Integration in action: tackling the elective backlog

Integration in action: tackling the elective backlog
NHS Confederation 7 October 2021

• This report provides some early examples of how local systems are addressing this challenge. Based on interviews with healthcare leaders, it details how integrated approaches are enabling rapid improvement and innovation in service delivery. This includes using population health data to pinpoint people who may suffer more from waiting; using clinical harm tools to pinpoint those on the list who are deteriorating; and proactively seeking out people who may need treatment.

How hospitals are getting involved to improve population health

How hospitals are getting involved to improve population health
NHS Providers 11 February 2020

• Dr Marc Farr Chief Analytical Officer, East Kent Hospitals University NHS FT describes how they are supporting and providing data insight for primary and community care partners.

RightCare Information briefs

RightCare Information briefs

• A series of Information briefs detail how RightCare has worked with local systems to identify innovative practice and share learning. Topics include:
• Changing the Diuretic Intravenous (IV) pathway for heart failure patients 
• Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction pathway redesign
• MSK service development
• upper and lower endoscopy pathways
• Virtual Fracture Clinic

Is it right to use AI to identify children at risk of harm? (Lynn Eaton)

Is it right to use AI to identify children at risk of harm? (Lynn Eaton)
Guardian 18 November 2019

• A discussion of the predictive analytics technologies in use to help social workers assess the probability of a child coming on to the at-risk register. Including Xantura (Thurrock and Dagenham councils), Essex Centre for Data Analytics, Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Public Policy (New Zealand), Office of Data Analytics (NESTA), Project ExplAIn (Alan Turing Institute and ICO).

Helping vulnerable people with the Population Health Management programme

Helping vulnerable people with the Population Health Management programme [blogpost]
Declan Hadley - Digital Lead for the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System, 23 July 2019

• Description of the work and benefits for Lancashire and South Cumbria as a wave 1 site for PHM on the NHS England Development Programme.

Learning event to improve sepsis support and information

Learning together through a regional patient-centred event to improve sepsis support and information
Oxford AHSN April 2019

• Report of a learning event co-designed by Oxford AHSN and Oxford Patient Safety Collaborative which gave equal billing to patients and relatives to share their experiences of sepsis, together with national and regional clinical experts.
• Outputs from the event included:
• Setting up two patient-led sepsis support groups
• Creating a regional patient information leaflet - significantly amended based on feedback from attendees
• Engaging more patients and lay representatives in various ways across Oxford PSC and Oxford AHSN.
• Full evaluation reports and further resources are available on the Oxford AHSN website.

Staff engagement at Dorset healthcre NHS FT

Dorset HealthCare: staff voice at the heart of organisational change
NHS Employers 7 February 2019

• Case study looking at a staff engagement exercise at Dorset HealthCare NHS Foundation Trust.

Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Luton IT partnership - IT shared service case study

Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Luton IT partnership's information technology shared service
NHS Improvement 27 December 2018

• Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Luton Information Technology (HBL ICT) Partnership in IT Shared Service shares how it set up and operates its ICT shared service to provide expertise across six partner organisations (Bedfordshire CCG, East and North Hertfordshire CCG, Herts Valleys CCG, Luton CCG, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust and Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust). 
• Hosted by East and North Hertfordshire CCG, HBL ICT has been operating successfully for 4 years - with over 9,500 customers, across 122 sites.