NHS Clinical Leadership Programme

"This report presents an evaluation of the Fellowships in Clinical Leadership Programme, which combines leadership training and quality improvement initiatives with the placement of temporary external clinical champions in Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust."

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Fellowships in Clinical Leadership Programme: an evaluation
C Miani, S Marjanovic, M Morgan Jones, M Marshall, S Meikle, E Nolte
RAND Europe
June 2013

Read more here.

Support for commissioning for self-harm

"This resource supports commissioners to drive up quality, and ensure that self‑harm is being adequately addressed, in a range of generic services that are commonly used by people who self‑harm."

CMG50: NICE support for commissioning for self-harm
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
June 2013

Read the full document and supporting material, including the commissioning and budgeting tool, here.

Strengthening partnerships between the NHS and the voluntary sector

"NHS and voluntary sector providers have a key role to play in delivering the priorities set out in the NHS Mandate, alongside commissioners and others in the wider health and care system."

Working together to deliver the Mandate: strengthening partnerships between the NHS and the voluntary sector
R Addicott
The King's Fund
July 2013

Read more here.

Read a summary from the Commissioning Elf here.

Commissioning treatment for dependence on prescription and over-the-counter medicines

"Commissioners will want to ensure that commissioned services include appropriate clinical governance mechanisms to ensure safe and effective prescribing of medicines liable to dependence and for the treatment of dependence, and to prevent and detect diversion of prescription medicines by patients."

Commissioning treatment for dependence on prescription and over-the-counter medicines: a guide for NHS and local authority commissioners
Public Health England
June 2013

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Care, compassion, competence, communication, courage, commitment

"The 6Cs Live! Communication hub will offer support and help to staff to deliver the six areas of action by signposting to evidence based tools and techniques as well as examples of how colleagues from across the country have delivered improvement in these areas."

Access 6Cs Live! here.

Nursing a safer future

"Nurses are well placed to make care safer and are doing impressive work to improve the safety of their patients."

Nursing a safer future: how nurses are using proactive approaches to manage patient safety
Health Foundation, Nursing Times
July 2013

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Patient-reported outcomes in meta-analyses

"Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomized trials that include patient-reported outcomes (PROs) often provide crucial information for patients and clinicians facing challenging health care decisions. "

Patient-reported outcomes in meta-analyses - Part 1: assessing risk of bias and combining outcomes
BC Johnston, DL Patrick, JW Busse, HJ Schunemann, A Agarwal, GH Guyatt
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2013, 11:109

Read more here.