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23/09/05 - Improvement in medicines management
The Hospital Medicines Management Collaborative (HMMC) uses collaborative methodology to enable participating trust teams to achieve sustainable quality improvement in medicines management systems. This booklet, Improvement in action: examples of improvement from the waves, is intended to give an overview of some of the improvement work that teams from the HMMC have undertaken. Each example of improvement gives the objective of the initiative together with detail about what happened and who was involved. (National Prescribing Centre - medicines management)
22/09/05 - Survey on public confidence in official statistics
The Office for National Statistics released the results of a survey on public confidence in official statistics, whose sources include the National Health Service. The figures show that 37 per cent of people agree that figures are generally accurate while 31 per cent disagree – 32 per cent are unable to give an opinion. However, only 17 per cent of people believe that official figures are produced without political interference and only 14 per cent say the government uses official figures honestly.
22/09/05 - Updated Management Briefing
The Management Briefing on Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Forums in the Health Management section of the National Electronic Library for Health website has been updated.
22/09/05 - Business case approval process for establishing a new LIFT Company
The Department of Health has produced updated business case approval guidance for establishing a New Lift Company, supporting appendices providing a business case checklist and template. The guidance document provides an overview and explanation of the:
process to be followed on a step by step basis from Strategic Service Development Plan (SSDP) to financial close
approval process with a particular focus on the proactive and supporting role of the SHA in this process.
overall approval process.
(Chief executive bulletin 287)
22/09/05 - Consumer guide on cosmetic treatment and surgery
Published by the Healthcare Commission, the guide is designed to help people ask the right questions to make the best and safest choices. It provides tips on choosing the right doctor or clinic and advice on questions that people should ask before undergoing any procedure. It also contains advice on what to do if something goes wrong. (Healthcare Commission - press release)
22/09/05 - National Service Framework (NSF) for renal services
Delivering the National Service Framework for Renal Services, September 2005 presents a summary of progress to date towards achieving the standards and early actions set out in the NSF for renal services, together with a review of the modernisation programme supporting delivery of the NSF. (DH - press release)
22/09/05 - International recruitment
The King's Fund has published, Internationally recruited nurses in London: profile and implications for policy. It is based on a survey of international nurses in London, and reports on the country of origin, demographic profile, motivations, experiences and career plans of the 380 respondents. The paper also outlines the overall trends in the numbers of nurses coming to the United Kingdom, examines the policy context in which international recruitment activity has been conducted, and looks at the impact of the United Kingdom's Code of Practice on international recruitment. (King's Fund - publications)
22/09/05 - Investment in the NHS
The NHS Confederation has published, Money in the NHS: the facts which looks at investment in the NHS over the last five years. The report says that chronic underspending on the NHS throughout the 1980s and 1990s was grossly underestimated and as a result a high proportion of the extra investment in the health service since 2002 has been spent compensating for previous funding shortages. (NHS Confederation - press release) BBC news item BMA press release
22/09/05 - Annual health check
The Healthcare Commission has published guidance on the annual health check for patient and public involvement forums and health overview and scrutiny committees. Guidance for patient and public involvement forums and Guidance for health overview and scrutiny committees provide route maps and check lists of suggested actions to help in the new annual health check.
(Healthcare Commission - annual health check)
21/09/05 - Pandemic influenza antivirals framework
This framework sets out arrangements for the storage and distribution of antiviral medicines from national stockpiles and provides guidance to support the development of effective local plans for making those medicines available for the treatment of patients. It supplements the guidance contained in UK Health Departments' Influenza Pandemic Contingency Plans and should be read in conjunction with those documents. (DH - publications)