Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS
Amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill
Review of the operation of 'Any Willing Provider' for the provision of routine elective care - interim assessment
NHS is failing to meet even the most basic standards of care for older people
In a new report, Care and compassion?, the Health Service Ombudsman says the NHS is failing to treat older people with care, compassion, dignity and respect. The report is based on the findings of ten independent investigations into complaints about NHS care for people over the age of 65 across England.
Engaging the public in delivering health improvement
This research briefing considers what active citizens can do for services and how services can best engage, support and sustain a community or volunteer workforce in order to improve health outcomes. It provides practical guidance on the steps that need to be taken to redesign services and maximise the long term benefits.
National audit of dementia - care in general hospitals
A report into the care received by nearly 8,000 patients with dementia in 206 hospitals shows that many patients with dementia are not having assessments of their mental health or state of nutrition and that there are serious delays for patients referred to in-hospital psychiatry liaison services.
NHS never events list to be extended to 25
The Department of Health has published an extended list of events that should never happen during care in the NHS.
Implementation of patient safety alerts - 'Too little too late'
This report shows that half of NHS trusts still have not complied with at least one alert which is past its deadline. 45 trusts had not complied with 5 or more alerts, some of which were years past the deadline.
In their words: What patients think about our NHS
This report, recently published by Patient Opinions reviews patient feedback received by the site, says that the most common areas of concern are about the interactions between patient and staff; patients want better communication, considerate staff and more information.
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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.
