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In August, Pulse reported that NHS England had written to CCGs in May, asking them to implement weekly clinical peer review of all referrals from general practice by September 2017. Financial rewards would be given to […]
‘Vetting hospital referrals can help patients’ (Ann Robinson, the Guardian). GP referrals may be rejected, whether sent direct to a hospital or via a referral management service. This process is frustrating for GP and patient alike. […]
This Spring, the financial penalties for providers who fail to reach the target of 92% of patients being seen within 18 weeks of referral for consultant-led treatment (RTT) seems, temporarily, to have been removed. This appears […]
Connected Care Partnership (CCP), which includes Modality Partnership and Intelligent Commissioning Federation (ICOF), is a multispecialty community provider vanguard in Birmingham and Sandwell. CCP are developing new ways of working together that will help improve the […]
Most trusts operate some form of Single Point of Access (SPA). They fulfil the essential function of reviewing, structuring and assigning incoming referrals. The effective management of this process has always had far reaching implications for […]
Try not to think of a robot from Star Wars, rather think of software that supports administrators and clinicians by removing ‘grunt work’ and, increasingly, by supporting decision making by leveraging Machine Learning. Josh Murray of […]
psHEALTH have been awarded a place on the latest Crown Commercial Service framework, G-Cloud 9. The G –Cloud framework allows UK public sector organisations to identify and procure cloud based services. psHEALTH’s Advanced Referral & Triage […]
Collectively, the Sustainability and Transformation Plans highlight the prevalence of unwarranted variation in the NHS today. Many of the plans reference the negative effect of this on patient outcomes, and the overall cost to the NHS […]
A recent publication by the BMJ, following a successful Freedom of Information (FoI) request, reveals the considerable use of referral management schemes by CCGs. Rightly, the publication has generated an important discourse on how CCGs, and […]
CCGs are being forced to manage demand for services in a more proactive way. Hardly a week goes by without a CCG announcing restrictions on procedures available to patients. Most recently three West Midlands CCGs changed […]
I’ve been fortunate to spend time with a variety of healthcare professionals. During this time, I feel I’ve gained a valuable insight into the inner workings of a number of NHS providers. One of the first […]