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Tag Archives: NHS Services: Seven Days a Week Forum
Murky Evidence? Murkier Politics (BBC News)
Summary Trust no-one. Believe nothing. Use your own judgement. Back to renaissance values? Full Text Link Reference Bloch, S. (2016). Hunt ‘misrepresented’ data on 7-day NHS. London: BBC Health News, February 24th 2016.
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Ageing Population, BBC Health News, BMA Shambolic Mishandling and Calculated Misinformation (Political Rebound to Earlier Hunt Allegations), British Medical Journal (BMJ), Care in General Hospitals, Culture Change in the NHS, Day-of-the-Week Effect, Deborah Williams: NHS England's Seven Day Services Forum Project Manager, Elevated Weekend Hospital Mortality, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Hospital Treatment, FOI: Freedom of information, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Heidi Alexander: Former Labour Shadow Health Secretary, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Jeremy Corbyn (Labour Party Leader), Junior Doctors: Contract Dispute of 2016, Junior Doctors’ Morale Wellbeing and Quality of Life, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Directorate: NHS England, Misinformation, Misinformation: Conflation and Skewed Interpretations Behind Junior Doctors' Dispute, 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, Mythology of the Times, NHS England’s Seven Days a Week Forum, 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 Sir Bruce Keogh, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Quality of Care at Weekend, Reform, Resistance to Change, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Seven Day Services Forum, Seven-Day Hospital Services, Seven-Day Working, Stuff Their Mouths With Gold (History of How Aneurin Bevan Placated the BMA), System Re-Design, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, UK Statistics Authority, Unspoken Political Context: Weaponising the NHS (Speculative Construct), Variations in Quality of Care, Weekend Effect, Weekend Hospitalisation and Additional Risk of Death, Weekend Mortality for Emergency Admissions, Weekend Working
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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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Professional Standards for Hospital Pharmacy Services (Royal Pharmaceutical Society)
Summary The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) have updated their “Professional Standards for Hospital Pharmacy Services”, in light of the Francis Inquiry report . Updates to this document place more emphasis on increasing patient involvement and feedback in the development of services. … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, NHS, Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
Tagged Aston University, Berwick Review, Berwick Review of Patient Safety, Birmingham Children’s Hospital (BCH), Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH), Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Care Episodes, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Chief Pharmacists, Chronic Medication Service, Clinical Leadership, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Custom-Made Medicines, Discharge Medicines Review Service, Dispensing, Distribution Storage and Unused Medicines, Education and Training, Effective Use of Medicines, European Association of Hospital Pharmacists, European Working Time Directive (EWTD), Francis Inquiry Report, Future Hospital Commission, General Pharmaceutical Council, Governance, Hospital Pharmacies, Hospital Pharmacies: Seven Day Services, Hospital Pharmacists, Hospital Pharmacy Services, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Information About Medicines, Integrated Transfer of Care, International Pharmaceutical Federation, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), Joined-Up Hospital and Community Pharmacy Services, Labelling, Leadership, Leadership Competency Framework for Pharmacy Professionals, Local Approaches to Seven Day Pharmacy Services, Medication Adherence, Medicines Adherence, Medicines Expertise, Medicines Policy, Medicines Procurement, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, National Advisory Group on the Safety of Patients in England, New Medicine Service, New Model of Care: Future Hospital Commission, NHS England’s Seven Days a Week Forum, NHS Patient Safety Culture, NHS Services: Seven Days a Week Forum, Operational Leadership, Patient Experience, Patient Focus, Patient Needs, Patient Outcomes, Patient Preference and Adherence, Pharmacy Workforce and Ways of Working, Primary Care and Community Pharmacy Network, Professional Leadership, Professional Responsibilities, Professional Standards, Professional Standards for Hospital Pharmacy Services, Putting Patients First, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Royal College of Physicians’ Future Hospital Commission (RCP FHC), Royal Pharmaceutical Society, RPS Leadership Competency Framework for Pharmacy Professionals, RPS Professional Standards for Public Health Practice for Pharmacy, Safe Systems of Care, Safe Use of Medicines, Seven Day Pharmacy Services, Seven Day Services in Hospital Pharmacy, Strategic Leadership, Supply of Medicines, Targeted Medicines Use Reviews, UK Clinical Pharmacy Association, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, Week-Round NHS Services, Weekend Working, Workforce Development, Workforce Issues, Working Evenings and Weekends
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Review of the NHS in 2013: a Year of Landmark Reports and Reforms (BBC News)
Summary This BBC News article provides a handy recap of the important changes announced for the NHS during this year, as marked by a succession of ground-breaking reports: February 2013: The Francis Inquiry into the Stafford Hospital scandal. The government commissioned … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Health News, Berwick Review, Berwick Review of Patient Safety, Camilla Cavendish, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Seven Days a Week, Career Pathways for HCAs, Caring: a Career, Cavendish Review, Certificate of Fundamental Care, Chris Hopson: Chief Executive Foundation Trust Network, Complaints, Complaints Handling, Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Dr Clifford Mann: President of the College of Emergency Medicine, Dr Mark Porter: Chair of Council BMA, Dr Maureen Baker: Chair Royal College of General Practitioners, Dr Peter Carter: Chief Executive and General Secretary Royal College of Nursing, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report, Health and Social Care Reform, Health Care Reform, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Keogh Mortality Review, Liam Fox, Major Emergency Centres, Matt Tee: COO NHS Confederation, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, NHS Complaints Process, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Hospital Complaints, NHS Reform, NHS Reform in England, NHS Services, NHS Services: Seven Days a Week Forum, NHS Spending, Patient Complaints, Patient Safety, Phil Gray: Chief Executive Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, Professor Cathy Warwick: Chief Executive Royal College of Midwives, Professor Don Berwick, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Professor Sue Bailey: Former President of Royal College of Psychiatrists, Protection of NHS Spending, Quality Improvement, Report of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Richard Thompson: President Royal College of Physicians, Seven Day Services, Sir Bruce Keogh (Former Chief Executive of the NHS Commissioning Board; now NHS England), Transforming Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Two-Tier Accident and Emergency System, Urgent and Emergency Care Review, Urgent and Emergency Care Services
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