Blog tagged as: Quality of care
The variability in the quality of neurological services is clear. Catherine Foot asks if national strategies solve the problem.
Lara Sonola asks if clinicians used data to improve clinical practice and drive efficiency, could a little change help the NHS in a big way?
James Thompson examines the data on median hospital waiting times and targets in our latest data briefing.
While Jocelyn Cornwell welcomes a commitment to hourly nursing rounds, will the introduction of new measurements just increase bureaucracy in patient care?
Joanna Goodrich considers the impact of NICE's aspirational guidance on the delivery of adult mental health care on patient-centred care.
The report of the National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals 2011 has put a sharp focus on the care of people with dementia in hospitals.
Francesca Frosini asks how a new measurement of patients treated in non-NHS hospitals will help to assess patient choice.
John Appleby analyses the results of the British Social Attitudes survey to see why our satisfaction with the NHS is so high.
Bev Fitzsimons, asks whether a new patient and family-centred care programme can help improve patients' experience.
As a new Commonwealth Fund survey reflects a positive light on the NHS, Chris Ham asks why we are still moving forward so quickly with health reforms?
While government ministers seem enthused by plans to allow patients to manage their own health budgets, Angela Coulter asks if we should be exploring other options.
In her blog, Veena Raleigh is doubtful that the new hospital mortality rate indictor, SHMI, will provide the definitive measure of a hospital's quality.
Drawing on experience from our Point of Care programme, Jocelyn Cornwell explores the options to improving the poor results on care shown in the CQC report.
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After the CQC report on quality of care, Anna Dixon asks if acute hospitals are providing the right care for people with dementia.
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Anna Dixon asks if ever-increasing specialisation in acute care is benefitting patients in her new blog.
Using a personal experience of emergency surgery, Candace Imison makes the case for hospital reconfiguration in her blog.
Chris Ham examines how to reconfigure hospital services to improve the quality and safety of health care.
Jocelyn Cornwell discusses the dynamic, culture-changing power of stories and story-telling in health care in her new blog.
Early indications show that while waiting times are still historically low, they are beginning to increase under the coalition government.
Joanna Goodrich asks can we really expect to improve services in a way that makes a difference to patients if we don’t listen to their experiences?