These reports follow ten inspections of hospitals that provide assessment and treatment services for people with learning disabilities, and focused on two outcomes: the care and welfare of people who use services, and safeguarding people who use services from abuse.
PM announces new focus on quality and nursing care
The Prime Minister and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley have announced a new drive to free up nurses to provide the care patients and relatives. This will involve rolling out the NHS Institute’s ‘Time to Care’ initiative which will free nurses from non-essential paperwork and excessive bureaucracy.
New support tools to help put CG71 Familial hypercholesterolaemia guidance into practice
This advice tool from NICE considers implementation issues that are specific to the cascade testing recommendations in the clinical guideline on familial hypercholesterolaemia. It provides information, case studies and practical suggestions for action to help those responsible for planning and implementing these recommendations. An electronic audit tool is also available.
New advice on anti-epileptic drugs
New recommendations on the use of anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) for the treatment of adults and children with epilepsy have been set out in updated NICE guidelines. The updated guideline describes how and when newer AEDs should be considered alongside older medicines.
NICE approves new generation CT scanners
NICE has approved four new generation cardiac CT scanners for use by the NHS to help diagnose and manage patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who are difficult to image.
Good governance handbook
The Good Governance Institute has collaborated with the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership to produce this report into the foundation principles of good governance.
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