Stopping Over-Medication of People with Learning Disabilities

"The goal is to improve the quality of life of people with a learning disability by reducing the potential harm of inappropriate psychotropic drugs that may be used wholly inappropriately, as a “chemical restraint” to control challenging behaviour, in place of other more appropriate treatment options. It is time for action, it is time for you to lead a medication review of all people with a learning disability, with a view to implementing a planned supervised dose reduction and stopping of inappropriate psychotropic drugs"

Stopping Over-Medication of People with Learning Disabilities (toolkit): Reducing inappropriate psychotropic drugs in people with a learning disability in general practice and hospitals in 2016
NHS England
June 2016

Access the toolkit here.

Communications in health care improvement - a toolkit

"This toolkit is for health care professionals working in improvement who want to understand and use communications to better plan, implement and spread their work."

Communications in health care improvement - a toolkit
The Health Foundation

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Type 1 diabetes pregnancy toolkit

"The research showed that there was very little easy to understand information available aimed solely at women with type 1 diabetes... Furthermore, advice for women with type 1 diabetes advice was often mixed with advice for women with type 2 diabetes.

We identified a clear patient need for a simple, downloadable, information resource about all aspects of pregnancy with type 1 diabetes that identified pre-conception goals."

Type 1 diabetes pregnancy toolkit
JDRF
NICE Shared Learning example
May 2015

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Working in collaboration to improve patient outcomes in the treatment of ADHD

"Working systematically with a comprehensive ADHD service improvement toolkit developed and funded as a service to medicine by Shire Pharmaceuticals, the team were able to confirm and demonstrate the need for a local ADHD pathway."

Working in collaboration to improve patient outcomes in the treatment of ADHD
Shire Pharmaceuticals & East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
NICE Shared Learning
March 2015

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Toolkit to support NHS commissioners to reduce poor experience of in-patient care

"This toolkit has been developed to support NHS commissioners to work collaboratively with patients, carers and NHS provider organisations to reduce poor experiences of in-patient care."

Toolkit to support NHS commissioners to reduce poor experience of in-patient care
NHS England
March 2015

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Technology Enabled Care Services: Resource for Commissioners

"The Technology Enabled Care Services Resource for Commissioners has been developed by NHS commissioners to identify practical tools that can help maximise the value of technology enabled care services for patients, carers, commissioners and the whole health economy"

Technology Enabled Care Services: Resource for Commissioners
NHS Commissioning Assembly
January 2015

Read more here.

Getting Started in Video Ethnography (toolkit)

"Kaiser Permanente's Care Management Institute has developed a replicable method for using video ethnography to learn from patient and staff experiences by capturing interviews and observations on videotape, analyzing the footage to identify improvement opportunities, and highlighting them in short videos that reflect the heart of patient experiences."

Toolkit: Getting Started in Video Ethnography - A Catalyst for Guiding and Motivating Quality Improvement
Kaiser Permanente, Care Management Institute
2010

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Patient and Family-Centred Care toolkit

"Patient and Family-Centred Care (PFCC) is a simple, step-by-step method for understanding what a care experience is like, what needs to change, and which small improvements can make a big difference to patients, families and staff alike. Across the country, teams have implemented the approach to improve services, ranging from paediatric accident and emergency to the care of frail older people, with measurable results." 

Patient and Family-Centred Care toolkit
The King's Fund, The Health Foundation

Find out more and access the toolkit here.

Development, Impact & You toolkit

"This is a toolkit on how to invent, adopt or adapt ideas that can deliver better results. It’s quick to use, simple to apply, and designed to help busy people working in development."

Development, Impact & You toolkit: practical tools to trigger and support social innovation
Nesta
2014

Read more here.

North West London Integration Toolkit

"The North West London Integration Toolkit is intended to support commissioners, providers and communities across health- and social-care as they work toward the shared vision of integrated care. It may be useful as the basis for discussions and will help in the completion of business cases for local initiatives."

North West London Integration Toolkit
North West London Integrated Care
2014

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'Any town' toolkit for Clinical Commissioning Groups

"NHS England has produced a toolkit called ‘Any town’, which using high level health system modelling, allows clinical commissioning groups to map how interventions could improve local health services and close the financial gap."

The toolkit includes five modules accessible as PowerPoint presentations:

1 -  Methodology guide
2 -  Urban model module
3 -  Suburban model module
4 -  Rural model module
5 -  Further information guide (containing additional case study information)

Any Town
NHS England
January 2014

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Adopt, improve or defend - an AID for QIPP

"Commissioners in Wigan have embedded a systematic approach to achieve challenging QIPP targets by identifying and addressing variations in local healthcare."

Adopt, improve or defend - an AID for QIPP
C Melling, W Sanders, M Cripps
RightCare Casebook
September 2013

Read more here.

Good practice in joint health and wellbeing strategies

"This self-evaluation tool provides guidance on good practice in planning, developing and delivering Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategies based around key questions to consider and top tips on approaches that might be taken."

Good practice in joint health and wellbeing strategies: a self-evaluation tool for health and wellbeing boards
NHS Confederation
September 2013

Read more here.

Commissioning person centred end of life care

"This toolkit identifies the main elements involved in commissioning for person centred end of life care. It explains the commissioning cycle in practical terms and offers a four-stage approach to successful commissioning across all sectors."

Commissioning person centred end of life care: a toolkit for health and social care professionals
National End of Life Care Programme
October 2012

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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.

Read more here.

Delivering health improvement through the workplace

"The toolkit aims to support public health practitioners and other partners focus on health and work, from employer partnerships to the voluntary sector."

Delivering health improvement through the workplace: supporting local action in London
L Croft, P Murage
August 2012

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Digital technology essentials guide

"This guide provides a brief summary of a wide range of enabling digital technologies most of which are quick wins and should be considered by all organisations."

Digital technology essentials guide
QIPP Digital Technology
June 2012

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Measuring well-being: a guide for practitioners

This short handbook on measuring well-being is produced by the Centre for Well-Being at the New Economics Foundation. It is designed primarily for voluntary organisations and community groups, providing tools for thinking about well-being and measuring it.

Measuring well-being: a guide for practitioners
J Michaelson, S Mahony
New Economics Foundation
July 2012

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COPD commissioning toolkit: a resource for commissioners

"The COPD Commissioning Toolkit aims to make it easier to commission better services for people with COPD by bringing together the clinical, financial and commercial aspects of commissioning in one place."

COPD commissioning toolkit: a resource for commissioners
NHS Medical Directorate
August 2012

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NHS change model

"The model has been created to support the NHS to adopt a shared approach to leading change and transformation....The model brings together collective improvement knowledge and experience from across the NHS into eight key components."

Find out more here.