... improvement National Health Service Handover mechanisms Patient safety during on call periods is dependent on a reliable and effective handover mechanism, recognised by the General Medical Council in Good Medical Practice (General Medical Council, 2013) and emphasised in Good Surgical Practice...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Evidence-based practice Outcome Care pathways Colorectal cancer National health service Cancer screening Outcomes and survival from colorectal cancer (CRC) in the UK have been less favourable than those observed in many Western European...

... 2017 23 04 2017 05 06 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only China Education Prevention Policy Public health service National health service Mainland China, also known as the People’s Republic of China...

... Service delivery Standards National Health Service Quality standards 11 03 2016 18 03 2016 28 07 2016 18 08 2016 © Knight, Littlejohns, Poole, Leng and Drummond 2017 Knight, Littlejohns, Poole, Leng and Drummond Published by Emerald Publishing Limited. This article...

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... Group Publishing Limited 2015 Process management Management National Health Service Partnership Lean thinking Capacity management Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) staff in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) began a process to implement the Choice...

... Infection control Maintenance National health service Performance measures HAIs Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a major problem. The European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) estimate the UK HAI rate to be 6 per cent and that 1,602 patients in UK acute care acquire HAIs...

... EFQM within a large Italian healthcare system, which had a broader reach and lasted longer than any experience in Italian healthcare. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Governance European Foundation for Quality Management Management Self-assessment National Health Service Quality...

... Lean Health care Implementation NHS England National Health Service United Kingdom Originating from the Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan, Lean (also referred to as the Toyota Production System) was initially conceived as a radical alternative to traditional mass production...

.../) and the Modernisation Agency within the UK National Health Service (NHS) (Secretary of State for Health, 1999 ; Iles and Sutherland, 2001 ; Iles and Cranfield, 2004 ; National Co‐ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation, 2001). Yet healthcare quality improvement interventions remain largely...

.... The politics of transition. From church to garage. Article Type: Recent publications From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 23, Issue 8 The New Politics of the NHS – From Creation to Reinvention (6th edition) National health service Healthcare...

... developing this area. Originality/value The paper is the first known attempt to survey the literature relating to National Health Service educational governance. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Education Health services Governance Quality assurance National Health Service United...

... improvement, Performance management,National Health Service The NHS in England is to be reorganised with Strategic Health Authorities(SHAs) downgraded, the government has confirmed. The ten existing authorities plan health services and training for healthcare professionals. The Lib Dem manifesto...

... networks; more timely, relevant and consistent national guidance and, the definition of minimum information requirements needed for organisational assurance. Zoe Radnor can be contacted at: zoe.radnor@wbs.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Health services National Health Service...

... of cross fertilisation. The negative perception many patient and public involvement groups have of collaborations with industry and other partners. Carers National Health Service Financing Research Other service users and carers became participants and members of our various research...

... Health Service Financing Targets The need to provide an effective and efficient public service has been a central theme throughout the 60‐year history of the UK National Health Service (NHS). However, there is currently a perception of an unprecedented increase in the number of health care...

... journey should take into account time spent in between for diagnosis. Customer orientation Change management National Health Service Previous scholars such as Brooke and Maguire (1998) , Berg (2001) , Ash et al. (2004) , Weingart et al. (2006) , Reichertz (2006...

... National Health Service United Kingdom Peer review As problems matching health sector labour supply and demand continue to make headline news, workforce planning has once again become a top priority for the NHS (HCHC (House of Commons Health Committee), 2007). Maintaining service quality...

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... the year and will not hesitate to use our enforcement powers to protect patients’ safety where needed. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Performance management Patients Safety Quality standards National Health Service Article Type: News and views From...