened to ensure that cancer services in Lincolnshire are planned effectively.
NHS Institute take initiative to join up care
The NHS Institute’s joined up care initiative has case studies and a guide to delivering joined up care, whereby different organisations can work together to improve patient experiences, reduce duplication and waste and increase the quality of care.
Right to provide guidance published
The Department of Health has issued guidance on the ‘right to provide’ (R2P). This guide sets out a process for people working in NHS Trusts who wish to propose the development of a staff-led enterprise , i.e. to take over and run services themselves as an employee-led mutual.
QOF funding shifted to efficiency savings drive
NHS Employers has announced changes to the GP contract which will see QOF payments redistributed and used to fund the drive to keep patients out of hospital and reduce emergency admissions to hospital.
Reconfiguring hospital services: lessons from South East London
This report from the King’s Fund considers whether reconfiguration of hospital services is an appropriate response to the need to drive up quality and drive down costs.
Staffing in maternity units: getting the right people in the right place at the right time
The report, again from the King’s Fund considers the available evidence about the relationship between staffing levels and deployment practices and safety of care for mothers and babies, and includes models of care delivery in maternity units.
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