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National Standards, Local Action: Health and Social care Standards and Planning Framework 2005/05 -2007/08
Department of Health (21 July 2004)
This document sets out a standard-based planning framework for health and social care and standards for NHS care to be used in planning, commissioning and delivering services. It covers the core and development standards covering NHS health care and the health and social care planning framework and targets for 2005-2008.
What’s the evidence that NICE guidance has been implemented? Results from a national evaluation using time series analysis, audit of patient notes and interviews
British Medical Journal (Sheldon et al 2004; 329: 999)
“The objective of this paper is to assess the extent and pattern of implementation of guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). NICE aims to improve standards of care for patients and reduce inequalities in access to innovative treatments. It is hoped that guidance from NICE will lead to the rapid and systematic uptake of evidence based medicine into routine practice. This paper presents the results of a national evaluation examining the pattern of implementation of NICE guidance by healthcare organisations.”
Is NICE delivering the goods?
Nick Freemantle , British Medical Journal (2004; 329: 1003-1004)
“Those concerned with the ability of organisations such as the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) to influence clinical practice in line with their guidance will read this paper with great interest. But what conclusions can we draw from it? If NICE was an unqualified success, clinical practice in the NHS would reflect its guidance—so use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators would have gone up smartly, laparoscopic hernia repair would have stopped, and so on. This was demonstrably not the case...”
The Scottish Medicines Consortium
“The remit of the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) is to provide advice to NHS Boards and their Area Drug and Therapeutics Committees across Scotland about the status of all newly licensed medicines, all new formulations of existing medicines and any major new indications for established products (licensed from January 2002). The remit of SMC excludes the assessment of vaccines, branded generics, blood products and diagnostic drugs. The review of medicines containing devices will be confined to those licensed as medicines by the MHRA/EMEA.”
Payment by Results
1st February 2006, Burlington Hotel, Birmingham
” What’s happening on the PbR scene? Overcoming the timeline challenges to successfully move forwards Since the Payment by Results (PbR) conception two years ago, there have been numerous methods of its implementation in different Trusts, however not all have been complete success stories. This PbR roll out is set to continue, with Mental Health and Ambulance Trusts next on the list for consideration, obviously bringing not only a new set of problems but also new opportunities.”
Managing the financial implications of NICE guidance
The Audit Commission, September 2005
“This report highlights the financial management challenges that NHS bodies face when implementing NICE guidance, and makes practical recommendations for strengthening financial management arrangements to support improved implementation of NICE guidance in the future.”
The New General Medical Services Contract
NHS Employers (taken from web-site on 25/11/05)
“The new General Medical Services (GMS) contract 2003 (blue book) was the product of negotiations between the General Practitioners Committee and senior NHS service representatives, negotiating for the NHS Confederation. The NHS Confederation negotiated on behalf of the Departments of Health in England and Northern Ireland and the devolved administrations in Wales and Scotland . From 1 April 2004 , the blue book has been implemented throughout the UK.”
National Programme for IT Delivers New Software to Support Quality Patient Care
NHS Connecting for Health (taken from web-site on 25/11/05)
“The National Programme for IT has delivered a new software system designed to help reward doctors for quality patient care, Health Minister John Hutton announced today. The Quality Management and Analysis System is a web-based tool which will provide some 9000 GP practices across 303 Primary Care Trusts with evidence and feedback on their quality of patient care. The new General Medical Services Contract for GPs - introduced in April - meant a special payment system was needed to support the contract's Quality and OutcomesFramework.”
2002/015 Press Release: NICE recommends trastuzumab (Herceptin) for advanced breast cancer
National Institute of Clinical Excellence (July, 2005)
NICE Chief Executive Andrew Dillon, said, “We understand the importance of ensuring that the NHS has access to timely advice about effective treatments, particularly for cancer where time is always of the essence for patients and their families. We are pleased that the Department of Health has asked us to develop guidance on trastuzumab. This drug is not currently licensed for the treatment of early breast cancer; and how soon guidance can be produced will depend on when it is granted a licence for this indication.”
2005 Winner of HSJ award for implementing NICE Guidance
Hull and East Riding Clinical Policy Forum
2005 HSJ award finalist
Knowsley PCT Schizophrenia Guidelines
“The objective of this web site is to ensure full implementation of NICE Guidance in relation to schizophrenia in both the medical and pharmacological management of the condition and in the promotion of both recovery and social inclusion for those who have experienced this condition. You will find contained within this website a wealth of information relating to the management of schizophrenia, the testimonies of individuals who experience schizophrenia, and the configuration and contact details of a range of services operating in the borough of Knowsley specializing in mental illness and the wider health and social care arena.”
