The NHS Long Term Plan sets out a vision to eliminate hospital handover delays. Hospital handover delays are risky because they delay assessment and treatment for those patients waiting in an ambulance queue at hospitals. Such delays also compromise safety in our community by reducing the availability of ambulances to respond to emergencies. NHS England […]
An improvement guide setting out key lines of enquiry (KLOEs) for acute organisations to use to review their ambulance handover process, and to identify key improvement opportunities. Contents Reducing hospital handover delays Key lines of enquiry Further resources Find out more Reducing hospital handover delays The NHS Long Term Plan sets out a vision to eliminate […]
Chester East is a cluster made up of four practices comprising of 24 GPs serving a practice population of 37,000. One of the cluster’s long term aims is to maximise GP clinical time, by adopting standard processes to create more efficient workflows that will enable cross-patch co-operation and sustainable working. The cluster participated in the […]
Action to help tens of thousands more people avoid lengthy spells in hospital is being rolled out nationwide as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. NHS doctors, nurses and other staff are being encouraged to ask themselves ‘Why not home? Why not today?’ when planning care for patients recovering from an operation or illness, […]
See a full structure of Who’s who at NHS England. Non-executive directors NHS England’s non-executive directors are: Chair Richard Meddings Richard Meddings joined the Board of NHS England as Chair in March 2022. From 2002 to 2014, Richard was a Group Executive Director at Standard Chartered, and Group Finance Director for eight years. Prior to […]
Leading change Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANP) at the Primary Integrated Community Services (PICS) in Nottinghamshire have led the development and introduction of a new Acute Home Visiting Service to ensure timely assessment and support for vulnerable patients. The service is preventing hospital admissions, improving patient experience and has led to better use of resources. Where […]
Leading change The matron of the Community Children’s Nursing Team at Whittington Health NHS Trust led the implementation of a new service within the Hospital at Home service, offering home based phototherapy to babies with physiological jaundice. The Hospital at Home service is part of the Community Children’s Nursing Team, delivering nursing care to acutely […]
Clarification of the position for opt-outs following the replacement of type 2 opt-outs to national data opt-outs and a recent amendment to the Confidentiality Advisory Group (CAG) approval CAG 7-07(a-c)/2013 for invoice validation data processing During 2016/2017 NHS England worked with clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) (now replaced with integrated care boards [ICBs]) and ran workshops […]
The NHS in England has saved an additional 1,600 patients with severe injuries since major trauma centres were established in 2012. New findings show the creation of major traumas centres has led to the survival of more than 1,600 patients who have suffered some of the most severe and complicated injuries thanks to top teams […]
Thirteen nominees make up the final shortlist for this year’s Kate Granger Compassionate Care Awards. The finalists were selected from more than 100 entrants in the four award categories. Now in their fourth year the awards were set up by Kate Granger, the terminally ill doctor who worked tirelessly to raise awareness around compassion in […]