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Failure to integrate physical and mental healthcare by hospitals means patients with mental health issues get poor care, NCEPOD report says
Published: 25 Jan 2017
The failure by general hospitals to integrate physical and mental healthcare services is leading to poor care for patients with a physical illness who also happen to have a mental health condition, the latest report from the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) reveals.
Lung cancer: 7% increase in one-year survival, clinical audit reports
Published: 25 Jan 2017
Latest annual study from national lung cancer audit reports rises in survivorship
90% of men receiving curative treatment for prostate cancer say their care was very good
Published: 13 Dec 2016
Ninety percent of men who had surgery or radiotherapy to cure their prostate cancer in the English NHS rated their care as 8 or above on a scale ranging from 0 (“very poor”) to 10 (“very good”) according to the third annual report of the National Prostate Cancer Audit (NPCA).
Survival rates for patients receiving lung cancer surgery rise as number of operations increase
Published: 05 Dec 2016
The new report published by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain & Ireland (SCTS), demonstrates further improvements in survival rates following lung cancer surgery.
MBRRACE-UK Maternal Mortality Surveillance study highlights heart disease risk for pregnant women
Published: 02 Dec 2016
The latest Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths from the national collaborative programme studying maternal and infant deaths, MBRRACE-UK, commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership shows that in 2012-14, 8.5 women per 100,000 died during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth. The report, ‘Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care’, highlights that two in every 100,000 died from heart disease, which is the leading cause of women dying in pregnancy or the early weeks after childbirth. There has been no significant change in the overall national maternal death rate since the last report.
NHS patients needing vital surgery to prevent a major stroke are ‘not being operated on quickly enough’
Published: 30 Nov 2016
Hundreds of patients are not having vital surgery quickly enough which could prevent them from having a major stroke, the Royal College of Surgeons and Vascular Society have warned today.
Latest annual Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) report reveals further improvement in stroke care is needed.
Published: 29 Nov 2016
The third annual SSNAP report reveals that despite stroke care continuing to improve year on year, much more work is still required to ensure that all patients have access to high quality care regardless of where they live or when they are admitted to hospital.
Stroke care: Number of hospital sites with unfilled consultant vacancies rises by 14% over two years.
Published: 28 Nov 2016
The Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) launches findings from its 2016 acute organisational audit showing that the way that care is provided for people with acute stroke continues to improve with more provision of weekend therapy and better access to early supported discharge (ESD) teams.
HQIP supports launch of major healthcare accreditation initiative
Published: 25 Nov 2016
Six resources from the Clinical Service Accreditation Alliance (CSAA) to drive QI as work moves to HQIP
New national COPD primary care report for England shares lessons learnt from Wales
Published: 15 Nov 2016
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has published a report looking at the clinical effectiveness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care in primary care in England.