Emerging findings from radical new approach to hospital inspection – compassionate care is alive and well in the NHS
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published findings from its 18 pilot hospital inspections completed last year, the first step in a radical change to its approach.
NHS staff ignore ‘sharps’ warning
Although NHS trusts are working on compliance with the EU directive and national regulations on preventing “sharps” injuries, some are still falling short of the regulations.
Hospital discharge: the patient, carer and doctor perspective
The BMA has published a checklist to help patients with the hospital discharge process.
Waste in the NHS
In response to the Choosing Wisely campaign, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has challenged national organisations representing medical specialists to identify five treatments, tests or procedures commonly used in their field, whose necessity should be questioned and discussed.
General news
Audit
Stroke clinical audit, Q3 2013 public report
The latest report on the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) notes huge improvements in the quality of stroke care and services.
NICE updates
Update on alcohol use disorders from NICE
NICE has published an evidence update on alcohol use disorders.
New evidence update on epilepsy from NICE
NICE has published an evidence update on epilepsy.
NICE quality standard for anxiety
Anxiety quality standard has been published by NICE.
Exercise key to managing osteoarthritis
Patient Safety updates
New recommendations to further improve surgical safety
A new report published today by the Surgical Never Events Taskforce has made a series of recommendations for new standards and systems to further improve the safety of surgery in English hospitals.
Patient safety alert on non-Luer spinal (intrathecal) devices for chemotherapy
An NHS England patient safety alert has been issued to all hospitals in England who administer spinal (intrathecal) chemotherapy, to minimise the risk of wrong route administration.
Patient safety alert on addressing rising trends and outbreaks in carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae
An NHS England stage-two ‘resource’ patient safety alert has been issued to signpost providers of NHS care to resources developed to prevent the spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae.
Patient safety alert on risk of associating ECG records with wrong patients
An NHS England patient safety alert has been issued today to all NHS services in England that use ECG machines to diagnose cardiac problems.
Patient Safety Update published
The latest Patient Safety Updated from the Royal College of Anaesthetists has been published.
Health Foundation reports
Helping measure person-centred care
Person-centred, individualised, personalised, patient-centred, family-centred, patient-centric and many other terms have been used to signal a change in how health services engage with people. This rapid review summarises research about measuring the extent to which care is person-centred
Effective networks for improvement
This learning report presents the lessons from an evidence review and case study work undertaken by McKinsey Hospital Institute. The review drew on the literature and empirical evidence about effective networks to describe the component parts of a successful improvement network.
Shine: Improving the value of local healthcare services
This learning report shares the successes and lessons from the first two rounds of the Health Foundation’s Shine programme: annual awards to test small-scale innovative interventions that aim to improve the quality, safety and value of healthcare services
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