From the huge range of published information and research reports that spring to life on a regular basis on healthcare websites, KATE WOODHEAD RGN DMS, technical editor of The Clinical Services Journal, highlights a few which may have particular interest for practitioners and readers struggling with the volume.
NHS Outcomes Framework
The recently published NHS Outcomes Framework1 is the first of its kind for the NHS, moving the focus on to the issues that patients care about most, and away from centrally driven process targets that get in the way of patient care. The framework focuses on improving quality in healthcare and encourages a change in culture and behaviour, with a renewed focus on tackling inequalities in outcomes in five areas:
• Preventing people from dying prematurely.
• Enhancing the quality of life for people with long-term conditions.
• Helping people to recover from episodes of ill health or following injury.
• Ensuring that people have a positive experience of care.
• Ensuring people are treated in a safe environment and protecting them from avoidable harm.
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