Sign up to a free service review with psHEALTH We often speak of the significance that clinical variation can have on patient outcomes. For example, that one GP or Consultant may consistently make decisions at odds with their colleagues. By contrast, variation in technology is talked about in more hushed tones. Which is surprising, as
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Transforming Outpatients in 2018
In 2017, outpatients were attended by 64 million people, costing the NHS more than £8bn. Transformation of outpatient services has long been on the NHS agenda, albeit largely on a conceptual level – owing in part to more pressing demands elsewhere. For the NHS England Chief Executive, Simon Stevens, the time to address outpatients is
Peer review and the future of referral assessment
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 regional teams introducing schemes to enable CCGs to deliver a slower growth in referrals. Despite more than half of