We are delighted that Dr Kathy McLean, Executive Medical Director and Chief Operating Officer for NHS Improvement has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her services to leadership across the NHS. ‘I feel very proud and privileged to have been awarded an OBE in the Birthday Honours. ‘I have worked with […]
Dr Amit Arora, Consultant Geriatrician at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, tells us his thoughts on #EndPJParalysis and the impact the campaign is having so far. Many frail older people spend up to 83% of their inpatient time in bed and a further 12% in a chair. Most older people walk only a […]
Despite experiencing the worst winter in a decade, frontline NHS staff and managers have risen to the challenge and cared for more patients than ever before. However, this surge in demand has affected the NHS’s performance in key areas, such as waiting times and its reliance on temporary workers. Read our full report into the […]
Today was the first public board meeting in common for NHS England and NHS Improvement where we agreed a new way of working, and discussed how local NHS services can better work together and the NHS’ 2018/19 operating plan. The National Health Service is turning 70 on 5 July 2018. Over the last seven decades […]
Ruth May, our Executive Director of Nursing, reflects on her time as a nurse, the challenges and what’s to come this year in the run up to International Nurses Day. I’m proud to say I joined the nursing profession on the 5 July 1985 and throughout a career varied in its geography, its scope and […]
Dr Aidan Fowler is to join NHS Improvement as NHS National Director of Patient Safety in July 2018. Reflecting the system-wide nature of the role, Dr Fowler will also be appointed as a Deputy Chief Medical Officer by the Chief Medical Officer and Department of Health and Social Care. Dr Fowler brings a wealth of […]
Our Sir Peter Carr Award winners, Daniel Wadsworth and Dr. Rachel Pilling from Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust talk 100 ideas in 100 days and tell us about their latest developments since winter. Spreading the joy We have been considering how the 15 second 30 minute ethos might become embedded into quality improvement (QI) […]
At NHS Improvement, our role is to support trusts on their quality improvement journeys. #EndPJParalysis is so inspiring because it is being led by frontline staff. The concept is a simple one — to get patients out of their hospital beds. The clinical imperatives for doing so are hugely compelling. Ruth May, Executive Director of […]
We have selected seven trusts to take part in our new three year lean programme which will deliver a lean management system in their organisation. The programme will build on the success of our partnership with the Virginia Mason Institute and other independent programmes in the NHS, for example those implemented by Western Sussex Hospitals, […]
NHS England and NHS Improvement are today announcing some key steps that we are taking to bring our organisations closer together. We have one NHS: commissioners and providers in each part of the country are serving the same people, and we need to use the resources that Parliament gives the NHS to greater benefit for […]