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Cold weather alert: level 3 – cold weather action

Issued at 8.50am on Monday 11 December 2017 There is a 90 percent probability of severe cold weather/icy conditions/heavy snow between 9am on Monday 11 December and 9am on Thursday 14 December in parts of England. Cold weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more […]

Reframing ageing

This definitely isn’t the first time I’ve sought to write about the error of the media-fuelled “ageing tsunami” or the misguided assumption that “the ageing population spells doom for health and social care”. I and many others have made the case repeatedly that this misguided narrative causes harm. For this blog, I will focus on […]

Growing up with autism

In the first of three blogs highlighting the experiences of children, young people and families with a learning disability or autism, David Gill looks at what has changed and what is being done to improve their quality of care, quality of health and quality of life: This feels like quite a time to be writing […]

Promoting wellbeing in the workforce: Yorkshire and the Humber Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Network

The Yorkshire and the Humber Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Network is a dedicated forum for senior practitioners to share best practice, generate ideas and support the wider workforce towards improvements in service performance and quality of patient care.

Promoting wellbeing in the workforce: Yorkshire and the Humber Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Network

Case study summary Research studies have highlighted the importance of wellbeing within the psychological therapies profession. The Yorkshire and the Humber Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Network is a dedicated forum for senior practitioners to share best practice, generate ideas and support the wider workforce towards improvements in service performance and quality of patient care.   […]

Cyber security

The Cyber Security Programme is working to ensure that measures are actively in place to protect NHS assets and services, including those commissioned by NHS England. The aims of the programme are: To enact lessons learned from previous cyber security incidents To ensure that actions related to “Critical” cyber alerts are completed To provide assurance […]

Friends and Family Test data – October 2017

Friends and Family Test (FFT) gives patients the opportunity to submit feedback to providers of NHS funded care or treatment, using a simple question which asks how likely, on a scale ranging from extremely unlikely to extremely likely, they are to recommend the service to their friends and family if they needed similar care or treatment. Data on all these services is published on a monthly basis.