NHS Transforming Inpatient Care publications

This page contains all major publications from the NHS Improvement - Cancer Inpatients Programme. These are available as pdf files and may take a few moments to download, dependent on the speed of your connection. Each link will open a new page in your browser.

	Delivering major breast surgery safely as a day case or one night stay (excluding reconstruction) (December 2011)
	Communications alerts Contact - response - action Improves clinical decision making, patient care, safety and outcomes, avoid unnecessary admissions and re-admissions
	Consolidation Report (2009) - From testing to spread This publication reports back on a review undertaken by NHS Improvement to examine the progress and impact of 25 Acute Trusts who took part in the Transforming Cancer Inpatient Care Programme (July 2007-2008) and the subsequent spread of the Winning Principles and models of care across England (Published July 2010).
	An integrated approach: The transferability of the Winning Principles - Sharing the learning Highlights the learning from the integrated test sites demonstrated that the principles are appropriate, relevant and transferable across the health and social care setting (Published July 2010).
	From testing to spread:Sharing the knowledge and learning from organisations spreading the Winning Principles - case studies The spread case studies illustrate many of these factors and provide an opportunity for sharing ‘working’ knowledge and learning experiences with the intention to promote further spread, adoption and action of good practice across the country and benefit more patients (Published July 2010).
	Summary report of the enhanced recovery partnership programme - Helping patients to get better sooner after surgery
	Transforming Care for Cancer Patients - Spreading the Winning Principles and Good Practice This publication, the third in a series*, supports the Cancer Reform Strategy’s (2007) Transforming Inpatient Care Programme. Its aim is to illustrate ‘how’ NHS Trusts are spreading tested improvements (Published July 2009).
	Meeting the challenge together... delivering care in the most appropriate setting (October 2008). This document has been designed to support the pilot sites (now starting to test new ideas working with partners in primary care and social care) but will also be of interest to other organisations attempting to reform inpatient care (Published October 2008).
	The Winning Principles- Transforming Inpatient Care Programme for Cancer Patients . (July 2008) By bringing together all the test sites experience and learning, FOUR WINNING PRINCIPLES have been identified that if applied can make a significant difference to the management and experience of the inpatient pathway.
	Winning Principle 1:Case Studies Winning Principle 2:Case Studies Winning Principle 3:Case Studies Winning Principle 4:Case Studies

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