Knowledge @lert for Tuesday 29th August

August 29, 2017 CCG Daily News Uncategorized

Patient Experience in England – The Patient Experience Library 
NHS strategies state that an understanding of patient experience is central to development of “person-centred” services. But our latest publication reveals that NHS staff are bombarded by eighteen separate reporting mechanisms on patient experience. Data arrives in different formats and at different times, and some of it is of questionable quality.

Virtual reality game takes on dementia – BBC Health
Scientists have developed a virtual reality computer game as part of the world’s biggest dementia research experiment.

Culture of care barometer – NHS England
The Culture of Care Barometer (CCB) is a survey tool designed to help organisations gauge the culture of care they provide is now available online as well as on paper. The tool is built around seven cultural factors that help to indicate specific issues within the care environment: empowerment, leadership, values, role, resources and teamwork.
A “hot to guide” offers step-by-step instructions to using the tool.

Everybody active, every day: a framework to embed physical activity into daily life – Public Health England (PHE)
This framework provides a national, evidence-based approach to support all sectors to embed physical activity into the fabric of daily life and make it an easy, cost-effective and normalised choice in every community in England. The framework is accompanied by a summary of the evidence as well as targeted guidance for MPs and local authorities.

An RCN toolkit for school nurses – Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
This toolkit provides school nurses with information, examples of good practice, templates and useful websites to support and develop professional practice. It considers varying policy and practice which applies across the UK and the range of settings in which school nurses work.

NHS standard contract: guidance on the variations process (full-length and shorter-form contracts) – NHS England
This document contains guidance on the process to effect variations to a commissioning contract in the form of the NHS standard contract (full length or shorter-form) and is relevant to all commissioners and providers who are parties to an NHS standard contract.

The latest Signals from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Dissemination Centre:

NICE consultations

Statistics

HSJ Roundup (contact the Library for further details)

  • New national plan to bring down child mortality rates 
    The way child deaths are investigated in England is to be overhauled following failure to consistently investigate them and share learning across the NHS, HSJ has learned.
  • ACS commissioners tender £205m contract 
    Commissioners in one of NHS England’s eight accountable care systems have tendered multimillion pound contract for its community services.
  • Updated: The NHS trusts with the highest DTOC rates 
    The NHS is unlikely to meet a government target to cut delayed transfers of care to 3.5 per cent of its overall 131,000 bed base by next month, analysis of official data published today suggests.
  • NHS England appoints new national director 
    NHS England has chosen a successor to Rosamond Roughton, national director for primary care delivery, who announced her departure earlier this year.
  • Watchdog flags concerns about private health firms’ merger 
    The competition watchdog has raised concerns about the merger of two private mental health providers.
  • NHS England ‘unethical’ to propose withdrawing life changing drug 
    NHS England has been accused of being “totally unethical” after proposing to stop paying for a thyroid drug that is the “difference between living properly and not doing so” for patients.

Our Fabulous NHS – Academy of Fabulous Stuff
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  • Reduce contamination rates, improve diagnosis and reduce infection In my line of business, it’s hard to underestimate the importance of urine in the diagnosis and treatment of a myriad of urological problems. Historically, specimen contamination is a major issue that can delay diagnosis and treatment. Last month NHS Improvement issued a report citing urinary tract infection as a source of 50% of gram-negative […]
  • Speeding up diagnosis for patients with vague symptoms Not all symptoms that patients go to see their GP about are straightforward. For patients with vague, but concerning, symptoms such as abdominal pain, weight loss or painless jaundice, it can be difficult to refer them to the most appropriate tests quickly. As a result, these patients often get sent back and forth between […]
  • Colour Me Safe! Our Aim: To safely reduce falls risks in our inpatient physical health rehabilitation wards whilst also increasing patients independence. What did we do: Staff working on Hawthorn and Hazel Wards have introduced an initiative called “Colour Me Safe” in which all patients receive a coloured wristband after their initial risk assessment and care plan. Why […]
  • MAKING REFERRALS EASIER – #weareNHFT Since the successful launch of The Referral Management Centre (RMC) in June 2014 over 35,000 referrals have been processed.  During this time the RMC has used the knowledge and experience of its staff, real data, patient stories and referring agents’ feedback to inform its development. A common theme that emerged since launch was that the […]
  • Cardiac centre officially opens after over £1m revamp The Morecambe Bay Cardiac Centre at Westmorland General Hospital (WGH), which welcomes in excess of 1,000 patients every year, was officially opened on Friday 18 August following an investment of more than £1m from University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT). The investment included new specialised cardio-vascular imaging equipment and a full refurbishment […]

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