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Issue 1: May 2008
In this issue:
NHS Improvement Priorities
Following the integration of the Cancer Service Collaborative
‘Improvement Partnership’, Diagnostics Improvement; Heart
Improvement Programme and Stroke Improvement, NHS Improvement
national priorities are designed to help achieve and support
delivery of the following:
- Cancer Reform
Strategy
- National
Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease
- 18 Week Programme
- National
Stroke Strategy
To view the individual
specialty priorities, go to www.heart.nhs.uk/priority_projects
Do
you want to join the NHS Improvement Diagnostics team?
NHS Improvement is looking for Pathology and Radiology National
Improvement Leads to join the team. Applicants must be able
to demonstrate a ‘how to’ approach to improving the efficiency
and quality of NHS services, and should have extensive experience
in leading edge service improvement methods, project and
change management.
To view the Radiology
advert, click HERE.
To view the Pathology
advert, click HERE.
NHS
Improvement System
Have you seen the Demand &
Capacity Tool?
Have you got a bottleneck in your service? Are to struggling
to understand the demand?
The Demand and Capacity module:
- allows you
to record demand, activity, backlog and
capacity data;
- can be used
daily or weekly as an operational or retrospective tool;
- provides
a visual and dynamic interactive dashboard monitoring
tool;
- enables you
to view a weekly summary of all departmental procedures
and activities;
- provides
a backlog monitoring and management tool;
- uses integrated
SPC tools and a variety of other charting features to
help you identify variation;
- automatically
calculates the recommended capacity levels;
- helps you
monitor your lost appointments
- can be used
by a novice and expert with the online support;
- is fully
complementary with other service improvement methodologies.
To find out more,
go to www.improvement.nhs.uk.
To find out more or to be setup with a login ID, please
contact support@improvement.nhs.uk
Where
to see NHS Improvement
Forthcoming events
British Cardiovascular
Society Annual Scientific Conference 2008
2-4 June, Manchester
UK Radiological
Congress
2-4 June, Birmingham
NHS Confederation
2008 Annual conference and exhibition
18-20 June, Manchester
Ambex 2008
25-26 June, Harrogate
2008
HSJ Awards
Make your nominations now!
Categories include:
- Acute Organisation
of the Year
- Clinical Service
Redesign
- Improved Patient
Access
- Improving
Health with NICE Guidance
- Managing
Long Term Care
- Acute and
Primary Care Innovation.
The closing date
is 27 June. For further details, go to www.hsjawards.co.uk
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Disclaimer:
The content of this bulletin does not necessarily reflect
the views of the NHS Improvement, but is provided as a rapid
information service for cardiac network staff. All links
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link does not imply endorsement of that site. We do not
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displayed there.
Who
we are?
Formed in April 2008, NHS Improvement brings together Cancer
Services Collaborative ‘Improvement Partnership’; Diagnostics
Service Improvement, Heart Improvement Programme and Stroke
Improvement, into one improvement programme. With over eight
years practical service improvement experience in cancer,
diagnostics and heart, NHS Improvement aims to achieve sustainable
effective pathways and systems, share improvement resources
and learning, increase impact and ensure value for money
to improve the efficiency and quality of NHS services.
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