Focus on outcomes to improve quality of patient care
The NHS Outcomes Framework, recently published by the DoH sets the direction of travel for improving quality outcomes in five areas: preventing people from dying prematurely; enhancing the quality of life for people with long-term conditions; helping people to recover from episodes of ill health or following injury; ensuring that people have a positive experience of care; and ensuring people are treated in a safe environment and protecting them from avoidable harm.
Liberating the NHS: legislative framework and next steps
Following three months of consultation on its plans for the NHS, the Government’s response sets out further policy development based on substantial feedback and reaffirms the strong commitment to the reforms.
A&E clinical quality indicators: implementation guidance and data definitions
The new clinical quality indicators are being introduced in April 2011 to replace the four hour A&E operational standard. The purpose of the new set of A&E indicators is to provide a balanced and comprehensive view of the quality of care, including outcomes, clinical effectiveness, safety and experience, as well as timeliness, and to remove the isolated focus on faster care. This will allow everyone to easily see the quality of NHS emergency care.
Benefits of one-to-one cancer care revealed
The National Cancer Patient Experience Survey, one of the largest surveys of cancer patient experience, heard from 67,713 patients with a whole range of cancers. It reveals that 84% of those who had received one to one support had significantly higher rates of satisfaction across all aspects of their care. Other key findings include…
Expectant Parents to Rate Maternity Services Online
Expectant parents can now compare and rate maternity services on a new online comparison service. Patients will also be able to read other people’s comments about:
How highly they would recommend the service;
How well patients are treated by staff; and,
If patients felt they were involved in decisions about their care.
Improving outcomes: a strategy for cancer
Improving Outcomes – A Strategy for Cancer, sets out how the government, NHS and public can prevent cancer, improve the quality and efficiency of cancer services and move towards achieving outcomes which rival the best in Europe.
Patients Association Report on Public Attitudes to PainThe report on the largest survey of its kind on public attitudes to pain and chronic pain, calls for the Government to establish a clear care pathway for chronic pain services in the NHS and for more work to ensure that patients have all the information they need to make effective and complete decisions about their care in chronic pain.
National heart failure audit - 2010
This audit aims to provide national comparative data to help clinicians and managers improve the quality and outcomes of their services.
Getting better - improving outcomes for children and young people - research messages for the health service
This briefing from The Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People’s Services (C4EO) concludes that health professionals need to consider both the impact of health interventions and barriers to accessing health services by taking into consideration the complex interactions between health and other aspects of a child’s environment.
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This bulletin is brought to you by Library and Knowledge Services. It aims to keep you up-to-date with patient services issues. At the beginning of each month, a librarian will update the bulletin with relevant information published in the preceding month. If there are areas you think we also need to cover, please let us know.
