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1. NHS efficiency map

   Improvement tool 30 Oct 17

   A tool that promotes best practice in identifying, delivering and monitoring cost improvement programmes (CIPs) in the NHS.

   Finance and use of resources | Operational performance

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2. Eight high impact actions to improve the working environment for junior doctors

   Shared learning 30 Oct 17

   Part of: Recruiting, developing and retaining staff

   We've worked with junior doctors and a range of providers to develop these eight high impact actions.

   Culture and leadership | Finance and use of resources | Leadership and improvement capability | Operational performance | Quality | Quality improvement

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3. The medical director induction guide

   Improvement guide 30 Oct 17

   We've partnered with the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management to produce a guide to support recently appointed medical directors.

   Culture and leadership | Leadership and improvement capability | Operational performance | Quality | Workforce

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4. Our approach to patient safety

   Improvement guide 25 Oct 17

   This guide explains our role across the whole system to help the NHS in England to become the safest healthcare organisation in the world. It describes our statutory patient safety duties and what we are doing to lead and support patient safety improvement across the NHS.

   Maternity and neonatal | Patient safety

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5. Emergency department (ED) patient safety checklist

   Improvement tool 18 Oct 17

   A resource to support providers to maintain patient safety and reduce overcrowding in emergency departments.

   Emergency Care | Emergency care | Operational performance | Workforce

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6. Engineering better care: a systems approach to health and care design

   Improvement tool | Source: The user community 17 Oct 17

   This document describes a 'systems approach' for improvement designed collaboratively between engineers, clinicians and managers.

   Operational performance | Quality | Quality improvement

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7. Aspiring chief executive programme

   Service 13 Oct 17

   Part of: Culture and leadership

   We've designed this programme with the NHS Leadership Academy and NHS Providers to coach those identified with the potential to take on the role of chief executive in the next 12 to 24 months.

   Culture and leadership | Leadership and improvement capability | Workforce

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8. Modelling your multidisciplinary team co-ordinator (MDTC) workforce

   Improvement tool 12 Oct 17

   This model allows providers to calculate the number of MDTCs required to adequately deal with the workload demanded of them.

   Elective care | Finance and use of resources | Operational performance | Workforce

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9. Rapid improvement guide: appointment slot issues

   Improvement guide 12 Oct 17

   Use this guide to minimise and manage the number of patients unable to book their first outpatient appointment through the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS).

   Operational performance

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10. The SAFER Bundle: University Hospitals of North Midlands

    Shared learning | Source: The user community 12 Oct 17

    Part of: Red2Green campaign , Emergency Care Improvement Programme (ECIP)

    Learn how University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) implemented the SAFER patient flow bundle and used the and Red2Green approach.

    Emergency Care | Emergency care

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11. Rapid improvement guide: Red2Green bed days

    Improvement guide 12 Oct 17

    Part of: Rapid improvement guides for urgent and emergency care , Red2Green campaign , Emergency Care Improvement Programme (ECIP)

    Use this visual management system to assist in the identification of wasted time in a patient’s journey. Reduce internal and external delays for in-patient wards in both acute and community settings.

    Emergency Care | Operational performance

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12. Faye’s story: good practice when prescribing opioids for chronic pain

    Shared learning | Source: The user community 11 Oct 17

    These resources highlight the difficulties in prescribing opioids to manage chronic pain and offer advice and guidance to all healthcare professionals who are responsible for administering them.

    Patient safety

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13. Improving quality and safety in healthcare: learning from incidents

    Shared learning 10 Oct 17

    Part of: Improving quality and safety in healthcare

    Case studies on improving incident reporting culture, providing feedback to staff involved in incidents, sharing learning across the organisation and changing practice to prevent recurrence.

    Patient safety | Quality improvement

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14. Becoming a non-executive director: information for candidates

    Service 10 Oct 17

    Part of: Non-executive appointments

    Support to prepare candidates to apply for a non-executive vacancy.

    Culture and leadership | Leadership and improvement capability

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15. Patient safety measurement unit

    Transparency data 9 Oct 17

    The Patient Safety Measurement Unit (PSMU) supports the delivery and success of our national patient safety improvement programmes, including the work of the 15 regionally-based Patient Safety Collaboratives.

    Operational performance | Patient safety | Quality improvement

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