Patterns of maternity care in English NHS trusts 2013/14

"This is the second report that the RCOG has published describing patterns of maternity care practice and outcomes within the English NHS using data routinely collected by NHS hospitals. The first report presented a set of clinically relevant and technically robust indicators, developed by a panel of clinical and methodological experts. It revealed that NHS maternity units in England were achieving similar outcomes but that there were large degrees of variation in some areas of practice. This second edition revises and extends the suite of indicators, thereby aiming to improve the quality of information available to NHS maternity services to use for performance assessment and quality improvement."

Patterns of maternity care in English NHS trusts 2013/14
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
March 2016

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Access to hospital care - is the NHS on target?

"This briefing is the fourth in our series – it focuses on access to hospital services in the English NHS and assesses performance against six key waiting time targets. It looks at how national performance has changed over the course of this parliament and if targets are still being met.

Previous briefings in the series examined: the state of general practice; rationing in health care; and the reasons behind the ‘crisis’ in A&E."

Access to hospital care - is the NHS on target?
H Dorning, I Blunt
Nuffield Trust
March 2015

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Focus on: Distance from home for emergency care

"This QualityWatch Focus On report examines the typical distances from home that people travel to receive emergency care, and how this has changed over time."

Focus on: Distance from home for emergency care
A Roberts, I Blunt, M Bardsley
Nuffield Trust, The Health Foundation
February 2014

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Seven day consultant present care

The importance of consultants in providing high quality care for patients in hospital has been highlighted recently by the publication of The Benefits of Consultant Delivered Care. This document recognises the significance of delivering the benefits identified in that report, seven days a week.

Seven day consultant present care
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
December 2012

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Reconfiguring hospital services

"This briefing considers why hospital services need to be reconfigured, why the NHS has such difficulty reconfiguring hospital services, and how the process might be improved."

Reconfiguring hospital services
C Imison
The King's Fund
September 2011

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