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Financial Sustainability in the NHS: Holding Up a Mirror? Reflection (BBC News / NHS Improvement / NHS England / BMJ / OECD / BJS)

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The authors of the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) report believe that the NHS may not actually need further money from the taxpayer, asserting that efficiency savings identified (in the field of general surgery alone, and without looking … Continue reading →

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Exploring the Potential of Quality Improvement in Mental Health (King’s Fund / BJGP)

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A recent King’s Fund report explores the application of quality improvement approaches to improving the quality of mental health care. It is asserted that continuing improvements are best achieved by “empowering frontline teams, service users and carers to design, … Continue reading →

Professionalism in Nursing and Midwifery (NMC)

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Nursing and Midwifery Council has published a guide to professionalism in the practice of nursing and midwifery, covering advice on applying the values from the Code (the code of professional conduct). This was launched on International Nurses Day, … Continue reading →

Posted in For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), National, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales | Tagged Best Interests, Best Interests of Patients, Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs), Compassionate Care, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Learning and Improvement, Continuous Learning Culture, Culture of Compassionate Care, Good Practice in Nursing and Midwifery, International Nurses Day (2017), International Nurses' Day, Jackie Smith: Chief Executive and Registrar of Nursing and Midwifery Council, Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, Leadership for Compassionate Care, Leading Professionally, Learning and Developing Continuously, NMC and CNOs, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Conduct, Openness, Patient Safety, Professionalism, Professionalism in Nursing and Midwifery, Professor Charlotte McArdle: Chief Nursing Officer for Northern Ireland, Professor Fiona McQueen: Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland, Professor Jean White: Chief Nursing Officer for Wales, Putting Patients First, Safe and Compassionate Care, Transforming Care Environments | Leave a comment

Introducing the NHS Improvement Directory (NHS Improvement)

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS Improvement have compiled an online directory listing a wide variety of websites and online resources which supply online improvement tools, case studies or networks to support innovation and quality improvement in health and social care. Full Text Link … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), Academy of Fabulous NHS Stuff, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC), AHSN Atlas, AHSN Atlas of Solutions in Healthcare, Beautiful Information, Best Possible Value: Future-Focused Finance Programme, Better Care Exchange, BMJ Quality, Care Improvement Works, Chief Scientific Officer's Quality Improvement Champions, Commissioning Handbook, Commissioning Handbook for Librarians, Compassionate Collaborative and Inclusive Leadership, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Learning, 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Methodology, Peer-to-Peer Exchange of Ideas, Peer-to-Peer Learning, Plan Do Study and Act (PDSA), Promise to Learn: Berwick Report, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Profiles, QI at East London NHS Foundation Trust, Quality and Service Improvement Tools, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Approaches, Quality Improvement Champions Group, Quality Improvement in General Practice, Quality Improvement Tools, RCP: Royal College of Physicians, Realising the Value, Rehab 4 Alcoholism, Richmond Group of Charities, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), Skills for Care (SfC), Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Social Care Online, Social Partnership Forum, Spreading Change, Statistical Process Control, Statistical Process Control Methodology, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Sustainable Development Unit (SDU), System Leadership, Talent Management, Team Working, The Edge (Horizons Group of NHS England), Theory of Constraints, Time to Change, Time to Change Programme, Total Quality Management (TQM), Unicef: Baby Friendly Initiative, Urgent and Emergency Care Vanguards, Workforce Development | Leave a comment

More Transparency Enforced in NHS Hospital Trusts (BBC News / CQC)

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC)’s final report on how NHS trusts review and investigate unexpected mortality in hospital patients in England concludes that a culture of learning from avoidable patient deaths has not been given sufficient priority, either nationally … Continue reading →

Improvement of Care and Workforce Development: a National Framework (NHS Improvement / King’s Fund)

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The “Developing People – Improving Care” framework for continuous quality improvement and leadership development in NHS and social care services has been published by NHS Improvement. It aims to promote developments in main four areas: Systems leadership: particularly to … Continue reading →

Lord Carter’s Report on NHS Efficiency Savings (BBC News / Department of Health / NHS Improvement)

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Proposed efficiency savings could help the NHS save £5 billion per year by 2020, according to the Labour peer Lord Carter’s report. Full Text Link Reference Hospital bed-blocking ‘costs’ NHS England £900m a year. London: BBC Health News, February … Continue reading →

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(WAU), Well-Led (CQC Inspection Question), Well-Led Framework for Governance Reviews, Well-Led Indicators (CQC) | Leave a comment

Lord Carter’s Proposed Plans for NHS Efficiency Savings (BBC News / Department of Health)

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary In his latest report on the potential of good leadership for providing NHS cost savings, high-quality patient care and more efficient use of resources, Lord Patrick Carter has released further plans as to how hospitals might collectively save up … Continue reading →

More on Patient Safety Concerns (BBC News / CQC)

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A Care Quality Commission (CQC) review reports that three-quarters of hospitals visited under its new inspection regime so far have shown some safety problems. Safety remains an issue across both the NHS and care sectors in England, there being … Continue reading →

The Foundations for a Patient-Centred NHS Learning Culture? (Department of Health / BBC News)

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This “Learning Not Blaming” report presents the government’s response to (i) the Francis Freedom to Speak Up review, (ii) the Morecambe Bay Investigation, and (iii) the Public Administration Select Committee’s report on clinical incidents. The common theme for addressing … Continue reading →

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