A quick guide to local government for health commissioners and providers Local Government Authority (May 2013) – A clear and succinct guide to the role and scope of local government from what they do and how they work to spending and funding. This has … Continue reading
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NHS National service frameworks and strategies This page on NHS Choices outline the National Service Frameworks (NSFs) and strategies for care across a range of conditions – currently Cancer, CHD, COPD, Diabetes Quality Standards, Kidney Care, Long term conditions, Mental … Continue reading
I posted recently about the HSCIC publication “Trends in consultation rates in General Practice 1995-2009” and the fact that this data is no longer collected. However I have found a Centre for Health Economics (CHE) report which extrapolates data from the GP … Continue reading
Reduction in unwarranted variation is one of the keys of the governments savings healthcare policies. RightCare have published a series of themed atlases in its Variation in Healthcare series, graphically presenting variation in health services across CCGs, (and former PCTs) and … Continue reading
Better Health briefing papers are written by experts to provide the latest evidence on the health experiences of black and minority ethnic communities. The papers identify good practice examples, and include detailed references to help practitioners explore the evidence further. Topics … Continue reading
Some new commissioning resources around diseases/conditions have been added to the Commissioning for specific diseases or conditions page of the Commissioning Handbook for Librarians Guidance for commissioners on low vision, urgent eye care, AMD and glaucoma from the College of … Continue reading
Focus on preventable admissions: Trends in emergency admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions, 2001 to 2013. Ian Blunt, QualityWatch October 2013. This QualityWatch study examined the pattern of admissions across England for people with ACS conditions over the 12-year period … Continue reading
According to Trends in consultation rates in General Practice 1995-2009, the average patient had 3.9 consultations each year in 1995 rising to 5.4 consultations each year by 2008, and over the same time the estimated number of consultations for a … Continue reading
The NHS IC Indicator portal includes a section around GP Practice activity data – describing their “Impact on NHS resources” extracted from Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and covers 6 areas: Accident and emergency attendances Elective admissions Outpatient appointments Follow-up activity … Continue reading
Planning for health emergencies – This page outlines the DH and Cabinet Office policy around emergency planning and sets out responsibilities of different bodies. There is also a list of the publications relating to the policy – eg winter planning and … Continue reading