Blog post 18/09/2020Richard DarchNigel EdwardsHelen Buckingham
Long read: Planning, both as a function and a process, has been evident across the NHS since 1948, but has it somewhat lost its way over the last 20 years? Richard Darch, Nigel Edwards and Helen Buckingham look back at how things were once done in the health service, and argue the c...
Indicator update 17/09/2020Jenny Davies
In our latest update we look at trends in the safety of health and social care.
Indicator 17/09/2020
We analyse changes in annual counts of healthcare-associated infections, as well as weekly numbers of acute respiratory infection outbreaks in hospitals and care homes.
Indicator 17/09/2020
This indicator uses survey data to explore whether patients are told about medication side effects to watch for.
Indicator 17/09/2020
This indicator looks at patients who are readmitted to hospital in an emergency within 30 days of discharge.
Indicator 17/09/2020
This analysis explores the percentage of hip fractures that were the result of an inpatient fall, and how prompt hip fracture surgery is.
Indicator 17/09/2020
We examine rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment and deaths from VTE-related events after discharge from hospital.
Indicator 17/09/2020
We examine results from the Adult Inpatient Survey, looking at hospital ward cleanliness.
Indicator 17/09/2020
This indicator uses data from the NHS Staff Survey to look at safety culture in the NHS.
Blog post 17/09/2020Lucina Rolewicz
The past few months have further exposed the differing fortunes of the NHS and social care, not least around technology and data. Drawing on our Test Bed project, Lucina Rolewicz describes the limitations of the social care data landscape, and how those receiving care could benefit if improvements w...