Many mental health inpatient services across the country are delivering good care and outcomes. They show what is possible and achievable. However, while significant progress has been made, some parts of the country still rely on certain types of poor quality and outdated bed-based provision (including out of area placements). Recent inquiries and rapid reviews into […]
The NHS Long Term Plan has a strong focus on expanding and improving the quality of community care for people with mental health problems, including people with a learning disability and autistic people. As a result, more people are accessing community mental health services than ever before and there remains a real commitment to build on that […]
Case finding Community pharmacy hypertension case finding Cholesterol search and risk stratification NHS Health Check Optimising treatment Case finding and direct-acting oral anticoagulation (DOACs) to prevent atrial fibrillation (AF) related strokes Cardiac rehabilitation for patients post ACS and diagnosis of heart failure Optimisation of hypertension treatment Optimisation of heart failure treatment through annual reviews Optimising […]
Classification: Official Publication approval reference: PAR1412_i To: NHS Regional Discharges SROs cc: CCG Accountable Officers Local Authority Chief Executives Local Authority Directors of Adult Social Services NHS England and NHS Improvement Regional Discharge Leads Dear colleagues, Funding of discharge services from acute care in 2022/23 I am writing to you to confirm that the National […]
There are a number of useful tools and sources of data and intelligence to help stakeholders and members of the public understand and support the reduction of health inequalities. Most national NHS England programmes will have their own dashboards which will largely be available to those with OKTA accounts. Dashboards are intended to support programme […]
Case study: Judith A Wild, Deputy Chief Nurse and Head of Service, Continuing Health Care at Wakefield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Background of change and intervention COVID-19 continues to present challenges in supporting people in the community and those leaving hospitals with their continuing healthcare needs. Adapting approaches to care for those at risk in […]
Expert rapid response teams will be on hand within two hours to help support older people to remain well at home and avoid hospital admissions, under new plans outlined by the NHS today. Local health service and council teams will begin the roll out of Urgent Community Response teams from April, as part of the […]
NICE into Action 2018 Winner: Laura McNeillie, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Victoria Infirmary The initiative: Developing a new pulmonary rehabilitation program tailored for interstitial lung disease with Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Interstitial Lung Disease service Laura developed a new innovative pulmonary rehabilitation service tailored specifically for Interstitial Lung Disease as per NICE […]
Leading change The Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist for Nottingham University NHS Foundation Trust (NUH) worked in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team (MDT) and commissioning colleagues to establish a new long-term follow-up pathway and service for survivors of childhood cancer. Where to look The Clinical Nurse Specialist identified unwarranted variation in the provision of care pathways […]
As the NHS prepares to celebrate its 70th birthday, the New Care Models programme shows how NHS England is working with its partners to transform mental health services and provide equal status with physical health: The New Care Models programme teams meet at a Knowledge Exchange conference today to discuss the impact of their work […]