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If you (or someone you know) are using this time of year to finish off UCAS personal statements, it's important to think about the NHS values if applying for a healthcare course. Marcia, an admissions tutor from UWE, told us that you should: ▶ take your time ▶ do more than one draft ▶ familiarise yourself with the NHS Constitution and how your values and behaviour align You may also want to think about any work experience or volunteering you have done or experiences from your personal life such as caring friends or family. It can help you demonstrate why you're perfect for a healthcare course. Search 'NHS values'. Good luck. #UCASapplication #NHS

So glad that Rt. Hon. Wes Streeting MP has brought the issues that CQC inspections have had over last few years, to everyone’s attention so quickly. Inspections that do not represent the truth of quality and safety do not help anyone. I fully understand the size of the task to inspect so many services and facilities but the new CQC framework and ‘targeted process’ is at risk of being so minimal that it is too easy for organisations to play the game and stay off the radar. I’m already thinking about how much of our learning from leading internal ward accreditation programmes could be used to provide lessons and insights for future planning, especially in: 1) achieving real assurance vs reassurance, and 2) what happens if you cut corners with the process There are many insights that might be worth considering, all of which are totally scalable. Of course we all know if you don’t measure and monitor well you can’t manage well, and if you don’t have a valid baseline you can’t fully track the improvements you are introducing ✨ Thankful to see a well-rounded approach to change and improvement across our wonderful NHS 💙 #accreditations #QI #NHS #CQC

NHS Sussex has let GP practices know about their locally commissioned services cap for Q4 2023/24 and any impact it may have had on practices' income streams. The approach taken by the ICB to try to stay within its own LCS budget, involved requiring practices to reduce service delivery on some local service lines. Did the ICB consider that service delivery has fixed costs on the contractor's side, in particular staff wages, that cannot be scaled back as easily as service delivery can? Staff are at the heart of primary care and the largest cost to any GP Practice. Will GP practices start shying away from employing additional staff and increasing capacity when weighing up the long term commitment that comes with that employment, against the possibility of future short term budgetary caps being enforced, leaving them with unfunded staff costs? It is surely is not a sustainable way forward. British Medical Association Association of Independent Specialist Medical Accountants MHA Baker Tilly

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⁉️ GPs, are you ready for the changes to the death certification system ⁉️ 📢 From the 9th September the death certification system will change in two main ways for GPs in England & Wales. ⚱️These include changes to the medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD) and the need for a medical examiner (ME) to be involved in almost every death. 🙋🏽♀️'🙋🏻♂️The ME aims to put bereaved families at the centre of the process which opportunities to raise concerns or ask questions ✨The new system will also allow us to increase our learning around death providing mortality statistics for vital public health surveillance. ⌚ Our fabulous Royal College of General Practitioners e-learning team have developed a 30-minute module that explains the September 2024 changes to the role of the medical examiner in the death certification process and they outline the process by which a GP and an ME will communicate to facilitate the production of MCCD, and how this will work in straightforward and more complex cases. The course will also review the rules around what can and can’t be given as a cause of death, the circumstances in which direct referral to the coroner should be done, and the practical issues that may arise as the new system gets going. Access the course here ➡️https://bit.ly/3ALjQKt #TeamGP #KeepUpToDate #deathcertification #medicalexaminer

Organisations subject to the NHS DSPT. For 2023/2024 there are some changes that effect IT Suppliers (and others) to the NHS now have to complete Category 1 submission. This is catching some organisations out. (don't panic yet) you have until 30 June to submit. It does though include having your DSPT audited (following the prescribed guidance) which has to be submitted. 3 things. 1. If you need advice on what category of the DSPT you should be completing. 2. If you need support in completing the DSPT. 3. If are looking for the audit to be carried out. Contact us at: enquiries@dataprivacysimplified.co.uk Data Privacy Simplified Ltd BJM IG Privacy

Interesting article and one which has clearly worked in practice. Very similar in objective to my ongoing PhD thesis and this particular process was also researched by Grazia Antonacci et al (2018) "The use of process mapping in healthcare quality improvement projects". My concern is the underlying mechanism for reaching the desired outcome. Is it process mapping that is the magic wand or is there something else at work? Personally, I believe that process mapping merely creates an environment where the desired outcomes of joint working understanding can be nurtured. Process mapping in itself is no more a solution than any other collaborative tool. Indeed, process mapping in itself is a fairly in-depth task and not always appropriate for other problems where individuals or small teams need to be brought together. The question is about how we create shared understanding? Through shared experience. Shared experience of process mapping, shared experience of entity diagramming, or even just shared experience of discussing a problem over coffee. The point is that we need to work together in the experiential sense.. In an age where we rely so heavily on technology, there is no substitute for walking a mile in someone's shoes.

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Earlier in the month the NAEMT released an amendment to their previous position paper on Advanced Education for EMS Practitioners. Some have been labeling this as a reversal of their position on the NEMSAC Paramedic Practitioner proposal. It's most definitely not that (in fact they have not amended their position to NEMSAC, they are still publicly and factually opposed to the NEMSAC proposal) and anyone selling it as that didn't bother to read the amendment. What should matter even more to everyone who believes in EMS as a profession is that nowhere in this amended position paper do they advocate for degree requirements at any level nor do they advocate for advanced education within EMS. Yet again the NAEMT has put out a paper where they flat out say that if EMS practitioners want to advance their education or career then they should pursue an RN or PA. The message of the NAEMT remains clear as can be, if you want to be a professional who values higher education and views it as necessary to do your job, then you should leave the field of EMS. How is a stance as brazenly dismissive of EMS practitioners as this coming from the organization that claims to represent EMS in America? More to the point, why are so many of us ok with the NAEMTs continued belittling of the very people the organization is supposed to value and fight for?

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