NICE Quality Standard: renal replacement therapy services NICE has issued a Quality Standard Renal replacement therapy services (QS72).  This quality standard covers renal replacement therapy services for kidney failure in adults. It partially updates the NICE quality standard for chronic kidney disease. Quality statements 2 to 6 update and replace…

Monitor and CQC review into whistleblowing concerns at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust – HM Government This is a review into whistleblowing concerns at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. The return of PFI – will the NHS pay a higher price for new hospitals? –  Centre for Health and the…

Consultant outcome data NHS England has published the latest annual consultant outcome data on a new website, MyNHS.  As well as the mortality results which formed the basis of last year’s publication, a number of other useful outcome indicators have been added by many specialties, including length of hospital stay and…

Improving hospital care: are learning organizations the answer? Sophie Soklaridis Journal of Health Organization and Management, Volume 28, Issue 6, Page 830-838, November 2014. Purpose – Hospital leaders are being challenged to become more consumer-oriented, more interprofessional in their approach to care and more focused on outcome measures and continuous…

Publications by staff from across Southport & Ormskirk Hospital Trust Staff from across the Trust continue to have their work published in leading healthcare journals. [Intranet Link] To view from outside the Trust go to this link NHS wi-fi access ‘up, but not by enough’ EHI News A rise in the number…

Commissioning and contracting for integrated care – The King’s Fund The Kings Fund has published Commissioning and contracting for integrated care. This report describes how clinical commissioning groups in England are innovating with two broad models the prime contract and alliance contract. It draws on experiences from five geographical areas,…

  KEY RESOURCE: Lessons Learned Bulletin – November 2014 Focus on: Maladministration of a potassium-containing solution. [via Trust Intranet only] Death or severe harm can result from the maladministration of a potassium-containing solution. This is listed as a Never Event as defined by the Department of Health. Read the case studies and learning…

Trusts ‘need’ IT directors at board level – HSJ Hospital trusts ‘need’ chief information officers on their boards and should treat IT as a leadership function instead of a back office one, Will Cavendish has said Protecting resources, promoting value: a doctor’s guide to cutting waste in clinical care –…