National Cancer Board The National Cancer Board oversees the NHS Cancer Programme as a whole, bringing together representatives from NHS England and Improvement, Public Health England, Health Education England, the Department for Health and Social Care, Cancer Alliance leaders and charity chief executives. It is chaired by Dame Cally Palmer, National Cancer Director. The Board have been […]
You can use workforce data to develop retention strategies, whether it is quantitative, for example staff survey results, or qualitative, for example focus group feedback. Data sources you can use include: staff turnover, NHS leaver and stability rates the NHS Staff Survey and National Quarterly Pulse Survey the NHS People Pulse locally designed surveys workforce […]
On this page you will find information on past NQB publications and activities. Quality Surveillance Groups – National Guidance, Third edition, July 2017 Quality Surveillance Groups (QSGs) bring together different parts of the health and care system, to share intelligence about risks to quality. The NQB’s Shared Commitment to Quality sets out seven steps to […]
Same day emergency care (SDEC) services are available in all major hospitals across the country. There are various ways to access SDEC, although this is not a walk-in service. Patients can be directly referred to SDEC in different ways, either from a GP, a community response team, NHS 111, an ambulance, or via emergency departments […]
What is civility and respect? In its simplest form, civility and respect is about how we treat each other at work. In highly pressurised NHS systems, behaviours of incivility and disrespect can become common place. People report that bullying and harassment is prevalent in the NHS, and this rude and unkind behaviour can have a […]
We know that health and wellbeing support remains the top driver of both motivation and advocacy, and that many are increasingly concerned about how they can make their money go further. We have added a page with a range of ideas to help any member of health and care staff and support their financial wellbeing. […]
By 2023/24, NHS England and NHS Improvement aims to help tens of thousands of people with severe mental illness (SMI) find and keep their employment through the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) scheme. The COVID-19 pandemic forced IPS teams across the country to adapt their services quickly to keep providing employment support in a safe […]
Where you can make a positive impact towards net zero AHPs and their teams should reduce the carbon impact from food waste by: Considering how your actions and services are impacting on meal-times and patient appetite. If a patient is scheduled for medical imaging and is required to be nil by mouth, has this been […]
The below table is a tool to support the implementation of National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) recall guidance CG19 when dental teams are prioritising their recall lists of child patients. It has been produced by the Chief Dental Officer England to assist dental professionals. All risk assessment and recall should be undertaken in line […]
In January 2023, the Centre for Perioperative Care published revised National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs 2), designed to reduce misunderstandings or errors and to improve team cohesion. The standards, written by clinicians from multiple professions and specialties, re-launches the WHO checklist. It mandates key stop moments when the standard pathway is confirmed and […]