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1. Midlands and East cancer improvement collaborative

   Collection 27 Jul 17

   We’re supporting trusts in the region to improve cancer waiting times for patients.

   Cancer resources | Patient safety

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2. Tips for getting patients up and moving

   Improvement guide | Source: The user community 26 Jul 17

   These posters illustrate a movement in the NHS to enable hospitalised patients to get up, dressed and moving in order to prevent deconditioning.

   Emergency Care | Patient experience and involvement | Patient safety | Strategic change

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3. Criteria-led discharge

   Collection 26 Jul 17

   We’re supporting NHS providers to improve patient experience and operational performance, by using criteria-led discharge.

   Emergency Care | Emergency care | Leadership and improvement capability | Quality improvement | Strategic change | Workforce

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4. Helping NHS staff manage patient flow

   Improvement guide | Source: The user community 26 Jul 17

   Considerations for NHS staff to help improve patient flow and prevent unnecessary waits for patients.

   Emergency Care | Patient experience and involvement | Patient safety | Strategic change

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5. Using SSKIN to manage and prevent pressure damage

   Improvement guide | Source: The user community 26 Jul 17

   SSKIN is a five step approach to preventing and treating pressure ulcers.

   Emergency Care | Patient experience and involvement | Patient safety | Strategic change

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6. NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement: The power of one, the power of many

   Improvement guide | Source: The user community 25 Jul 17

   A guide to provide knowledge of bringing social movement thinking to health and healthcare improvement.

   Operational performance | Quality | Quality improvement

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7. NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement: The experience based design (EBD) approach

   Improvement tool | Source: The user community 25 Jul 17

   The EBD approach is an exciting way of bringing patients and staff together to improve care and re-design services. It was developed to help front-line NHS services make improvements their patients said they wanted.

   Operational performance | Patient experience and involvement | Quality | Quality improvement

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8. NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement: Thinking differently

   Improvement guide | Source: The user community 25 Jul 17

   An introductory guide to get you started on a journey of thinking differently.

   Operational performance | Quality improvement | Strategic change | Workforce

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9. Adult patient transfer checklist

   Shared learning | Source: The user community 21 Jul 17

   George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust has produced a checklist to ensure patient transfers comply with NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) regulations.

   Patient safety

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10. The incidence and costs of inpatient falls in hospitals

    Research and analysis 21 Jul 17

    Part of: Patient falls improvement collaborative

    This review is based on existing evidence and data, and provides an overview of the scale of inpatient falls and the benefits to the NHS if the rate of falls was reduced in hospitals.

    Patient safety | Quality improvement

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11. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

    Service | Source: The user community 20 Jul 17

    Useful resources for NHS complaint handlers including advice on carrying out good local investigations, details of what happens if the Ombudsman upholds a complaint and advice on how to put things right.

    Culture and leadership | Patient experience and involvement | Quality

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12. A best practice guide for consultant job planning

    Policy 19 Jul 17

    Advice for trusts to ensure that their approach to consultant job planning is consistent with best practice.

    Finance and use of resources | Workforce

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13. Improving patient flow through urgent and emergency care

    Collection 14 Jul 17

    We're working with national and local partners to support improvement in urgent and emergency care.

    Emergency Care | Emergency care | Operational performance | Workforce

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14. Good practice guide: Focus on improving patient flow

    Improvement guide 14 Jul 17

    Part of: Improving patient flow through urgent and emergency care

    Our guide strongly encourages health and social care systems to focus on improving the flow of patients through hospitals in the run up to winter.

    Emergency Care | Emergency care | Operational performance | Workforce

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15. Case studies: Focus on improving patient flow

    Shared learning 14 Jul 17

    Part of: Improving patient flow through urgent and emergency care

    This series of case studies explains how selected providers are delivering effectively against good practice priorities.

    Emergency Care | Emergency care | Operational performance | Workforce

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