Webinar

Keeping The Clinician By The Bedside

Source: National Health Executive

Watch the recording of this webinar from NHE’s Finger on the Pulse podcast. It features Will Warburton from the Health Foundation and Dr Shanti Vijayaraghavan and the focus is on the ability to provide results and support virtually to patients, without an in-person visit, allowing much greater convenience for patients.

Good communication with patients

Third phase of the NHS response to COVID-19 letter

Source: The King’s Fund; Health Management and Policy Alert

The challenge Covid-19 poses means that clear, concise and timely communication with patients is more critical than ever. This guidance, and accompanying supporting documents, present providers with core principles that will help deliver personalised, patient-centred communications to patients who are waiting for care.

For more information and resources click here.

Creating community spaces for patient wellbeing

How could the NHS better use its facilities to support social prescribing, holistic care and community resilience?

Source: Kings Fund

The NHS long-term plan has pledged to refer at least 900,000 people to social prescribing by 2023/24 to help improve people’s wellbeing; the fitter, healthier and more socially connected people are, the less likely it is they’ll need to access local GP or other health professionals. This research, based on a survey conducted with more than 2,000 people in England, shows that there’s also a strong appetite from the public for these services.

To read the long term plan click here.