Through its targeted surveillance of emerging COVID-19 issues recorded on national systems, such as the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), the new Learn from Patient Safety Events service (LFPSE), and other sources, the National Patient Safety Team identified issues around ensuring pregnant women with COVID-19 symptoms access appropriate care. Several incidents were identified in […]
Through its core work to review patients safety events recorded on national systems, such as the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), the new Learn from Patient Safety Events service (LFPSE), and other sources, the National Patient Safety Team identified issues with the safe clamping of the umbilical cord after a caesarean section. It is […]
The patient safety review and response and advice and guidance teams perform a core function within the National Patient Safety team, working to review and analyse sources of information on patient safety events to identify new or under recognised risks. These teams then lead on the development of advice and guidance to support the NHS […]
Eighty per cent of people’s interactions with the NHS occur in their own homes, their GP practices, community pharmacies, dentists or local health centres, and the vast majority of social care services are delivered at home or in the community. So it seems obvious to me as a GP that effective partnership working at neighbourhood, […]
National projects designed to reduce long term segregation and restrictive practice The NHS Long Term Plan has set out an ambitious programme to transform mental health services for people with a learning disability and autistic people, with a focus on improving community services and being less dependent on inpatient care. The NHS England Mental Health, Learning Disability […]
National Cancer Board The National Cancer Board oversees the NHS Cancer Programme as a whole, bringing together representatives from NHS England and Improvement, Public Health England, Health Education England, the Department for Health and Social Care, Cancer Alliance leaders and charity chief executives. It is chaired by Dame Cally Palmer, National Cancer Director. The Board have been […]
You can use workforce data to develop retention strategies, whether it is quantitative, for example staff survey results, or qualitative, for example focus group feedback. Data sources you can use include: staff turnover, NHS leaver and stability rates the NHS Staff Survey and National Quarterly Pulse Survey the NHS People Pulse locally designed surveys workforce […]
On this page you will find information on past NQB publications and activities. Quality Surveillance Groups – National Guidance, Third edition, July 2017 Quality Surveillance Groups (QSGs) bring together different parts of the health and care system, to share intelligence about risks to quality. The NQB’s Shared Commitment to Quality sets out seven steps to […]
Same day emergency care (SDEC) services are available in all major hospitals across the country. There are various ways to access SDEC, although this is not a walk-in service. Patients can be directly referred to SDEC in different ways, either from a GP, a community response team, NHS 111, an ambulance, or via emergency departments […]
What is civility and respect? In its simplest form, civility and respect is about how we treat each other at work. In highly pressurised NHS systems, behaviours of incivility and disrespect can become common place. People report that bullying and harassment is prevalent in the NHS, and this rude and unkind behaviour can have a […]