Here are the health-related links that have caught our eyes between January 9th and January 17th: Regulator chastises managers forcing GP practices to prepare for CQC registration | News Article | Pulse Today – In a move to reassure GPs … Continue reading →
A report prepared by consultants McKinsey suggests politicians may need to “challenge the principle that the NHS is free at the point of delivery” in order to fund healthcare. The report explores a number of options based on abandoning that … Continue reading →
Here are the health-related links that have caught our eyes between December 19th and January 8th: Thousands of Summary Care Records created without consent in NHS IT blunder | News Article | Pulse Today – Dr Paul Cundy, chair of … Continue reading →
If you’re curious about what incentives might be guiding the new health system, this update from the NHS Commissioning Board provides some essential context: “Financial incentives (quality premium) will be paid to all CCGs that improve or achieve on four … Continue reading →
More from the latest briefing from the NHS Commissioning Board, on new data to be made available in 2013: “Commissioners will be expected to make improvement against the NHS Outcomes Framework. To improve information, providers should by summer 2013 publish … Continue reading →
A date for your editorial diary in the latest briefing from the NHS Commissioning Board, on one specific pledge being made on health services: “All NHS patients should have the opportunity to leave feedback, in real time, on any service, … Continue reading →
There’s a quick guide to health and wellbeing boards on the Department of Health website, explaining how they are intended to guide spending decisions under the new health system, where clinical commissioning groups control £60bn of spending. Some highlights for … Continue reading →
Help Me Investigate user Melanie Hall has been using Freedom of Information requests to look at ‘hospital blunders’: serious untoward incidents (SUIs) and ‘never events’. She reports: “Surgeons operating on the wrong side of the body, swabs left inside patients after … Continue reading →
Consultations are always useful sources of information, background, and analysis of a particular sector. The NHS Commissioning Board recently launched a consultation on “service specifications and clinical policies”. These, they say, are “important in clearly defining what the NHS Commissioning Board … Continue reading →
Following previous posts about how Freedom of Information requests are being handled during a period where responsibilities are passed from one part of the health service (primary care trusts) to another (clinical commissioning groups – CCGs), we’ve been working with the … Continue reading →