<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>NHS Confederation publications</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/_layouts/feed.aspx?xsl=1&amp;web=/Publications&amp;page=73c4cb6c-02e0-4163-9761-eb808fc6d2c5&amp;wp=3bda174e-b9cf-4633-8dcc-68142e2e94e0</link><description>Publications, reports and briefings</description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>The non-executive directors’ guide to hospital data part two: elective hospital admissions, waiting times and patient experience</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/briefings/Pages/ned-guide-hospital-data-part-2.aspx</link><description>Understanding your organisation’s data is an essential part of providing effective oversight. But data may not always give you the complete picture.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:29:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Service redesign case study: Redesigning maternity services in Sandwell and West Birmingham</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/reports/Pages/Service-redesign-case-study-Birmingham.aspx</link><description>This case study is part of a series designed to share good practice and lessons learned by local NHS organisations involved in major reviews of local health services.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:35:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Protecting healthcare workers from sharps injuries</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/briefings/Pages/protecting-workers-from-sharps-injuries.aspx</link><description>Regulations implementing EU law (the “Sharps Directive”) come into force across the UK on 11 May 2013.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:44:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Healthcare groups: an alternative to merger-mania?</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/briefings/Pages/Healthcare-groups-alternative-merger-mania.aspx</link><description>There is a growing consensus that NHS trusts in general, and the acute sector in particular, are about to enter a new phase of organisational consolidation.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 11:07:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ambition, challenge, transition: reflections on a decade of NHS commissioning</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/reports/Pages/ambition-challenge-transition.aspx</link><description>This report has been produced to mark the end of a significant period of transition for NHS commissioning.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:44:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Service redesign case study: Providing specialist emergency care in Northumbria</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/reports/Pages/emergency-care-northumbria.aspx</link><description>This case study is part of a series designed to share good practice and lessons learned by local NHS organisations involved in major reviews of local health services.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:35:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Service reconfiguration case study: Better Healthcare in Bucks</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/reports/Pages/service-reconfiguration-bucks.aspx</link><description>This case study is part of a series designed to share good practice and lessons learned by local NHS organisations involved in major reviews of local health services.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:46:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tough times, tough choices: being open and honest about NHS finance</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/reports/Pages/Tough-times-open-honest-finance-report.aspx</link><description>The NHS faces an unprecedented financial dilemma: the supply of funding is struggling to match the growing rate of demand for healthcare.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:45:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tough times, tough choices: an overview of NHS finances</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/Factsheets/Pages/Tough-times-overview-NHS-finances.aspx</link><description>This factsheet shows the scale of the financial challenge for the NHS.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:03:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tough times, tough choices: how does the NHS financial situation compare?</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/Factsheets/Pages/Tough-times-financial-compare.aspx</link><description>This factsheet looks at how NHS expenditure compares with other health systems abroad and examines how other countries are adapting to the financial constraints placed upon their health systems.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:03:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tough times, tough choices: being open and honest about NHS finance</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/briefings/Pages/Tough-times-open-honest-finance-briefing.aspx</link><description>The NHS faces an unprecedented financial dilemma: the supply of funding is struggling to match the growing rate of demand for healthcare.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:44:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Emergency preparedness, resilience and response: a guide for ambulance commissioners</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/briefings/Pages/EPRR-guide.aspx</link><description>Ambulance services play a critical role in the national infrastructure for emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR).</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:45:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Transforming local care: community healthcare rises to the challenge</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/briefings/Pages/Transforming-local-care.aspx</link><description>This briefing shows how the community health sector is driving the transformation of local care systems.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:45:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Service redesign case study: Healthier Together - the Greater Manchester experience</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/reports/Pages/Case-study-Greater-Manchester.aspx</link><description>This case study is part of series designed to share learning from local NHS organisations that have or are currently undertaking successful service reconfigurations.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:00:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Service redesign case study: The Southern Health acquisition of Ridgeway</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/reports/Pages/Case-study-Southern-Health.aspx</link><description>This case study is part of a series designed to share learning from local NHS organisations that have or are currently undertaking successful service reconfigurations.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:00:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Trust me... I'm a leader</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/leadership/Pages/trust-me-im-a-leader.aspx</link><description>This paper, the second in a series which explores in detail the needs of future healthcare leaders in the new system, is written by Dr Clare Gerada.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:00:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The non-executive directors’ guide to hospital data part one: Activity, pathways and datasets</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/briefings/Pages/ned-guide-hospital-data.aspx</link><description>Understanding your organisation's data is an essential part of providing effective oversight. This briefing will help non-executive directors better understand NHS data and how it can be used to determine what is going on in their hospital.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:42:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lessons from Europe: provider governance</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/briefings/Pages/lessons-from-europe.aspx</link><description>This Briefing outlines key insights from a 'Lessons from Europe' seminar that examined the impact of recent reforms in hospital governance in Spain and the Netherlands.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:00:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Making it better? Assuring high-quality care in the NHS</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/discussion-paper/Pages/making-it-better.aspx</link><description>The Francis report painted a shocking picture of appalling standards of patient care. This paper aims to start a constructive debate, leading to concrete proposals about how to tackle these issues.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:03:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NHS Sport and Health - a winning team</title><link>http://www.nhsconfed.org/Publications/briefings/Pages/sport-and-health.aspx</link><description>This briefing outlines how the NHS can work in partnership with local sporting bodies to harness the expertise, profile and attraction of sport clubs to reach greater numbers of people and promote sport as a way to improve people’s health.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:00:23 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>