Emergency general surgery: Challenges and opportunities

"The Nuffield Trust was commissioned by The Royal College of Surgeons of England to explore the challenges facing emergency general surgery (EGS) and to identify opportunities to overcome those challenges."

Emergency general surgery: Challenges and opportunities
R Watson, H Crump, C Imison, C Currie, M Gaskins
Nuffield Trust
April 2016

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The future of primary care: Creating teams for tomorrow

"Building new models of care needs to be done equitably. Some of the most deprived areas of the country have the greatest recruitment problems, the biggest resource challenges and the greatest health need. First-class primary healthcare must be available in all parts of the NHS."

The future of primary care: Creating teams for tomorrow
Primary Care Workforce Commission
July 2015

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Learning not blaming

"The three reports that we are building on in developing our policy are distinct in their concerns, and this document addresses points raised in each of the three reports in turn. But there are also some common themes that run through them:

• openness, honesty and candour;
• listening to patients, families and staff;
• finding and facing the truth;
• learning from errors and failures in care;
• people and professionalism;
• the right culture from top to bottom."

Learning not blaming: The government response to the Freedom to Speak Up consultation, the Public Administration Select Committee report 'Investigating Clinical Incidents in the NHS', and the Morecambe Bay Investigation
Department of Health
July 2015

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Commissioning recommendations for psychological support

"This guide provides recommendations for commissioners when providing emotional and psychological support on the diabetes care pathway."

London’s diabetes care pathway: Commissioning recommendations for psychological support
NHS London Strategic Clinical Networks
August 2014

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Managing the care of people with long-term conditions

"Effective management of long-term conditions (LTCs) is widely recognised to be one of the greatest challenges facing the 21st-century National Health Service in England."

Managing the care of people with long-term conditions: Second report of session 2014-15
House of Commons
July 2014

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Spreading improvement ideas

"Based on a review of 477 studies, there is evidence that spreading good practice in local internal teams can be facilitated by targeting key individuals, providing focused and proactive training and internal marketing."

No. 20: Spreading improvement ideas: Tips from empirical research
D de Silva
The Health Foundation
May 2014

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UK healthcare expertise

This is a collection of documents providing "information about the UK's different healthcare capabilities including case studies of successful overseas partnerships and projects with the UK."

Document titles include:

• Primary care: working in partnership 
• Education and training in healthcare: working in partnership 
• Infrastructure for health: working in partnership 
• Digital health: working in partnership 
• Health systems development: working in partnership 
• Healthcare: Public Private Partnerships

Skilled for improvement?

"Part of the reason why quality improvement is so hard to achieve may be that those involved in leading QI programmes need to deploy three different but interrelated types of improvement skills: technical, soft and learning skills."

Skilled for improvement?
The Health Foundation
March 2014

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The delivery of 21st century services

"The identification of new scientific and clinical knowledge will impact on patient care through the development of new technology and the introduction of new ways of working."

The delivery of 21st century services: The implications for the evolution of the healthcare science workforce
NHS Health Education England
February 2014

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Improving the safety of patients in England

"Place the quality of patient care, especially patient safety, above all other aims."

A promise to learn - a commitment to act: Improving the safety of patients in England
National Advisory Group on the Safety of Patients in England
August 2013

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The Cavendish Review

"This Review can only ever be a first stage on a long journey. These recommendations are intended to start that journey, by ensuring that support staff are treated as a strategic resource in health and social care."

The Cavendish Review: an independent review into healthcare assistants and support workers in the NHS and social care settings
C Cavendish
July 2013

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Environmental scan of patient safety education and training programs

"This report, published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, presents the results of an environmental scan of existing patient safety education and training programs."

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Your health – your decision

"The aim of this publication is to spread the learning and the results from the AQuA workstream of the National QIPP Right Care Shared Decision Making Programme and to complement the wide range of resources that have been developed to support the continued embedding of Shared Decision Making so that more patients can benefit."

Your health – your decision
Advancing Quality Alliance Workstream, National Shared Decision-Making Programme
May 2013

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Health promotion innovation in primary health care

"This paper provides an argument for training primary health care (PHC) practitioners in health promotion, while encouraging them to embrace innovation within their practice to streamline the treatment process and improve patient outcomes."

Health promotion innovation in primary health care
A McManus
Australasian Medical Journal, 2013, 6(1): 15-18

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Too posh to wash? Reflections on the future of nursing

"This publication and its contributors explore some of the possible solutions and take a forward looking approach at nursing and its role in modern medicine, rather than looking back to a ‘Golden Age’ which may not always offer meaningful answers to the challenges which nurses face today."

Too posh to wash? Reflections on the future of nursing
Edited by G Beer
2020health.org
January 2013

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Impact of the Working Time Regulations on medical education and training

"This report presents the findings of primary research that aimed to evaluate the possible effects of the Working Time Regulations on postgraduate medical education and training across the UK."

The impact of the Working Time Regulations on medical education and training: final report on primary research: a report for the General Medical Council
G Morrow, B Burford, M Carter, J Illing
Centre for Medical Education Research
August 2012 (published February 2013)

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Access the supporting literature review here.

Ensuring education reform enhances patient outcome

"The creation of Health Education England (HEE) and Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs) provides the opportunity for employers to ensure that the £5 billion annual national investment in education and training delivers the maximum benefits for patients."

Ensuring education reform enhances patient outcome: providers' planning and driving a workforce budget of £5bn
NHS Employers
June 2012

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World class education and training, for world class healthcare

"The values embedded across Health Education England shall support its goal to develop a flexible and compassionate workforce focused on high quality care that is responsive to changing needs."

World class education and training, for world class healthcare: introducing Health Education England
Health Education England
June 2012

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Improving safety in maternity services

Improving safety in maternity services: a toolkit for teams, has been developed by Vinice Thomas and Anna Dixon at The King's Fund, and is organised around five key areas for improvement in maternity care on which the teams focused:

• teamworking
• communication
• training
• information and guidance
• staffing and leadership

Improve quality and productivity

"How Skills for Health can help you develop and transform your workforce."

Improve quality and productivity
Skills for Health
May 2011

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