NHS England – 21st February 2024
This is an independent review (commissioned by NHS England), chaired by Siobhan Melia, CEO, Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, to support the improvement of the culture within the ambulance service.
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Our new strategy for 2024-29 – Yorkshire Ambulance Service
YAS – February 2024
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) has launched its new strategy, setting out its vision for the next five years.
The new strategy recognises that the Trust operates in a rapidly changing world, which has changed significantly in just a few years. Standing still is not an option and the new strategy represents a major step change in how YAS will deliver services fit for the future.
Patient experience of diagnostics report
The Patients Association
This report analyses the opinions and experiences of more than 1,000 patients who had received diagnostic support from the NHS in the preceding six months. The survey, undertaken in partnership with Roche Diagnostics UK and Ireland, found that patients want better access to early and accurate diagnosis of health problems. Many patients would consider paying to get tests done privately if they faced a long wait for NHS tests. Nine out of ten (90%) of the people who completed the survey said it should be easier to obtain access to the diagnostic tests they need.
Access denied: older people’s experiences of digital exclusion in Wales
Older People’s Commissioner for Wales
The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has warned that a growing number of older people in Wales are at risk of social exclusion and being left behind as the use of digital technology continues to play an even greater role in our everyday lives
Read the report — Access denied: older people’s experiences of digital exclusion in Wales
Culture review of ambulance trusts
NHS England – 15th February 2024
This is an independent review (commissioned by NHS England), chaired by Siobhan Melia, CEO, Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, to support the improvement of the culture within the ambulance service.
Infection prevention and control (IPC) in adult social care: acute respiratory infection (ARI) – Guidance
DHSC and UKHSA – Published 31 January 2024
This guidance sets out the measures that can help to reduce the spread of viral acute respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in adult social care settings in England.
It applies to:
- adult social care providers
- managers of adult social care services
- adult social care staff
The guidance also contains information that is relevant to:
- local authorities
- NHS services
- service users
- personal assistants
- unpaid carers
- visitors in adult social care settings and services
Infection prevention and control (IPC) in adult social care: acute respiratory infection (ARI)
Maternity survey 2023 – CQC
CQC – February 2024
This survey looked at the experiences of women and other pregnant people who had a live birth in early 2023.
Women and other pregnant people who gave birth between 1 and 28 February 2023 (and January if a trust did not have a minimum of 300 eligible births in February) were invited to take part in the survey. Trusts with sample sizes meeting this minimum were asked to additionally sample ethnic minority groups from January and March to enable statistical analyses at regional and ICS levels. Fieldwork took place between April and August 2023. Responses were received from 25,515 women and people who had recently given birth. This was a response rate of 41%.
Read the report – Maternity survey 2023
Making care closer to home a reality
Kings Fund – 13th February 2024
Overview
- The health and care system in England must shift its focus away from hospital care to primary and community services if it is to be effective and sustainable.
- Despite successive governments repeating a vision of health and care services focused on communities rather than hospitals, that vision is very far from being achieved.
- This research explored the underlying factors that have prevented change, and what might need to be done to achieve the vision; we analysed published evidence and national datasets, and interviewed stakeholders across the health and care system.
- We found that to achieve the vision, political and other national leaders will need to completely shift their focus away from hospitals towards primary and community health and care – and all policies and strategies must align to that focus.
- This report is not about closing hospitals or moving existing services from one location to another, although the latter option may sometimes be appropriate. Rather, it is about a wholesale shift in the focus towards primary and community health and care across the domains of leadership, culture and implementation. This will free up every sector to provide the care that it is best equipped to deliver.
Read the Report – Making care closer to home a reality
Rapid improvement guide – rapid assessment and treatment
NHS England – 13th Feb 2024
This short guide outlines the principles behind rapid assessment and treatment (RAT), suggests practical steps to implement the approach and gives real-life examples. We also discuss the practical problems that need to be considered when implementing the model.
Paediatric same day emergency care – guidance for system leaders, commissioners and providers for developing or improving paediatric same day emergency care services
NHS England – 13th February 2024
This guidance is for system leaders, commissioners and providers who are developing or improving paediatric SDEC services to reduce reliance on overnight admissions for patients who can safely be discharged home on the same day as arrival. It highlights the key principles and minimum standards for this service, including considerations for physical infrastructure, referral and access, workforce, diagnostics, discharge, counting and coding, and patient experience.
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