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Tag Archives: Continuous Learning Culture
Professionalism in Nursing and Midwifery (NMC)
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
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More Transparency Enforced in NHS Hospital Trusts (BBC News / CQC)
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
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Hospital Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, BBC Health News, Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs), Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care of Vulnerable Adults, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Connor Sparrowhawk, Continuous Learning Culture, Critical Incidents, Criticised Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Deaths of Young People in Mental Health Units, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Governance and Learning, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities, Health Inequalities in England, Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB), Honesty and Transparency, Hospital Trusts, Identification and Reporting of Problems, Involvement of Families and Carers, Learning Candour and Accountability (CQC), Learning Culture, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Acute Hospitals, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Emergency Departments, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Learning Disability Services, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Mental Health Services, Learning Disabilities: Improving Health Outcomes, Learning Disabilities: Monitoring Service Quality, Learning Disabilities: NHS England Initiatives, Learning Disabilities: Regulation and Inspection, Learning Disability (LD) Transforming Care Programme, Mazars, Mental Health In-Patient Deaths Under-Reported, NHS Hospital Trusts, Openness and Transparency, People With Learning Disabilities, Potentially Preventable Complications in Hospitalis, Preventable Adverse Events, Preventable Harm, Preventable Hospital Deaths, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Prevention, Protecting Vulnerable People, Quality Checks, Quality Improvement, Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Premature Mortality, Reviews and Investigations, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Serious Incidents Requiring Investigation (SIRIs), SIRI: Serious Incident Requiring Investigation, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Sustained and Supported Involvement of Families and Carers (Involvement Enablers), Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, Transparency, Transparency and Public Trust, Under-Reporting of Mental Health In-Patient Mortality, Unexpected Deaths in Hospital, Vulnerable Groups, Vulnerable Older People
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Lord Carter’s Proposed Plans for NHS Efficiency Savings (BBC News / Department of Health)
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
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Atlas of Variations in NHS Hospitals Practice, Atlas of Variations in Procurement, BBC Health News, Behaviour Change Opportunities, Cancer Services: Hospitals Savings Targets, Cardiology: Hospitals Savings Targets, Carter Review of Operational Productivity in NHS Providers, Clinical Quality Improvement, Community Nursing: Hospitals / NHS Savings Targets, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Learning, Continuous Learning Culture, Emergency Medicine: Hospitals Savings Targets, Everett McKinley Dirksen (Quotation: Apocryphal?), Finance and Procurement, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, General Medicine: Hospitals Savings Targets, General Surgery: Hospitals Savings Targets, Healthcare Quality Improvement, High Cost Drugs: Hospitals Savings Targets, Hospital Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation, Hospital Productivity, Hospitals Savings Targets, Intensive and Critical Care: Hospitals Savings Targets, Learning Culture, Learning for Improvement, Local Health and Care Economies, Local Health Economies, Lord Carter of Coles, Lord Carter Review, Lord Carter: Chair of NHS Procurement and Efficiency Board, Model Hospital: Template for Standardisation, NHS Efficiency Challenge, NHS eProcurement Strategy, NHS Estates, NHS Estates Efficiency Fund, NHS Finance, NHS Finances, NHS Financial Leadership, NHS Hospital Nurse Roster Analysis, NHS Procurement, NHS Procurement and Efficiency Board, NHS Productivity, NHS Reference Costs, NHS Trust Financial Deficits, NHS: Safest and Most Efficient Healthcare System in World (Ambition), NHS: Safest Healthcare System in the World (Ambition), Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Hospitals Savings Targets, Openness and Transparency, Operational Productivity in NHS Providers, Opportunities for Standardisation, Paediatrics: Hospitals Savings Targets, Pathology: Hospitals Savings Targets, Patient Safety, Professor Tim Briggs: National Director for Clinical Quality and Efficiency, Quality Improvement, Reducing Variations in Clinical Costs, Reducing Variations in Device and Procedure Selection, Reducing Variations in Infection Rates, Reducing Variations in Litigation Payments, Reducing Variations in Readmission Rates, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Trauma and Orthopaedics: Hospitals Savings Targets, Variations in Procurement, Variations in Spending, Waste of Prescription Medicines, Wasted Resources
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