Improving the management of acute pancreatitis in a district general hospital

"The aim of this quality improvement project was to investigate and improve the initial management of acute pancreatitis in patients presenting to the Great Western Hospital "

Improving the management of acute pancreatitis in a district general hospital
N Crowther, M Kahvo, P Chana
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u206577.w2642

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Developing and implementing an Early Barrett's Oesophageal Cancer detection and treatment programme

"Our project aims at removing this inequity for patients living in the North East of England, to offer them the chance of early cancer diagnosis and surviving it. The treatment is also shown to be cost effective (NICE Costing Document 2012) compared to oesophagectomy, and so its implementation in our region will save money for the NHS."

Developing and implementing an Early Barrett's Oesophageal Cancer detection and treatment programme in the Durham & Tees Valley Region
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
NICE Shared Learning example
February 2015

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Action to reduce premature avoidable mortality

"Living Well for Longer provides a national road map of the actions we will take across the health spectrum. It also provides complementary ideas for local action with case studies that demonstrate local innovation and good practice, encouraging local areas to learn from the best, and sharing the learning from their own successes." 

Living well for longer: national support for local action to reduce premature avoidable mortality
Department of Health
April 2014

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UK Strategy for Rare Diseases

"This document sets out how NHS England will play its part in delivering the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases in England. A more detailed plan will be built into the five year strategy, for specialised services, currently being developed by NHS England."

UK Strategy for Rare Diseases: NHS England Statement of Intent
NHS England
February 2014

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Commissioning for prevention

"As part of the Call to Action, NHS England will be publishing a series of thought pieces aimed at stimulating debate with Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and their local partners, and to help them think about changes that could be made to significantly improve the value of healthcare provision in England - that is, to improve outcomes at the same or lower net expenditure. This is the first in that series."

A call to action: commissioning for prevention
Public Health England, NHS England
November 2013

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