The retention of our workforce will be enhanced through improvements to workforce establishment setting, deployment planning and the controlled use of temporary staff to ensure existing staff are able to optimise their work and home life balance, across all provider settings. The Nursing...More
The survey on NHS Improvement and NHS England’s proposals for the 2019/20 national tariff has now closed. The consultation notice and related documents remain available on the NHS Improvement website . More
Background to the Project:
The publication of NHS England, The Five Year Forward View (2014) asked for a Review of Maternity Services across England, which culminated in the new vision for Maternity Care as outlined in the document Better Births (2016), this in turn has resulted in an...More
The next national UKOA meeting will be devoted to the topic of optimising the role of the non-medical ophthalmology workforce. Please cascade this to all your relevant colleagues including clinical and nursing leads, consultants, ophthalmic nurses, hospital optometrists and orthoptists. ...More
This questionnaire is intended to help the GIRFT team understand how your rheumatology service works, to give us a context for the data pack and to make the discussions we will have when we visit you as productive and helpful as possible.
There are questions about staffing levels, services...More
This directory will help demand and capacity graduates, trusts and commissioners to get in touch with local demand and capacity trainers to deliver training and support locally.
The information collected in this survey will help us tell your professional story as well as aid...More
The Economics Careers Day is an annual half day event to provide colleagues with the opportunity to hear from a range of speakers with backgrounds in economics working across a range of organisations.
This year, we will have a panel presentation/discussion followed by a Q&A session. We would...More
The NHS Long Term Plan has committed to a pilot to evaluate the effectiveness of body worn cameras (BWC) in reducing violence/ abuse against paramedics. NHS Improvement & NHS England are in the process of working together on the arrangements for an initial pilot for BWC in ambulance trusts. More
We are developing proposals for a new n ational patient safety strategy to support the NHS to be the safest healthcare system in the world.
The strategy is being developed alongside the NHS Long Term Plan and will be relevant to all parts of the NHS, be that physical or...More
Thank you for joining us the fifth series of allied health professional engagement events organised to network, share learning and gain further understanding of the AHP national priorities.
This series was focused on 'The role of AHP leaders in public health and prevention' , hosted by NHS...More
Thank you for your participation at the Medical Directorate Away Day on Wednesday 30 January 2019. Please complete this short feedback survey on your thoughts as to how the day went. This feedback will be used to think about future Medical Directorate activities and events. More
Since the agency rules were introduced in April 2016, trusts have reduced agency expenditure by over £1bn.
To help trusts build on this progress we are proposing two measures that will have a positive impact on reducing agency spend in non-clinical areas:
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Coding underpins activity metrics, payment for Trusts and epidemiological data. Despite this, coding still has a relatively low profile within provider organisations and is understood to a varying degree by clinicians.
Each of the GIRFT reports published to date has...More
In recent staff surveys, communications has been highlighted as an area we can improve. In order to understand what actions to take to address this, we would like to understand this theme in more detail through the below questions.
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Hand Hygiene is a key component of Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICPs) and remains a priority in tackling HAI. A national Infection Prevention and Control Policy and Guidance Consensus Group (NHS Improvement in collaboration with NHS providers in England) have been developing the...More
We are committed to making the Guidance for boards on FTSU in NHS trusts and foundation trusts as clear and impactful as possible, so we would welcome your observations on it.
Some trusts volunteered to provide initial detailed feedback to us after we published the Guidance in May...More
Hand Hygiene is a key component of Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICPs) and remains a priority in tackling HAI. A national Infection Prevention and Control Policy and Guidance Consensus Group (NHS Improvement in collaboration with NHS providers in England) have been developing the...More
We are committed to making the Guidance for boards on FTSU in NHS trusts and foundation trusts as clear and impactful as possible, so we would welcome your observations on it.
As part of our commitment to learn and improve, we've already obtained feedback from a number of Execs, NEDs and...More
Lord Carter’s 2018 review into operational productivity and performance in English NHS ambulance trusts found significant unwarranted variation in the national ambulance fleet and a lack of innovation at scale. This work was based on analysis of trust data, review of international...More
The national patient safety team is asking for an honest overview of how organisations carry cylinders when oxygen dependent patients are transported within healthcare organisations. For example, cylinder racks on wheelchairs, beds and trolleys, to prevent the cylinder from being carried by the...More
Getting it right first time (GIRFT) is a national programme designed to improve the quality of care within the NHS by reducing unwarranted variation. The GIRFT Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Team are working with the national Emergency Medicine workstream to identify, showcase and...More
Stakeholders involved in the programme to reduce Gram-negative blood stream infections have identified that a national Catheter Passport, Catheter Care Plan and other associated resources to help prevent UTI and standardise care would be beneficial. In response to this we have developed a suite...More
There are two objectives for this survey.
Access the usefulness of the Workforce Planning Workshop hosted on 22 Jan 2019 by NHS Improvement South Operational Productivity Workforce Leaders.
Investigate current workforce planning challenges in the South
Determine how NHS Improvement...More
Following the publication of ‘The Inclusive Transport Strategy: Achieving Equal Access for Disabled People’ by the Department for Transport in July 2018, the following was stated:
The Department of Health and Social Care will ensure that the central guidance on patient transport service...More
Corporate Services - HR and Finance Transformation Conference
(Tue 11th December 2018 at The Met Hotel, Leeds)
We would appreciate your feedback to help us shape and improve future events. More