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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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...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%. The programme is particularly keen to...More
We are consulting on proposed changes to the requirements on NHS foundation trusts and NHS trusts who provide mental health services to record and report the costs of mental health activity.
We propose that from 2019/20 the costs should be recorded and reported at a patient level, in line...More
This is a brief survey to enable you to select which Orthopaedic sub-specialties you would like to work on the coding algorithms for. You can select as many as you like. More
Welcome Cohort 3
This survey was developed to capture your feedback about NHS Improvement's Retention Direct Support Programme - Cohort 3.
We value your input and we will be using the data to evaluate the programme and help inform future cohorts. More
The Government has asked us to make changes to the FFT to make it more effective in driving service improvements by April 2019. As part of the project we would like you to let us know what you think. More