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The NHS has updated its operational planning guidance again for 2024 – but where does this leave us when we’re trying to sell to the NHS? Well, the good news is, it is jam-packed with opportunities for the Pharma, MedTech and Devices sector.  The latest guidance could mean you have to turn your approach to pitching to the NHS on its head if you are to align your offer to the six key areas of focus which are:  Maintaining the collective focus on quality and safety for all services.    Improving ambulance response and A&E waiting times.    Reducing long waits and improve diagnostic standards.    Making it easier for people to access community and primary care services.    Improving access to mental health services.    Improving the staff experience of working in the NHS.   All of these provide golden opportunities for industry to partner up with the NHS to deliver effective solutions to the challenges thrown down in the document.  I’ll be covering how you can make the most of this and more at in a live Q&A later this month on April 24, from 1-2pm, . If you want to know how to use the latest NHS operational planning guidance updates to your advantage and sell more effectively, this will be 60 minutes of your time well spent. Register here ➡️➡️https://lnkd.in/eqYxhRGF

Today the Intensive Care Society launches our manifesto for the next UK Government for Building Better Intensive Care. We want them to prioritise 5 key areas for a strong and sustainable intensive care service, properly resourced to care for critically ill patients. The NHS workforce is in crisis and we want to see major investment in retaining, recruiting, and developing intensive care staff, to ensure we’re able to provide the best possible care to all critically ill patients. Surviving critical illness is only the beginning for those who are treated in intensive care, so we need a rapid expansion of the provision of patient rehabilitation services to help patients return to life before critical illness. Intensive care research saves lives and we need ring-fenced funding to enable ICU professionals to involve patients in research studies and improve outcomes. The experiences of ICU patients and staff should not be dependent on their postcode or other characteristics, so the next Government must foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all. The climate crisis is a global health crisis, and with the NHS both a contributor to and victim of its effects we must accelerate the move to a Carbon Zero NHS. Read our priorities for the next UK Government at bit.ly/ElectionPriorities We'll be submitting our manifesto to all major parties taking part in the next general election. We encourage you to send it to your local representatives, whose details you can find at https://lnkd.in/eiQ_ndjY

The Lord Darzi report published last week saw a significant number of reflections and summaries across the sector and mainstream media. Having taken the time to digest the comprehensive but compelling diagnosis, our Managing Partner, Sarah Pinto-Duschinsky shared her view of what it means for the NHS and how plans for reform must differ from those of the last 20 years to avoid making the mistakes of the past, centred around five key shifts: 1. We need to focus on whole of government delivery 2. We need a new default to community-based care 3. We need a new approach to innovation at pace and scale 4. We need a technology ready workforce 5. We need a regulatory regime which supports improvement This is a huge challenge but, with a new Government, there is a window for change. And the prize is surely worthwhile if we can get it right this time. To read the full article, click here: https://lnkd.in/eGV9s7V7

Deadline for submissions of evidence/analysis to Lord Darzi's review of #NHS performance in England is tomorrow - 9th August. We've just submitted ours from Meningitis Now. It focusses on: 1.       Vaccination: system leadership and improving uptake 2.       Timely diagnosis, treatment and management of disease 3.       Improving follow-up and aftercare Don't miss this opportunity to shape the future of health and care in England (and perhaps beyond).

"From today, the policy of this department is that the NHS is broken." "When we said during the election campaign, that the NHS was going through the biggest crisis in its history, we meant it." "When we said that patients are being failed daily, it wasn't political rhetoric, but the daily reality faced by millions." Published July 5, 2024 (Department of Health and Social Care - transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered, by the Secretary of Health and Social Care, NHS). What we experience in the US is not unique to us. What is experienced by NHS is common among nations. Our global medical care systems are buckling under the weight of a tsunami of chronic disease. Over the past decades, we have invested trillions globally in expanding and bolstering medical care systems. Our investments are necessary for a just and equitable society. However, they are not sufficient. They are also not sustainable. We must do more. To ensure our medical care systems are sustainable, we must make them increasingly unnecessary. As much as possible, we must keep people from becoming patients. The Care of Health has one compelling vision: human flourishing. It is not first a response or reaction to illness, injury, or disease. These are second things that have taken first place. First place is one critical outcome: keeping people from becoming patients. First place is one long-term vision: human flourishing. We have very talented, passionate, and highly competent people who address the needed response to injury, illness, and disease. We are also gathering very talented, passionate, highly competent people to build for human flourishing. For this and future generations, the flywheel starts now. Beyond Better. Extraordinarily Different. #Flourishing #Vision #Leadership _______________________________________________ To join our journey, share your email: www(dot)aflourishing(dot)life It will only take all of us.

The Department of Health and Social Care has published a statement on the interim report, into the CQC led by Penny Dash. BBC reports Mr Streeting to have said: “I have been stunned by the extent of the failings of the institution that is supposed to identify and act on failings." HSJ has reported Dr Dash to have said in a statement: “The contents of my interim report underscore the urgent need for comprehensive reform within the CQC" Four immediate steps are identified: 🔸The appointment by the CQC of Professor Sir Mike Richards to review CQC assessment frameworks. Sir Mike was the CQC’s first chief inspector of hospitals in 2013, retiring from this role in 2017. 🔸 Improving transparency in terms of how the CQC determines its ratings for health and social care providers 🔸 Increased government oversight of the CQC, with the CQC regularly updating the department on progress, to ensure that the recommendations in Dr Dash’s final review are implemented 🔸 Asking Dr Dash to review the effectiveness of all patient safety organisations. BBC Report https://lnkd.in/eFb2CTFV

Today, we launch the first report from The BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS The commission calls on the next elected government to recognise the existential threat to the NHS and recommit to its founding principles. The national health and care crisis we are facing requires us to put the health and wellbeing of our population first, and to revive the spirit of Aneurin Bevan and a nation that came together in the hope of creating a better, fairer, healthier world. Read the launch Editorial The BMJ’s NHS commission: an emphatic recommitment to the founding principles https://lnkd.in/du3YMBEc And the first paper here: The NHS founding principles are still appropriate today and provide a strong foundation for the future https://lnkd.in/dgg2DNDJ #NHS #Health #healthcare #healthandwellness

📅 We might be edging closer to the end of 2023, but who says you need to wait until January 1st to start something new? So, with that in mind... 🎉 We're introducing our 'Spotlight On:' series 💡, where we'll be sharing the impact of Luscii within UK ICSs, from patient and NHS staff feedback to studies and statistics. And we're kicking things off with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Their 🫀heart failure remote monitoring pathway delivered incredible results, enabling them to bridge the gap between home and hospital care, while driving down costs and unnecessary admissions. 🏥 👉🏼 Read more about our heart failure program here: https://lnkd.in/g9DD_e4Y 📖 Read the study for yourself: https://lnkd.in/gCJ6KU3T #spotlightseries #nhs #nhsengland #remotepatientmonitoring #virtualwards #digitalhealth

15th of March marks the second annual Long COVID Awareness Day.   As a company firmly rooted in supporting patients with Long COVID in the NHS, clinicians and researchers globally through our C19-YRS platform since 2020, this is a particularly important day for ELAROS.   Through near-daily interactions with clinical teams, researchers, and patients advocates, we recognise the complex challenges facing individuals and their relatives, healthcare systems, and the global workforce, with an estimated 2 million people experiencing Long COVID in the U.K. alone and 65 million worldwide.   However, with spreading awareness, consistent self-management, clinical support, and further investment into clinical services and research, there is hope for people with Long COVID.   We are proud to have supported over 20,000 patients, 60+ NHS organisations and research teams in Australia and the United Kingdom, and enabling access to an online public repository of support resources on https://c19-yrs.me/   However, we recognise the limited reach of our solution who are unable to access health services both here in the U.K. and internationally, and have some exciting news coming soon that aims to provide remote holistic support to anybody that needs it.   If you would like to hear more and join us on this journey, please contact us on open-oh@elaros.com   #longcovidawarenessday #longcovid #postcovidsyndrome