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Stick to the facts
— [roundtable discussion about using evidence to improve productivity and efficiency] | | Author(s) | Daloni Carlisle |
| Journal title | Health Service Journal, no 6206, 13 May 2010 |
| Pages | pp 26-31 |
| Source | www.hsj.co.uk |
| Keywords | Health services ; National Health Service ; Efficiency ; Conference proceedings. |
| Annotation | A roundtable of nine experts were brought together to discuss the use of evidence to improve productivity and efficiency within the National Health Service (NHS). What is known is that evidence should be used to inform best practice and care. What is less known about is what constitutes the best evidence, what does best practice look like, and how can clinicians be persuaded to adopt it. This discussion took place under the shadow of the general election and the over-riding concern about the national deficit, where £6 billion worth of cuts need to be found during the coming year by the incoming government. The role of NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) and its work to produce NHS Evidence (a web portal launched in April 2009) featured prominently in the discussion. NHS Evidence allows everyone working in health and social care to access a wide range of health information to help them deliver quality patient care. It was concluded with the hope that NHS Evidence will become the regular source of information for clinicians and commissioners, and will be "embedded into local IT systems and easy to access". (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100520211 A |
| Classmark | L: L4: 5HA: 6M * |
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