An NHS Trust in Yorkshire is leading the way on work to narrow inequalities in waiting lists, including clearing the backlog of people with a learning disability waiting for elective care. Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT), serves a population of around 440,000 people living across Halifax and Huddersfield; approximately 3,000 of which are […]
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Trust/Practice: Romney House Surgery, Gloucestershire What did they do? The PPG realised that just reporting the FFT quantitative data wasn’t improving things. By looking at the free text comments they felt that they could find out what the patients really thought about the surgery, and what we could do to improve their experiences. They came […]
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The Equality and Diversity Council at NHS England works to ensure everyone’s contribution to our health service is fairly recognised. In the second of two blogs, the Chair of the BMA Representative Body reports on the Council’s work and outlines what steps we can all take to ensure fair treatment for NHS patients and staff: […]
Here are the things that the advisory group has been helping us with and what we’re doing about them: Going to the GP NHS 111 Dynamic support systems Autism diagnosis Coronavirus and lockdown Allied Health Professionals Community crisis support Research and innovation Restrictive practice Personalistion Social prescribing and primary care networks Learning from deaths Focus […]
Annual report and action from learning reports 2021/22 The NHS Long Term Plan made a commitment to continue LeDeR and to improve the health and wellbeing of people with a learning disability. This annual report, the first from our new academic partners led by Kings College London, provides information about the deaths of people with […]
Like healthcare systems all over the world there are times when things go tragically wrong. We all understand that healthcare is a people business, and that with the very best intentions people will make mistakes. Improving safety is about reducing risk and minimising mistakes. The NHS has embarked on a journey to become one of […]
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The Director for Patient Experience, discusses the steps NHS England is taking to ensure primary care staff feel supported if raising safety concerns: There is no greater insight in the drive for NHS improvement than that gained by listening to patients, families and staff. It is now the norm for patients to be asked for […]