Defence Medical Services personnel are increasingly being asked to deploy to resource-limited 'contingency' settings where much of the established guidance relating to Major Incident response requires reconsideration and modification in the face of severely constrained space, manpower and equipment. This ...
London mayor declares major incident because of risk of hospitals being overwhelmed By Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe and Anna GrossFri Jan 08 2021 - 19:35 Coronavirus: London hospitals set to run out of beds in a fortnight England’s health service comes under severe pressure as Covid-19 hospitalisa...
Although multimorbidity prevention is now recognised as a high priority [2], and forms part of the National Health Service (NHS) Long Term Plan [3], there are few established strategies with known effectiveness. Disease prevention is particularly challenging when conditions develop over a long ...
AIM: The aim was to assess junior doctors' understanding of their role in the Major Incident Contingency Plan at their hospital, and to evaluate the effect... Hobson,M J. - 《Bmj Open》 被引量: 4发表: 2011年 Commentary: Universities have a vital role Academic medicine has a key role ...
NHS Trust Incident Response Levels Response byMid and South Essex NHS Foundation TrusttoWilliam Wetherellon16 January 2025. Awaiting response Dear Mr Wetherell, My colleagues have asked me to seek clarification of your request. They point out that we determine the OPEL Level by site on a da.....
“Outages like this affect our access to important clinical information about our patients, as well as our ability to book tests, make referrals and inform the most appropriate treatment plan.” Surgeries’ inability to provide their usual range of care is likely to create backlogs of patients wh...
The NHS intends to reduce the backlog of elective care caused by the pandemic through the Delivery plan for tackling the COVID-19 backlog of elective care. Highlights are the rollout of a new online platform called My Planned Care, as well as plans for 100 community diagnostic centres, new...
However, recent years have seen major disinvestment in NHS inpatient mental health rehabilitation services across England and increasing reliance on the independent sector. In 2018, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) surveyed all providers of inpatient mental health rehabilitation services in England [9]...
In cases where NCAS do conduct an assessment and recommend remediation there is no obligation upon the employer to agree to it, particularly in cases where the plan is not practical There is no obligation upon an employer to delay a capability hearing where the GMC are conducting fitness to ...
A cost-efficient organisation with effective Secondary Care Trust payment structure was envisaged in the government paper Delivering the NHS Plan. Payment by results (PbR) was introduced into the NHS in 2004 in an effort to finance Trusts fairly and reward work volume. PbR is a cost-per-case ...