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News items are updated frequently and consist of news from NEQOS, contributed items from our partner organisations and national items of news relating to quality and quality measurement.
£260 million invested in patient safety plans
Responding to the Francis report, which called on the NHS to make better use of technology to improve safe, effective care, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has today announced a new £260 million fund for hospitals....
Improving cardiovascular disease outcomes: strategy
The Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy provides advice to local authority and NHS commissioners and providers about actions to improve cardiovascular disease outcomes....
Mid Staffs Final Report published
The final report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry was published on Wednesday 6 February 2013....
NHS Safety Thermometer CQUIN 2013/14 Guidance published
The 2013/14 CQUIN guidance for the NHS Safety Thermometer has now been published and is available for download on the 'Harmfree care' website....
National Bowel Cancer Audit 2012 Annual Report published
The National Bowel Cancer Audit 2012 Annual Report closely follows the 2011 Supplementary Report and again uses audit data linked with HES data to improve the audit findings....
Cancer survival rates in England improving
The second annual report - Improving outcomes: a strategy for cancer - published on 11 December shows survival rates in England are improving.
The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, pledged to make England among the best in Europe at tackling the top five killers - cancer, stroke and heart, respiratory and liver disease.
Click here to see the press release and access the full report.
First report under the auspices of the new national stroke audit published
The first report under the auspices of the new national stroke audit, the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP), has been published....
New research reveals true regional picture of end of life care
Wide variations in the quality of end of life care across the country were revealed in statistics published today by the Office of National Statistics....
NHS Outcomes Framework 2013 to 2014 – focus on measuring health outcomes
The NHS Outcomes Framework 2013 to 2014 sets out the outcomes and corresponding indicators that will be used to hold the NHS Commissioning Board to account for improvements in health outcomes, as part of the government’s mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board....
More transparency to drive up NHS safety
The Secretary of State for Health has published new data showing the number of NHS 'never events' reported over the last two years and has highlighted fresh action to improve care.
To see the full release on the Department of Health website click here