Name of product COVID Monitoring, Reporting and Publication Dashboard Civil Contingencies Secretariat Commission (CCS) and Trust Level Admissions Export Broad description of product This Product produces a Covid Monitoring, Reporting and Publication Dashboard and includes tools to assure the data used within the Dashboard and a set of publication files. The aim of this Product […]

Smoking-related hospital admissions in England increased by nearly 5% in 2022-23, compared to the previous year, but remain lower than before the Covid pandemic. Latest statistics from NHS England show that in 2022-23 there were an estimated 408,700 hospital admissions due to smoking, a rise from 389,800 in 2021-22 (an increase of 4.8%). The newly […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) will spot patients at risk of needing to go to hospital so community NHS teams can get to them first and reduce pressures on A&Es, as part of a range of tech and data solutions being rolled out across the NHS ahead of winter. Four GP practices in Somerset are trialling an […]

The NHS and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are raising awareness of urinary tract infections (UTIs), as new data shows they have led to more than 800,000 admissions to hospitals across the country over the past five years. While UTIs are a year-round concern, ahead of what is expected to be another busy winter in […]

An innovative partnership approach to health and social care in Birmingham helped to prevent more than 20,000 people being unnecessarily admitted to hospital from March 2020-March 2022. The ‘Early Intervention’ approach, now considered ‘business as usual’ across the city, focusses on frail, vulnerable and older people and works to a ‘home first’ ethos.  It helped reduce a person’s length of stay in hospital from an average of 12 days to four days, saving 120,000 bed days a year and ensuring that 45% of people are now more likely to go straight home when discharged from hospital instead of being admitted into long-term care, creating a financial benefit valued at £26.7m

Case study summary An innovative partnership approach to health and social care in Birmingham helped to prevent more than 20,000 people being unnecessarily admitted to hospital from March 2020-March 2022. The ‘Early Intervention’ approach, now considered ‘business as usual’ across the city, focusses on frail, vulnerable and older people and works to a ‘home first’ […]

Classification: Official Publication approval reference: C1623 Overall aim To provide asymptomatic testing, as required by a clinically led risk-based approach, to elective care patients using primarily lateral flow devices (LFDs), or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests if clinically recommended, from 1 April 2022. This will enable patients on elective care pathways to test as advised […]

An innovative approach to health and social care in Birmingham has helped to prevent more than 10,000 people being unnecessarily admitted to hospital in the last twelve months.

Case study summary An innovative approach to health and social care in Birmingham has helped to prevent more than 10,000 people being unnecessarily admitted to hospital in the last twelve months. Organisation NHS Birmingham Integrated Care Partnership (BICP). What was the aim? Birmingham’s Early Intervention Lead and Birmingham Community Healthcare’s Chief Operating Officer Chris Holt […]

We are reviewing and updating these webpages to reflect the current work of the maternity and neonatal programme. Analysis, findings and guidance on the preventable factors that lead to full-term babies being admitted to neonatal units. Reducing harm leading to avoidable admission of full-term babies into neonatal units: findings and resources for improvement: We’ve worked […]