"The recommendations relate to offering women seeking contraception an informed choice and access to long-acting reversible methods. These methods are more reliable than the oral contraceptive pill, where user-error often results in unplanned pregnancy. The additional cost of providing these methods is more than offset by the costs of unplanned pregnancies (reduced terminations or reduced births)."
Cost saving guidance:Long-acting reversible contraception (CG30)
NICE
September 2014
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QIPP (Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention) aims to help NHS organisations deliver higher quality care and operate more efficiently and effectively. The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has set up a programme to implement QIPP across the trust. This blog, delivered by the RFH Medical Library, will highlight latest papers about QIPP to support the Trust as they carry out this work.
Showing posts with label informed choice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label informed choice. Show all posts
Monday, 15 September 2014
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Doctor Know: a knowledge commons in health
"In this paper, we argue that society’s growing ability to mobilise knowledge from different fields and sources is beginning to show the potential of a ‘knowledge commons’ in healthcare: an open system of knowledge with researchers, practicing clinicians, patients, their families and communities all involved in capturing, refining and utilising a common body of knowledge in real time."
Doctor Know: a knowledge commons in health
J Loder, L Bunt, JC Wyatt
March 2013
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