NHS Clinical Governance Support Team. Sharing good practice: knowledge in action.Wall, D
At the last UK HealthCamp towards the end of the day, when we discussed the hard things, the topic inevitably moved swiftly to consent, to building big databases, public perception, and why anyone would think there is potential for abuse, when clearly the intended use is good. The answer ...
The COVID-19 pandemic shook the NHS (and the country) to its core, with the effects still felt today. At IBM, we’re committed to helping organisations harness technology to operate more effectively. So, when Asif Shah, the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Pe...
In 2018, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) surveyed all providers of inpatient mental health rehabilitation services in England [9]. They reported the cost of inpatient rehabilitation to be over £500 m per year, with the independent sector providing around half the 4,400 beds in the country...
IPC measures recast the reciprocal and symbiotic interdependence between managers, health professionals, and patients and their families in ways that challenged health care providers' foundational professional values, and thus their wellbeing; as well as public expectations of healthcare. Research suggests...
Change management within the NHS is crucial because of the constant evolution in clinical practices, technology, and healthcare policies. Effective change management ensures that transitions are smooth, efficient, and beneficial to both the providers and the recipients of healthcare services. When answer...
Palantir, a US-based multinational, has been awarded a controersial contract to collect and share identifiable patient data from acute providers on a daily basis. This article looks at the implications of the pilot that Palantir undertook on behalf of NHSE and what it foreshadowed. NHS England...
The disaster happened in an NHS acute hospital provider trust. This is one of the trusts that are supposed to have a very high level of quality threshold, in both health care and governance standards (UK Parliament 2013). It is also worthy to note that the regulator of health providers in...
EMR systems are now essential to assist GPs and practice staff to carry out their duties, including: patient care, record-keeping, auditing and information transfer to other care providers within the broader national health system. GPs consider electronic information systems as a mean to an end: ...
This paper provides a brief overview of the national agenda and a trust's framework for introducing clinical governance. The Gloucestershire Royal occupational therapy clinical governance programme, which encompasses personnel, clinical and environmental factors, is outlined. The topics of supervision, work...