The use of patient data has already changed the NHS and it will continue to do so. The possibilities to improve patient care are huge. However the NHS uses data from different IT systems which don’t talk to each other causing frustration for staff and delays for patients. Improving connections between IT systems so that […]
We have published a set of three short videos on our YouTube channel to help providers and commissioners understand how perceived bias, poor communication and dignity issues can leave black and minority ethnic cancer patients with poorer patient experience than white British people. We know from the annual National Cancer Patient Experience Survey, the latest […]
In the last of our blogs marking World Antibiotic Awareness Week, Dr Martyn Diaper, a practicing GP and NHS England Head of Patient Safety (Primary Care), and Philip Howard, Consultant Pharmacist in Antimicrobials at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and NHS England Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection project lead, explain how the prevention […]
The New Care Model Vanguards are about empowering both the people they serve and the people who serve. That was the message from a panel discussion on the second day of the Health and Care Innovation Expo 2015 in Manchester. 37 New Care Model Vanguards have been named so far, with a further tranche focussing […]
Data on the recent industrial action by junior doctors can be found on the NHS England website here: NHS England » Industrial action in the NHS. Since strikes began, the cumulative total of acute inpatient and outpatient appointments rescheduled is now 1,333,221. Junior doctors and hospital dental trainees began their strike action on Wednesday 3 […]
The NHS is setting out how it will increase national uptake of lifesaving vaccinations, ensuring millions more people receive protection against a range of diseases. Published today, the ambitious NHS vaccination strategy will outline how getting vaccinations will be made easier than ever before, including through expansion of the NHS App, ‘one stop shops’ and […]
As we launch the NHS x Fujifilm photograph competition ‘Our NHS at 75’ – Dr Jon Williamson, has written a blog about what photography means to him alongside his busy role as an NHS anaesthetist. Photography has played a part in my life since I was a child and, as we evolve and change as […]
Patients are being offered faster treatment in different parts of the country as part of an NHS ‘final push’ to virtually eliminate the number waiting two years or more. The NHS Elective Recovery Plan, published earlier this year, set out how the health service would address COVID-19 backlogs in treatment, initially focusing on the longest […]
Content Focus on the benefit rather than the innovation Applying this principle to practice Focus on the benefit rather than the innovation Focus on the why rather than the what: take a system needs focus [Pull, attractor] rather than an innovation focus [Push]. This means explaining the benefits for patients, staff and carers and the system, to the adopters. […]
Content Approaches to Spread and Scale Tools and methods Support Approaches to Spread and Scale The methods and levers available to system and policy leaders to support spread and scale of innovation and good practices for improvement are collated into seven approaches, details are on the Horizons website. You will find these tools and methods […]