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1. Supporting NHS providers on executive HR issues

   Framework/compulsory guidance 13 Jun 18

   Guidance on a range of executive HR issues including appointments process, salaries, severance and moves.

   Finance and use of resources | Workforce

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2. Learning from patient safety incidents

   Collection 12 Jun 18

   We explain why recording patient safety incidents is important for learning and how to report these incidents. You can also find out how many incidents were recorded and how we use them to support healthcare providers to improve patient safety.

   Patient safety

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3. Reducing reliance on medical locums: a practical guide for medical directors

   Improvement guide 12 Jun 18

   This guide provides a list against which medical directors can check they're taking the necessary action to reduce their reliance on medical locums.

   Finance and use of resources | Workforce

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4. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment 2017/18

   Transparency data 1 Jun 18

   The number and proportion of admitted adult patients in England who have been risk assessed for VTE in 2017/18.

   Patient safety

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5. Quarterly performance of the NHS provider sector: quarter 4 2017/18

   Transparency data 30 May 18

   Our quarter 4 year end report highlights the challenges that the NHS has faced this past winter, but also how NHS frontline staff have dealt with this by caring for more people than ever before during this period.

   Operational performance

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6. Elective care: demand and capacity models

   Collection 29 May 18

   A suite of demand and capacity models to help you estimate the capacity needed to run your elective care service.

   Elective care | Operational performance | Quality

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7. Demand and capacity aggregation module

   Improvement tool 29 May 18

   Part of: Elective care: demand and capacity models

   This module will help you combine the outputs of individual demand and capacity models into a whole pathway view of a service.

   Elective care | Finance and use of resources | Operational performance | Patient experience and involvement | Quality | Quality improvement

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8. The Development of the Patient Safety Incident Management System (DPSIMS) project completes its alpha phase

   Service 25 May 18

   This update provides detailed information about the work done during the DPSIMS alpha phase, and how we’re using what we’ve learnt to inform our plans for the next stage, the beta phase.

   Patient safety

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9. Random variation — a game

   Shared learning 16 May 18

   Part of: Making data count

   NHS Improvement's Senior Information Analyst Thomas Nicholas talks through a game you can play with a group of any size — to help illustrate the importance of understanding random variation.

   Operational performance | Quality | Quality improvement

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10. The role of time series data in improving care

    Shared learning 16 May 18

    Part of: Making data count

    Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust's Consultant Paediatrician Dr Bob Klaber describes why it's important time series data is regularly fed back to clinical teams.

    Operational performance | Quality | Quality improvement

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11. Tools and approaches to support better decision-making

    Shared learning 16 May 18

    Part of: Making data count

    Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust's Non-Executive Director Mark Outhwaite talks about the importance of asking the right questions, having the right data and having the capacity and capability to analyse and act.

    Operational performance | Quality | Quality improvement

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12. The science and theory that underpin statistical process control

    Shared learning 16 May 18

    Part of: Making data count

    Imperial College London's Improvement Science Fellow Dr Thomas Woodcock describes the science and statistics that underpin the analytical approach called statistical process control (SPC).

    Operational performance | Quality | Quality improvement

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13. Using statistical process control and applying rules in context

    Shared learning 16 May 18

    Part of: Making data count

    University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust's Project Manager Cheryl Davies describes how the use of statistical process control (SPC) was received in her organisation.

    Operational performance | Quality | Quality improvement

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14. How analysts can influence and improve the use of data

    Shared learning 16 May 18

    Part of: Making data count

    Imperial College NHS Foundation Trust's Quality Improvement Lead Fatai Ogunlayi discusses his thoughts on a challenging data request.

    Operational performance | Quality | Quality improvement

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15. Improving delivery of the 62-day cancer waiting-time standard

    Improvement guide 15 May 18

    Our guide and data measurements will help you to deliver and sustain the 62-day cancer standard and improve waiting times for patients.

    Cancer resources | Operational performance | Quality | Quality improvement

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