Mental Health Staffing Framework

"Mental Health Staffing: A Practical Guide has been developed as part of the ‘Compassion in Practice programme’ led by NHS England. It is based around standards set by the National Quality Board and is expected to inform national Mental Health programmes of work "

Mental Health Staffing Framework
Health Education West Midlands
NHS England
June 2015

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“Conversation Ready”: A Framework for Improving End-of-Life Care

"This white paper describes the Conversation Ready framework, the changes associated with the framework’s five principles that can be implemented to improve end-of-life care, examples of changes tested by organizations, and suggested measures to guide improvement."

“Conversation Ready”: A Framework for Improving End-of-Life Care (IHI White Paper)
K McCutcheon Adams, A Kabcenell, K Little, L Sokol-Hessner
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
June 2015

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Improving Patient Safety Culture through Teamwork and Communication

"This new HPOE guide outlines the TeamSTEPPS framework, describes teamwork tools and includes examples and case studies illustrating how hospitals and care systems are using TeamSTEPPS to improve patient safety and quality."

Improving Patient Safety Culture through Teamwork and Communication: TeamSTEPPS®
Health Research & Educational Trust
June 2015

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Commissioning Support Lead Provider Framework

"NHS England has developed a new framework agreement for commissioning support services – the Lead Provider Framework (LPF). It enables Clinical Commissioning Groups(CCGs), NHS England and other customers to source some or all of their commissioning support needs"

Commissioning Support Lead Provider Framework
NHS England

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Advancing the science of measurement of diagnostic errors in healthcare: the Safer Dx framework

"We posit that the Safer Dx framework can be used by a variety of stakeholders including researchers, clinicians, health care organizations and policymakers, to stimulate both retrospective and more proactive measurement of diagnostic errors. The feedback and learning that would result will help develop subsequent interventions that lead to safer diagnosis, improved value of health care delivery and improved patient outcomes."

Advancing the science of measurement of diagnostic errors in healthcare: the Safer Dx framework
H Singh, DF Sittig
BMJ Quality and Safety 2015;24:103-110 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003675

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Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF) 2015 to 2016

"The ASCOF measures how well care and support services achieve the outcomes that matter most to people. The Framework:

• supports councils to improve the quality of care and support services they provide
• gives a national overview of adult social care outcomes in 2013 to 2014
• looks at how the framework will be developed in future"

Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF) 2015 to 2016

Department of Health

November 2014

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Designing quality improvement initiatives: the action effect method

"The action effect method gives structure to the identification and articulation of programme theory, an important step of quality improvement initiative development. It provides a framework to guide execution and evaluation of an initiative, a focal point for other quality improvement methods and a communication tool to engage stakeholders."

Designing quality improvement initiatives: the action effect method, a structured approach to identifying and articulating programme theory

JE Reed, C McNicholas, T Woodcock, L Issen, D Bell
BMJ Quality and Safety 2014;23:1040-1048 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003103

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Personalised health and care 2020

"Better use of data and technology has the power to improve health, transform the quality and reduce the cost of health and care services."

Personalised health and care 2020: Using Data and Technology to Transform 
Outcomes for Patients and Citizens - A Framework for Action 
National Information Board
November 2014

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Framework for responding to CQC inspections of GP practices

"From October 2014, the CQC will begin to roll out their new inspection regime to inspect and rate every GP practice in England by April 2016. Practices will be inspected across five key questions, considering the extent to which they are safe, effective, responsive, caring and well-led. They will be rated in one of four categories; outstanding; good; requires improvement; or inadequate."

Framework for responding to CQC inspections of GP practices
October 2014
Commissioning Operations, NHS England

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Protecting resources, promoting value: a doctor’s guide to cutting waste in clinical care

"This report provides a framework for a way in which doctors can think critically about waste from a clinical perspective and provides examples of doctors improving the value of health care by reducing waste."

Protecting resources, promoting value: a doctor’s guide to cutting waste in clinical care
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
November 2014

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Safety measurement and monitoring in healthcare

"This paper summarises the findings of a more extensive report and proposes a framework which can guide clinical teams and healthcare organisations in the measurement and monitoring of safety and in reviewing progress against safety objectives."

Safety measurement and monitoring in healthcare: a framework to guide clinical teams and healthcare organisations in maintaining safety
C Vincent, S Burnett, J Carthey

BMJ Quality and Safety, 2014; 23: 670–677

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Scoping review of patient-centered care approaches in healthcare

"The fact that all identified approaches to patient-centered care incorporated strategies to achieve effective communication, partnership, and health promotion indicates that clinicians can select a patient-centered approach from the literature that best suits their patient’s needs"

Scoping review of patient-centered care approaches in healthcare
MK Constand, JC MacDermid, V Dal Bello-Haas, M Law

BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:271

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Well-led framework for governance reviews

"Monitor, CQC and NHS TDA have committed to developing an aligned framework for making judgements about how well led NHS providers are. By ‘well led’ we mean that the leadership, management and governance of the organisation assure the delivery of high quality care for patients, support learning and innovation and promote an open and fair culture." 

Well-led framework for governance reviews: guidance for NHS foundation trusts 
Monitor
May 2014

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Comorbidities: a framework of principles for system-wide action

"This framework sets out the challenges for the wider health and care system in addressing comorbidities and proposes a set of interconnected principles to consider in the design of systems and services to prevent and treat comorbidities."

Comorbidities: a framework of principles for system-wide action
Department of Health
April 2014

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Clinical commissioning and direct commissioning assurance

"The CCG and Direct Commissioning assurance processes have been designed to provide confidence to patients and the wider public that both CCGs and NHS England are operating effectively to commission safe, high-quality and sustainable services within their resources."

Access the frameworks here.

Introduction of new technologies and decision making processes

"Introducing new health technologies, including medical devices, into a local setting in a safe, effective, and transparent manner is a complex process, involving many disciplines and players within an organization."

Introduction of new technologies and decision making processes: a framework to adapt a Local Health Technology Decision Support Program for other local settings
P Poulin, L Austen, CM Scott, M Poulin, N Gall, J Seidel, R Lafreniere
Medical Devices: Evidence and Research, 2013, 6:185-193

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Development of a framework to estimate the cost of opioid dependence

"This report sets out the findings of a targeted review of the harms of opioid dependence, and an assessment of the existing estimates of the costs of opioid dependence."

Development of a framework to estimate the cost of opioid dependence
E Disley, A Mulcahy, M Pardal, J Rubin, K Ruggeri
RAND Europe, prepared for Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceuticals
November 2013

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How to improve

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement uses the Model for Improvement, developed by Associates in Process Improvement, as the framework to guide improvement
work.

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