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One-stop lung cancer clinic
NHS Confederation - Wythenshawe Hospital introduced a one-stop clinic to decide treatment pathways for patients with lung cancer, which has provided a full holistic treatment overview on the same day, improved patient experience, and speeded up the start of treatment.Case study
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 12, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: blogs
Lithotripsy machine used to reduce urology elective waiting lists
NHS Confederation - King George Hospital introduced new equipment in the urology department that led to reduced elective backlog for patients with kidney stones, reduced the need for more invasive procedures, and enables both planned and emergency care.Case study
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 12, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: blogs
Waiting for NHS hospital care: the role of the independent sector in delivering orthopaedic and ophthalmic care
The Health Foundation -This analysis looks at the use of independent sector providers in the delivery of NHS-funded ophthalmic (treatment for eye disorders) and orthopaedic care (hip, knee and hand procedures), two areas where the independent sector ’s share of care has grown most. The report concludes that greater use of the independent sector, while having an important role to play, will only have a limited impact on the NHS backlog and is no substitute for addressing wider issues such as staff shortages, social care and underfunding.ReportThe Health Foundation - press release
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 9, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: blogs
Living (and dying) as an older person in prison: understanding the biggest health care challenges for an ageing prisoner population
Nuffield Trust - Tough conditions in prison disproportionately affect older prisoners, and they tend to be in poorer health than the general population. This research uses hospital data to look at the health care needs of those older people in prison. It finds significant health care needs associated with frailty, which has implications for the prison service in managing increasing numbers of older people as the population continues to age.ReportMore detail
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - April 24, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs
Waiting for prosperity: modelling the economic benefits of reducing elective waiting lists in the NHS
This report (produced together with LCP Health Analytics) finds that getting people off waiting lists would bring benefits equivalent to £73 billion between now and 2027. The case for reducing waiting lists for non-emergency hospital treatment has historically been made with reference to the human cost but the report examines for the first time the diverse economic benefits of tackling the backlog, including putting a value on non-m onetary benefits not included in traditional measures of economic output (GDP).ReportPress release
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - April 3, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS finance Source Type: blogs
Continuing to pay the price: the impact of prescription charges on people living with long term conditions
Prescription Charges Coalition (PCC) - A survey of more than 4,000 people with long-term conditions has found that having to pay for a prescription stops some people getting the medicines they need. The survey also showed people with long-term health conditions who cannot afford their medication are visiting their GPs and A&E more than before. There has also been an increase in hospital stays, mental health issues and time off work. The Prescription Charges Coalition brings together around 50 organisations and professional bodies to campaign to scrap prescription charges in England for people with long-term condi...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 27, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS finance Patient involvement, experience and feedback Source Type: blogs
Reducing waiting lists by repurposing a Nightingale hospital into a protected elective centre
NHS Confederation - Waiting lists for some procedures in Devon have been cut by converting a Nightingale hospital into a protected elective centre delivering additional orthopaedic, ophthalmology and diagnostic activity. Cooperation between clinicians from different trusts has resulted in innovative ways of working. The Devon integrated care system has worked with local trusts – principally the Royal Devon University Health Foundation Trust but also Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and University Hospitals Plymouth Trust – to deliver the extra capacity.Case study
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 20, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: blogs
Why are delayed discharges from hospital increasing?: seeing the bigger picture
This report finds that in December 2022, more than 13,000 of a total of around 100,000 hospital beds in England were occupied by patients who were medically fit for discharge. This number has increased by 57 per cent over the last two years, representing an additional 6,000 people waiting in hospital who do not need to be there. This reduces the availability of hospital beds for newly admitted patients, contributing to longer A&E and ambulance waiting times. Delays can also have a significant impact on patients: longer hospital stays increase the risk of hospital-acquired infections and patients may lose mobility and c...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 8, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Source Type: blogs
Dying well at home: commissioning quality end-of-life care
This report from The King's Fund, and accompanying policy brief, offer recommendations for commissioners, integrated care boards and national bodies who want to improve care for those dying at home.Summary reportFull reportThe King's Fund - publications
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 23, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs
Fixing the foundations: why it ’s time to rethink how we support older people with health problems to stay well at home
This report provides a first-hand account of older people ’s difficulties in getting the good, joined up health and social care they need to manage at home, leaving them at risk of crisis which often results in being admitted to hospital. Yet the evidence is clear that with the right care at the right time many of these admissions could have been avoided .ReportPress release
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 20, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Social care Source Type: blogs
LGBTQ+ staff and patients deserve better from the NHS
The King's Fund - Kelly Ameneshoa, Emergency Medicine Doctor at Ashford and St Peter ’s hospital and Population Health Fellow at The King’s Fund, looks at recent data on the experience of LGBTQ+ staff and patients, and outlines how the NHS can make steps towards becoming more inclusive.Read the blog
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 16, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Improving staff experience and staff engagement at QEH
NHS Employers - The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King ’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is a rural district general hospital in West Norfolk. In 2019, QEH had the worst NHS Staff Survey results in the country. This case study explores what the organisation did and how it applied staff engagement methods to improve its NHS Staff Survey scores.Case study
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 15, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Delayed hospital discharges and adult social care
House of Commons Library - This explainer sets out what the government is doing to reduce the number of people staying in hospital longer than necessary.Explainer
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 13, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Social care Source Type: blogs
