As part of the impact assessments for mandating patient-level costing (known as PLICS), NHS Improvement are following up and reassessing the assumptions which we used to form these assessments. This will also support the process for obtaining an Information Standard for PLICS which is currently...More
The NRLS, Professional organisations, Safety teams, National bodies and international groups are made aware of combinations of medication names and packaging that are confused and lead to patient harm. In the absence of an agreed valid generalisable method for ranking the potential of pairs of...More
You are invited to register to attend the next UKOA quarterly meeting.
An agenda for the event will be issued nearer to the date. These events are a fantastic opportunity to meet with other ophthalmology colleagues from across the country to share best practice and hear the latest...More
From 1 April, our organisations, NHS England and NHS Improvement, have come together to support you to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan . One of our priorities is to make sure our information and communications to you are helpful and effective.
Please take 10 minutes to tell us about your...More
The NRLS, Professional organisations, Safety teams, National bodies and international groups are made aware of combinations of medication names and packaging that are confused and lead to patient harm. In the absence of an agreed valid generalisable method for ranking the potential of pairs of...More
The 2019/20 National Tariff Payment System came into effect on 1 April 2019.
We'd like to understand stakeholders’ experience of the development of the 2019/20 tariff, and where there are opportunities to make improvements.
This survey asks for your feedback on engagement with...More
A national Medicines Safety Programme has recently been established in NHS Improvement to contribute to the 3 rd WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge – Medication without Harm. This aims to reduce severe and avoidable harm caused by medicines by 50%. As part of the quality improvement...More
Welcome Cohort 4
This survey was developed to capture your feedback about NHS Improvement's Retention Direct Support Programme - Cohort 4.
We value your input and we will be using the data to evaluate the programme and help inform future cohorts. More
The Orthotic Service you attended is taking part in a national programme dedicated to improving patient experience and care. Your feedback is really important to us and will help us develop the service for the benefit of many other patients.
May we take this opportunity to thank you...More
Thank you for your engagement with the Moving to Good (North) 2018/19 programme.
We are asking everyone who took part for their honest feedback in this survey which should take around 15 minutes to complete. More
During our last graduation there were several requests for enhanced information such as background of graduates, speciality and other information to enable networking.
In response we are developing a directory that will help demand and capacity graduates, trusts and commissioners to...More
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
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
To invite NHS England / NHS Improvement staff to participate in an event, please complete this short online form.
This should only take 1-2 minutes; should you have any queries, please contact speaker.requests@nhs.net . More
Advanced clinical practice and extended roles for non-medical eyecare health professionals.
We would like to assess how ophthalmology units are currently utilising their non medical clinical staff in roles that go beyond the traditional scope of practice.
This extensive...More
The GIRFT programme has seen significant success in the surgical specialities and now more recently in the medical projects. The success of GIRFT has been based on using data to drive improvement. It is crucial to understand the system in which we are working to be able to...More
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