Further to the last update of March 2022 on this topic, we write with information about the Framework for Quality Assurance (FQA). In April 2022, the Professional Standards Strategic Oversight Group (PSSOG) agreed to a process of revision to the FQA. A Professional Standards Working Group has now been formed to undertake this. We are co-chairing […]
The burns and scalds page is viewed once every 16 seconds as the nation gets cooking. Visits to the NHS website’s advice on burns and scalds nearly doubles on Pancake Day, latest figures show. The number of page views for help with burns injuries jumps from a daily average of 3,200 to 5,300 on Pancake […]
Case study summary An innovative partnership approach to health and social care in Birmingham helped to prevent more than 20,000 people being unnecessarily admitted to hospital from March 2020-March 2022. The ‘Early Intervention’ approach, now considered ‘business as usual’ across the city, focusses on frail, vulnerable and older people and works to a ‘home first’ […]
“Co-production is a way of working that involves people who use health and care services, carers and communities in equal partnership; and which engages groups of people at the earliest stages of service design, development and evaluation. Co-production acknowledges that people with ‘lived experience’ of a particular condition are often best placed to advise on […]
Case study summary An innovative, partnership approach to caring for the frail and elderly in Warwickshire has led to a frailty service that is keeping 50% patients at home after a fall, with just 3% having to return to hospital at a later date, down from 15%. When paramedics visit someone whose had a fall, […]
NHS England’s Core20PLUS Accelerator Sites Programme is delivered in partnership with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the Health Foundation. Seven accelerator sites across England were selected through an expression of interest process in December 2022. Since then, all seven sites have led targeted quality improvement, using a Core20PLUS5 approach to make progress in […]
When a patient misses their appointment, it is referred to as a ‘Did Not Attend’ (DNA) or Was Not Brought (WNB). During 2021/2022, nearly 7.5 million outpatient appointments were missed by patients, often for reasons outside of their control, and often linked to health inequalities. Reducing missed appointments helps to ensure that clinical time is […]
In November 2021 the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Care set out their intention to merge Health Education England with NHS England, and also accepted a recommendation from the Chair of NHS Digital to merge NHS Digital with NHS England. Information about our organisations’ merger and links to privacy information NHS Digital […]
NHS England now has responsibility for all the activities previously undertaken by Health Education England and NHS Digital. This includes ensuring that the healthcare workforce has the right numbers, skills, values and behaviours to support the delivery of excellent healthcare and health improvement to patients and the public. It also includes running the vital national […]
Case study summary “The virtual ward has kept me at home, able to cope and nursed me back to health. I think it’s a wonderful service.” This is the view of 89-year-old virtual ward patient ‘Sheila’ of the service in Sutton in South West London. Partnership working on a ‘virtual ward’, with capacity of up […]