Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust focused on 2 components of the Health and Wellbeing Framework to help prioritise activities What we’ve done Who we are Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs more than 6,000 staff in two hospital sites and 12 community-based clinics in London. We have over 1,000 beds and […]
Legacy mentors are experienced nurses, or colleagues in other regulated professions, usually in late career, who provide coaching, mentoring and pastoral support to our NHS people who are at the start of their careers or who are newly appointed into the NHS. They provide essential professional advice, education and guidance and pass on a ‘legacy’ […]
Under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) there will be greater engagement with those affected by an incident, including patients, families and staff. Ensuring they are treated with compassion and able to be part of any investigation. Contents Guide to engaging and involving patients, families and staff following a patient safety incident Additional resources […]
Introduction The 2022 to 2023 NHS planning guidance specifies the need for more structured streaming arrangements between urgent treatment centres (UTCs) and emergency departments (EDs), and as such they must have robust processes that match patients with the service most suited to meet their clinical need; for example, a UTC (which may or may not […]
The last year has been challenging for urgent and emergency care (UEC) services as demand has returned to pre-pandemic levels. Building on the work of the UEC Recovery 10 Point Action Plan we will continue to support the improvement of UEC services across England to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This work […]
Today (4 August) we launched details of our upcoming clinical summits for those involved in setting up or expanding virtual wards. This innovative approach to delivering hospital care at home is already benefiting thousands of people across England. Dr Shelagh O’Riordan, Consultant Community Geriatrician and Professional Advisor at NHS England shares her tips on how […]
Social care is a critical part of health and care, providing vital services within local systems. The sector is an essential partner in strategic planning and designing better joined-up care to give people greater choice, independence and wellbeing. Partnership with the adult social care provider sector is particularly important for integrated care partnerships (ICPs), as […]
It’s been just over two years since my colleagues and I working in general practice were faced with patients with a new, enigmatic illness. We were seeing people who were experiencing ongoing, unexplained, and in some cases, seriously debilitating symptoms following COVID-19. And whilst many people were feeling better and recovering from COVID within weeks, […]
Essential clinical system capabilities – foundation capabilities Essential clinical system capabilities – non-foundation capabilities Patient facing capabilities National digital services GP IT enabling requirements Enhanced requirements General practice business requirements Essential clinical system capabilities – foundation capabilities Six clinical digital capabilities enabled through software (and data) solutions which under the GP Contract are necessary to […]
Response, resilience and sustainability General practice is the heart of the NHS, and the NHS relies on it to survive and thrive. The pandemic has presented the NHS with its greatest challenge since it was established in 1948. Despite already coping with growing demand General Practice rose to the challenge of continuing to work during […]