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The Weekend Effect: a Summing-Up of the Evidence (Department of Health / BBC News / NHS Employers / BMJ / Journal of Health Services Research and Policy)
Summary Debates have arisen recently about possible “spin” and politically-motivated distortion in interpretation of the “weekend effect” and the benefits to patients of seven-day working. The Department of Health has produced an impartial presentation of the research. This includes a … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Education England (HEE), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Employers, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 7 Day Services, 7 Day Services Project: Acute Collaborative Report (2014), 72 Hour Limit on Maximum Working Week, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC), Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Ageing Population, AoMRC: 7 Day Consultant Present Care (2012), BBC Health News, BBC North West Tonight, BMJ, BMJ Quality and Safety, BMJ Quality Improvement Programme, BMJ Quality Improvement Reports, British Medical Association (BMA), British Medical Journal (BMJ), Care in General Hospitals, Costs and Benefits of Seven-Day Services for Emergency Hospital Admissions, Culture Change in the NHS, Day-of-the-Week Effect, Department of Health Sciences: University of York, Department of Primary Care and Public Health: Imperial College London, Dr Foster Unit: Imperial College London, Dr Johann Malawana: Former Chair of BMA Junior Doctors Committee, East Midlands Clinical Senate, East Midlands Clinical Senate: 7 Day Services Project: Acute Collaborative Report (2014), Elevated Weekend Hospital Mortality, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Hospital Treatment, European Working Time Directive (EWTD), Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, GC Database, Global Comparators (GC) Project, Global Comparators Project, Health Economics, HEE: Health Education England, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Imperial College London, Improving Medical Handover at the Weekend: BMJ Quality Improvement Project, Improving Patient Safety, Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, Junior Doctors' Dispute: First Draft of History, Junior Doctors: Contract Dispute of 2015, Manchester Centre for Health Economics: University of Manchester, Margaret Gleeson Inquest, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Directorate: NHS England, Monday to Friday Culture, Mortality, Mortality Associated With After Hours and Weekend Admissions, Mortality at the Weekend, Mortality by Day of the Week, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, National Audit Office, NHS England’s Seven Days a Week Forum, NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ) Seven Day Services Team, NHS Services: Seven Days a Week Forum, NHS Seven Days a Week Forum, Orchestrated Intransigence, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Improvement, Potted Weekend Effect Synopsis (Department of Health), Preventable Hospital Mortality, Professor Jane Dacre: President of Royal College of Physicians, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Professor Sir John Temple's Time for Training Report (HEE 2010), Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Quality of Care at Weekend, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Scarborough General Hospital, Seven Day Consultant Present Care, Seven Day Services Team: NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), Seven-Day Hospital Services, Seven-Day Working, University of Manchester, University of York, Urgent and Emergency Care, Variations in Quality of Care, Weekend Effect, Weekend Effect in Obstetrics, Weekend Handover, Weekend Hospitalisation and Additional Risk of Death, Weekend Mortality for Emergency Admissions, Weekend Out Of Hours Surgical Handover (WOOSH), Weekend Out Of Hours Surgical Handover (WOOSH) Form, Weekend Surgical Handover, Weekend Working, Workforce Challenges in Emergency Medicine
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Further Confirmation of the “Weekend Effect”: The Global Comparators Project (BMJ Quality and Safety / BBC News / OHE / Health Economics / BMJ)
Summary Recent research indicates that the “weekend effect” is a systematic phenomenon in the quality of healthcare, which impacts upon mortality rates in hospital care internationally. 2,982,570 hospital records from 28 hospitals in England, Australia, the USA and the Netherlands … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Improving Urgent and Emergency Care (NHS Confederation / Urgent and Emergency Care Forum / Emergency Medicine Journal / RCPCH / RCN / RCGP / REF / Health Economics / RCEM)
Summary Based on experiences during Winter 2014/2015, the NHS will encounter a winter crisis in 2015/16. NHS organisations need to plan and act on solutions to help prevent this problem. This NHS Confederation report assembles guidance and recommendations, with examples … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, 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 Confederation, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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