Health and Social Care Bill
The Health and Social Care Bill has been published, together with the estimated costs and savings related to the changes that the Bill will implement. Also see the DoH’s new Modernisation of Health and Care website http://healthandcare.dh.gov.uk/
Negative health care experiences of immigrant patients: a qualitative study
Patients' perceptions of negative events are regarded as a potentially important source of information about the quality of health care. We explored negative events in hospital care as perceived by immigrant patients.
Facing the future - standards for paediatric services
This document sets out 10 service standards that the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health believes are a minimum requirement for all general paediatric services. These standards are issued in order to raise the quality of the healthcare.
Stroke services inconsistent throughout England
A national report from the CQC reveals inconsistencies in stroke care: peoples’ transfer from hospital to home; access to specialist community-based rehabilitation services, such as speech and language therapy; support for carers; information given to people around the time they leave hospital; how well services take account of the communication needs of people with aphasia.
National PALS and LINks collaboration gets underway
The National Association of LINks Members (NALM) and National PALS Network (NPN) are meeting to discuss how the organisations will collaborate in the development of the new HealthWatch and other policy areas of joint interest. Some key areas of collaboration have been proposed…
NHS IC presents new information on hospital patient outcomes with first summary of linked deaths data
The NHS Information Centre has published its first national summary of work to link hospital (HES) data with death records from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This includes data on deaths that occur outside of hospital after a patient had been discharged, which alongside new data about deaths occurring in hospital, provides an unprecedented picture of hospital patient outcomes.
Feeling better? Improving patient experience in hospital
Understanding and improving how patients experience their care is a key component to successfully delivering high-quality services that are based on their needs. This report from the NHS Confederation looks at what we know about improving patients’ experiences of hospital care and shares emerging evidence that hospital boards can achieve better outcomes across their whole organisation when patient experience is a priority.
National cancer patient experience survey 2010 – trust level reports
ULHT in the 2010 National Cancer Patient Experience Survey, rarely fell into the top 20% of highest scoring Trusts for any of the benchmarks outlined in this survey. Indeed in the benchmarks, indicated by a red plus symbol, it scored amongst the lowest 20% of Trusts.
Bereavement care services: a synthesis of the literature
This literature search looks at the need, provision, effectiveness and cost of bereavement services in the UK. The report also makes some recommendations. Also see a separate report on a systematic review conducted into Spiritual Care at the End of Life.
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