Commissioning for Value Integrated care pathways packs

NHS England and RightCare have created Commissioning for Value packs to support integrated care pathways across CCGs.

Access the London packs here.

How is the NHS performing? April 2015

"As the NHS begins a new financial year and we move from one parliament to another, it is clear from the performance on key headline targets and standards and from our latest survey of finance directors that the NHS will face huge challenges this year – very possibly the most difficult for many years."

How is the NHS performing? April 2015: Quarterly monitoring report
J Appleby, J Thompson, J Jabbal
The King's Fund

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Workforce planning in the NHS

"At local level, there is no single solution to address immediate workforce challenges. Rather, providers will need to consider a range of sustainable strategies – individually and in partnership with others in their local health economy."

Workforce planning in the NHS
R Addicott, D Maguire, M Honeyman, J Jabbal
The King's Fund
April 2015

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Improving occupational physicians’ adherence to a practice guideline:

"Although practice guidelines are important tools to improve quality of care, implementation remains challenging. To improve adherence to an evidence-based guideline for the management of mental health problems, we developed a tailored implementation strategy targeting barriers perceived by occupational physicians"

Improving occupational physicians’ adherence to a practice guideline: feasibility and impact of a tailored implementation strategy
MCW Joosen, KM van Beurden, B Terluin, J van Weeghel, EPM Brouwers, JJL van der Klink
BMC Medical Education 2015, 15:82  doi:10.1186/s12909-015-0364-8

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Improving critical care discharge summaries

"An innovative form of enhanced capability critical care outreach called ‘iMobile’ is being provided at King’s College Hospital (KCH). Part of the remit of iMobile is to review patients who have been transferred from critical care to general wards. The iMobile team wished to improve the quality of critical care discharge summaries."

Improving critical care discharge summaries: a collaborative quality improvement project using PDSA
L Goulding et al.
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u203938.w3268

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Improving the care of children with urinary tract infection

"Instituting the clinical decision proforma and its supporting educational programme was an extremely positive action as it has significantly improved the management of children with UTI at our unit."

Improving the care of children with urinary tract infection: use of a clinical decision proforma
D Leach
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u208341.w3300

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Enhanced recovery clinical education programme improves quality of post-operative care

"The Enhanced Recovery (ER) clinical education programme improved quality of post-operative care, leading to reduced length of stay with no increase in 28 day readmission rates."

Enhanced recovery clinical education programme improves quality of post-operative care
R McDonald
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u208370.w3387

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