Following publication of the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation, Sir Bruce Keogh, National Medical Director, was asked to review the professional codes of practice of doctors and nurses and to ensure that the right incentives are in place to prevent people from covering up, instead of reporting and learning from mistakes. In a letter […]
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust used the Health and Wellbeing Framework to support a proactive approach to planning and evaluating workforce wellbeing initiatives What we’ve done Who we are Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust runs a 520-bed district general hospital based 12 miles from central London. The hospital supports around 320,000 people in South West […]
This is absolutely true. Sadly, we know that many people, including those who are most vulnerable or suffering, can feel excluded from accessing care. People who experience homelessness and those in other inclusion health populations[1] experience some of the worst health inequalities; the average age of death for women is 42 and men 44 for […]
Case study summary The Scott Practice in Doncaster is made up of 11.2 whole time equivalent GPs serving a patient population of over 14,000. Low referral rates to its local National Diabetes Prevention Programme (NDPP) prompted the practice to look at ways to address this by applying learning from the General Practice Improvement Leads programme. […]
Case study summary The Leith Hill Practice in Surrey is made up of 4 whole time equivalent GPs serving a patient population of 8,000. Working over 2 sites the practice’s dispensary and reception/admin teams were overloaded with a high demand for dispensing medication, and participated in the Productive General Practice Quick Start programme to look […]
Case study summary GPs at Forum Family Practice in Cramlington were overwhelmed by a heavy workload and struggling to meet patient demand for face to face appointments. By participating in the Productive General Practice (PGP) Quick Start programme the practice found ways to reduce the GPs’ workload. The programme is part of the Time for […]
Case study summary Robin Lane Medical Centre and Manor Park Surgery in West Leeds came together in 2017 under a single support service organisation, Clinicare Health Support Services Ltd. The organisation is made up of ten whole time equivalent GPs serving 28,000 patients. When the two sites found there was a low proportion of relevant […]
The Health Secretary today asked Sir Bruce Keogh to carry out a review of codes of practice for health professionals The move by Jeremy Hunt came as a report into the failings over the deaths of mothers and babies at Morecambe Bay was made public. The review to be carried out by Sir Bruce, NHS […]
The National Diabetes Audit (NDA) provides a clinical view of diabetes care in England and Wales, and evidences variation in the achievement of diabetes care processes and treatment targets. However, no national measure of patient experience exists to understand this variation. The National Diabetes Experience Survey, a new national survey of people living with type […]
I felt very privileged to chair the first meeting of the new NHS National Improvement Board in September. It’s wonderful to be involved in embedding improvement across the NHS. This isn’t a full-time role for me though. My “day job” is to be the Chair of Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT (LSCft). We deliver […]