Louise Schmidt is currently Assistant Director of Benefits and Assurance at NHS England, responsible for leading the benefits ...

I’m often asked what we mean when we talk about “benefits”. It’s a fair question and one that deserves a thoughtful answer.

Letter from Duncan Burton, Chief Nursing Officer for England, NHS England, and Elizabeth O’Mahony, Chief Financial Officer, NHS England, regarding the Government’s Graduate Guarantee — that every ...

The earlier mums access care, the sooner the NHS can also offer antenatal screening – and the midwife will also ask mums about their medical history, including any past pregnancies, their general ...

The first NHS IMPACT self-assessment to be made available supported acute and mental health providers. Following a period of co-production and testing the NHS IMPACT self-assessment is now available ...

As part of NHS England’s improvement work (NHS IMPACT) colleagues – including the Emergency Care Intensive Support Team (ECIST) and Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) – have been working with ...

Resources – King’s Improvement Science – King’s Improvement Science resources for quality improvement projects, implementation science research, patient and public involvement and evaluation.

As we know there is a well-established link between high bed occupancy rates in hospitals and worse A&E performance. So there will be 5,000 more staffed, sustainable beds in 2023/24 in the places that ...

The Baseline for Improvement is complimentary to the NHS IMPACT Self-Assessment which a developmental tool for organisations and systems to use to assess their current position against the five ...

A series of ‘urgent and emergency care (UEC) improvement guides’ have been designed for providers and systems to consider embedding as good practice to reduce ambulance handover delays.

Some patients that come to emergency departments would get better, quicker care if they are navigated to an urgent treatment centre (UTC). Integrated care boards (ICBs) will determine where these will ...

Personalised care approaches and community health services can reduce pressures on hospitals and emergency services by supporting patients at home and in the community, as well as provide them with ...