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National Vascular Registry (NVR) short report on COVID-19 March 2021 Update

Friday, 14 May, 2021

Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the provision of vascular surgery in the UK National Health Service.

This short report on COVID-19 is an update following the report published by NVR in November 2020. It presents results on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on provision of NHS vascular care in the UK, and its potential impact on short-term surgical outcomes. 

In this short report, we present preliminary results on the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the provision of NHS vascular care in the UK and its potential impact on short-term surgical outcomes. The analysis covered: (a) patients who had a repair procedure for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA); (b) patients who had carotid endarterectomy, and (c) patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) who had either lower limb revascularisation (endovascular / bypass surgery) or major amputation.

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National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA) 2021

Friday, 14 May, 2021

NHS Maternity Care for Women with a Body Mass Index of 30 kg/m2 or Above Births between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2017 in England, Wales and Scotland.

This report focuses on the maternal and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women with body mass index (BMI) of 30 or above who gave birth between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2017, compared with those of women with BMI in the range 18.5–24.9. Women with BMI of 30 or above have a higher risk of complications antenatally, intrapartum and postnatally than women with a BMI in the healthy range. Nevertheless, approximately one-third of these women have a pregnancy and birth without complication. 

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Adult Safeguarding Guide - by Paul Osman

Wednesday, 14 April, 2021

•Safeguarding is defined as protecting an adult’s RIGHT TO LIVE IN SAFETY, FREE FROM ABUSE OR NEGLECT.  It applies to an adult aged 18 or above who:

•Has needs for care and support

•Is experiencing or at risk of neglect; and

•As a result of those care and support needs is unable to protect themselves from either the risk of or experience of abuse or neglect

The data in the presentation derives from:

Online training course on Safeguarding Adults from the Essex Safeguarding Academy 

Online training course on Safeguarding Adult Review (SAR) from the Essex Safeguarding Academy 

2 Days training course on Management Responsibilities for Safeguarding Adults from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Safeguarding Board

Action for Family Carers Adult Safeguarding Policy and Procedure

Action for Family Carers Safeguarding Children Policy and Procedure

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The National Cardiac Audit Programme (NCAP) 2020 Annual Report for Patients and the Public

Friday, 11 December, 2020

This patient report is designed as a companion to the 2020 National Cardiac Audit Programme (NCAP) report produced by the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR), which has been carrying out national cardiac audits on behalf of the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) since 2011. NICOR is hosted by Barts Health NHS Trust.

The primary aim of NCAP is to support and drive quality improvement within hospitals. For this reason our annual report is aimed at those with some level of clinical knowledge. This patient report is intended to be accessible to all patients, family members, carers and members of the public.

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Patient - registered to receive care

Tuesday, 27 October, 2020

National Voices was asked by NHS England and Improvement to explore the experience of waiting for care. We wanted to understand how waits, delays and cancellations impact on people and their families, particularly those living with long term and multiple conditions.

This insight work was commissioned as part of a review of care standards (waiting time targets) for elective care, in the winter before the Covid-19 outbreak. Currently people using the NHS have rights to treatment via the NHS Constitution and for many services there are waiting standards, including the 18 week waiting time for consultant-led treatment.

Read the report to find out the three steps for improving the experience of patients while they wait for elective services

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The Bigger Picture: Learning from two decades of changing NHS care

Wednesday, 21 October, 2020

An understanding of the past helps us to prepare for the future. In this, the REAL Centre's first report, we look back at the care and treatment provided by the NHS in England over the past two decades – as measured by health care activity.  Measures of activity – what the NHS does – form the basis of much NHS planning.  Together with measures of quality, these are used as proxies for understanding the contribution the NHS makes to population health. Understanding the drivers of this activity is therefore crucial to service and resource planning.

In this report, we provide a framework for understanding the drivers of health care activity. We describe how supply and demand side factors interact, and how policy can influence the care the NHS provides. We look at the overall trends in activity and how specific services have changed. Where possible, we estimate the proportion of any change that can be explained by four demographic factors: population size, age, gender, and proximity to death. We then explore what drives the remaining change, unexplained by demography.

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