Care Quality Commission Declarations
Published: February 28, 2013
All NHS trusts are required to submit a final declaration to the Care Quality Commission (previously the Healthcare Commission). The declaration is a statement of each trust’s level of compliance with the core standards from April 1st 2008 to March 31st 2009. 20100426-RR1-Core-Standards-Update-Form Corroborating-Statement-Quality-Account-2010-2011 Provider-Registration [wpspoiler name=”CQC report into dignity and nutrition for older people […]
Nursing – high impact actions
Published: August 13, 2012
The High Impact Actions (HIAs) are lead by the Strategic Health Authority Chief Nurses and the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. This initiative aims to mobilise nurses and midwives throughout the health service to contribute to the quality and productivity agenda through the implementation of High Impact Actions that improve patient care and have […]
Nursing Workflow – Productive Wards
Published: August 13, 2012
The Releasing Time to Care – Productive Ward Programme was developed by the National Institute of Innovation and Improvement and is based upon a series of 11 modules. It was introduced at HEFT as an initial 12 month, 6 wards pilot in April 2008 focusing on implementing the 3 Foundation Modules; Well Organised Wards (WOW), […]
Don’t put your hearing at risk, love your ears
Published: February 12, 2013
With nine million people in the UK suffering from deafness or having a hearing impairment, specialists at Heartlands Hospital are working hard to raise awareness of how you can avoid hearing loss. Dr Gary Norman, consultant clinical scientist at Heartlands Hospital, says: “The most common cause of hearing loss is the aging process, which can’t […]
