Knowledge @lert for Wednesday 6th June
Elective care: demand and capacity models – NHS Improvement
NHS England has published a suite of demand and capacity models to help estimate the capacity needed to run elective care services. The tools are generic and can be applied to all elective, non-overnight services.
Junior doctors’ payroll resources – NHS Employers
Following a recent survey we are raising the profile of a number of our resources relating to pay of trainee doctors.
Quality improvement series – BMJ
The quality improvement series will discuss the evidence for systematic quality improvement, provide knowledge and support to clinicians and ultimately will aim to help improve care for patients
Corporate services productivity toolkit – NHS Improvements
To help NHS providers implement their corporate services transformation and to enable the NHS to share best practice, we are developing a toolkit of ‘how to’ guides and templates.
Making money work in the health and care system – Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)
This report, written with PwC, explores how financial flows could be redesigned to find a better way to make money work in the health and care system. It sets out why change is necessary and proposes a number of radical financial reforms so that benefits to patients are maximised and resources are put to their most effective use.
Government backs trust decision to redevelop A&E rather than build new hospital – NHE | NEWS
The government has said a petition calling for a new A&E hospital to be built for Watford, Hemel Hempstead, and St Albans, as opposed to developing the current Watford General Hospital (WGH), is a “a matter for local determination,” thus reinforcing plans to develop the current building. The 10,000-strong petition called…
Statistics
- Musculoskeletal diseases profile – June 2018 update
- 2018 child health profiles (pdf reports)
- Pregnancy and birth profiles – 2018 update
- NHS injury costs recovery scheme – May 2018
- Sexually transmitted infections (STIs): annual data tables – 2017
- National chlamydia screening programme (NCSP): data tables – 2017
- Chlamydia re-testing – January 2016 to June 2017
Bulletins
- Provider bulletin – 30 May 2018
Our Fabulous NHS – Academy of Fabulous Stuff
***Get involved*** – share your fab stuff!District Direct Service: solving delays to acute hospital discharge in Norfolk In May 2017 two managers working in different parts of public services – Health and Local Government debated the following problem: “How can the local District Councils in Norfolk help the major acute hospital – the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust (NNUH) – to reduce the number of patients waiting a long time […]
Improving outcomes through reablement Improving outcomes through reablement at Swindon Borough Council and Great Western Hospital Foundation Trust The Swindon reablement project came from practitioners reviewing a sample of cases for patients discharged from an acute setting over a 6-month period and asking: “was the best outcome for the person achieved?”. Results showed that in 45% of cases where […]
Fishing for staff in a small pool? A coastal trust discovers how to succeed -without paying more Coastal trust Southport and Ormskirk is proof that that you can cut what you spend on locums and still reel in the right staff – even when you’re fishing in a small pool. The Trust’s sea-rious savings include a drop of more than 40% in overall medical locum spend within just twelve months of introducing […]