Newly published Dr Foster Hospital Guide shows lack of integrated care leads to overcrowded A&E departments In March this year, the Department of Health published the evaluation of the national integrated care pilots launched in 2009. The results were disappointing. The hoped-for reduction in emergency...
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The test is not another complaints system – it puts the voice and opinion of patients at the heart of the NHS The friends and family test is not just another NHS data collection exercise. For the first time, the fundamental purpose of the information collected is to share it with the public in a totally...
There are signs local authorities will forge closer relationships with CCGs than they might have done with primary care trusts During this time of transition as public health moves into local government and GPs into clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), both sides are bound to bring some historical challenges...
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The only way to improve the quality of all patient meals in England is to require them to meet mandatory sustainability standards NHS hospitals in England buy a lot of food, enough for 300 million patient meals a year. Much of it is poor quality and unpopular with those who are asked to eat it. Most...
Former health secretary says health and social care has use new technology to eliminate waste Stephen Dorrell, chair of the health select committee and former health secretary, has called for the NHS to make better use of IT and management information to eliminate inefficiencies. Speaking at the National...