Parental Rights, Best Interests and Significant Harms: A Comparative Perspective on Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Children
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS - Parental Rights, Best Interests and Significant Harms: A Comparative Perspective on Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Children This collection has been inspired by the decision of the Court of Appeal in Great Ormond Street Hospital v Yates [2017] (the “Charlie Gard case”) and the case of Alfie Evans (Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust v Evans and James [2018] EWHC 308 (Fam)).  In these cases, the English courts affirmed the best interests test as both the basis for judicial intervention in parental decision-making in medical matters and the test to be applied i...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - July 14, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs

Internal transfer scheme to improve nurse retention: case study
NHS Employers -In this case study, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust shares how it tackled its high rate of nurse leavers. It explores how the trust introduced two unique nurse-led initiatives, resulting in a reduction of the nursing vacancy rate by 50 per cent. It features key learning points, looks at how the trust overcame certain challenges, and highlights guidance which may be useful for organisations seeking to address retention of the workforce.Case studyNHS Employers - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 22, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Google ’ s Masterplan for Healthcare
Verily, Calico, Deepmind, more than 150 patents in life sciences and countless collaborations with pharma companies. The search engine’s parent company, Alphabet takes its move into healthcare and medicine seriously. We looked thoroughly at what Google in healthcare looks like. My Apple health chatbot referred me to the Amazon hospital where I got Google drugs It’s 2030, a rainy Tuesday morning in downtown Seattle. While my self-driving car is taking me to a digital health symposium, I’m working on my keynote speech. Suddenly I receive a notification from my Apple health chatbot, Miri. The sensors measured my blood...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 19, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine Genomics AI calico digital health genetics google google deepmind Healthcare Innovation longevity research tech technology verily Source Type: blogs

Start Well - Stay Well: a new model to support new starters
NHS Employers - This case study explores how the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) designed the Start Well: Stay Well model to ensure new starters feel part of the team from the start of their employment journey, and that they continue to be engaged throughout their time with CUH.Case studyMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 11, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Redesigning care delivery: building the team around the patient
NHS Employers - This case study looks at the work of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Chesterfield Royal) in using new models of care to overcome workforce supply challenges.Case studyMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 11, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Freedom to Speak Up: guidance for NHS trust and NHS foundation trust boards
NHS Improvement - Effective speaking up arrangements protect patients and improve the experience of NHS workers. This guidance contributes to the need, set out by Sir Robert Francis in his Freedom to Speak Up review, to develop a more open and supportive culture that encourages staff to speak up about any issues of patient care, quality or safety. The accompanying self-review tool supports the standards laid out in the guidance. It supports trusts' review around the eight key lines of enquiry set out in the well-led framework.Guidance and tool (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 8, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Leadership and leadership development Patient safety Regulation, governance and accountability Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Retention from an organisational development perspective
NHS Employers - How did University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust focus on staff retention? This case study features key learning points, discusses how the trust overcame certain challenges, and highlights a number of additional resources which may be useful for organisations seeking to address retention of the workforce.Case study (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - April 23, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

New initiatives to support staff retention
NHS Employers - In this joint case study working with NHS Improvement, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust shares how it has introduced a number of new initiatives to support staff retention. The case study features key learning points, explores how the trust overcame certain challenges, and highlights a number of additional resources which may be useful to organisations looking to develop an approach to workforce retention.Case studyMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - April 4, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

How much can what we eat help inflammatory bowel disease?
Speaking at the event, Dr Alan Desmond, Consultant Gastroenterologist at South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK, suggested that active Crohn’s Disease (CD) can be successfully reversed by adopting a Whole Food Plant Based Diet (WFPBD). He cited data from two trials which have shown diets like the WFPBD, which restricts animal protein, animal fat, omega-6 PUFAs, dairy, emulsifiers and food additives while providing dietary fibre can bring improvements in people with Crohn’s in just six weeks. Patients in the trials obtained 50% of caloric intake from an enteral formula (an artificial ‘complete nutritionâ...
Source: Nursing Comments - March 13, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: M1gu3l Tags: Nutrition Source Type: blogs

Digital Health Best Practices For Policy Makers: A Free Report
Where should the line be drawn when deciding whether or not to adopt disruptive technologies? As digital health brings up plenty of ethical questions, legal issues, and safety concerns, The Medical Futurist Institute decided to collect the best examples of how governments worldwide tried to adopt digital health. We hope it inspires other policy-makers to take the first steps in shaping their healthcare regulations. Our common goal is to arrive at a better future of healthcare Disruptive technologies spread around like wildfire, but healthcare systems are crumbling under the pressure of problems and changes. So, The Medical...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 1, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Digital Health Research Healthcare Policy digital health strategy digital innovation future health policy Medicine technology Source Type: blogs

Using mobile technology to reduce agency spend
NHS Employers - This case study describes how Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has significantly reduced their agency spend by developing an app which allows locums to easily self-roster.Case study (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - November 3, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS finances and productivity Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Staff'be the change' for quality improvement
NHS Employers - This case study looks at how Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has used innovative staff involvement techniques to help all staff improve quality of patient care. Beginning as an initiative solely for medical staff engagement, it has now been adopted across the organisation.Case study (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - November 3, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Reducing agency spend through a collaborative mobile app
NHS Employers - This case study describes how Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has maximised the take up of bank shifts through development of a mobile app allowing clinicians to self select shifts.Case studyNHS Employers news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 13, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: New technologies Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Encouraging speaking up through trust wide engagement
NHS Employers - This case study outlines how York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust improved their levels of staff engagement across multiple sites and promoted awareness about raising concerns and the role of the Freedom to Speak Up guardian.Case studyNHS Employers news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - August 2, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs