SPOTLIGHT ON NHS BOARDS’ BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICES
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
REVIEW FINDS CLINICAL SERVICES PERFORMING WELL AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS
Scotland can further improve on a record low number of adverse blood transfusion events by ensuring that transfusions are only conducted by staff who have been adequately trained and that patient identification is improved, a new report from NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) has found.
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Within the Health Services Research & Effectiveness Unit of NHS QIS we offer a range of resources including short evidence notes, systematic reviews, rapid assessments and health technology assessments (HTA), to aid policy formation at a national and local level. This newsletter looks at issues that arose at the recent 5th Annual Meeting of HTAinternational (HTAi) held in Montreal in July – plus other news stories from our unit that we think will be of interest to you.
HTA Today - Autumn newsletter (PDF, 821K, 1min 10secs)
PIRAMHIDS - Positive and Innovative Resource: A Mental Health Interactive Database (Scotland)
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Take the credit and share your care.
Positive and Innovative Resource: A Mental Health Interactive Database (Scotland) - www.piramhids.com
The PIRAMHIDS website was launched on 5 September 2008 at the conference - Delivering Better Mental Health - The Nursing Contribution.
NHS QIS is now actively seeking submissions of positive and innovative practice in mental health to be considered for inclusion on the website. Contact David Thomson, Mental Health Project Manager (dthomson2@nhs.net) for further information and submission guidelines.
PIRAMHIDS leaflet (PDF, 87K, 11secs)
Call for National Transfer Service for Pregnant Women
Sunday, 27 July 2008
Scotland should examine whether a national service to co-ordinate the transfer of pregnant women who are in labour or close to giving birth should be established, a new report from NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) said today (Sunday).
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
Thursday, 12 June 2008
A powerpoint presentation is now available that accompanied a meeting and talk on Monday 19 May from Dr Jill Sanders, the Director of the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), discussing CADTH, its history and development, its role in the Canadian healthcare system and lessons learnt.
Thursday, 5 June 2008
The HandsOnScotland website is one year old on 6 June 2008. Over the past year there have been over 20,000 visitors to the site.
Quality Of Out-Of-Hours Services Shows
Monday, 12 May 2008
The report follows on the back of NHS QIS's review of services in 2006 which found out-of-hours services were in a state of change, due in part to the infancy of the arrangements. In order to promote continuous quality improvement in the out-of-hours service, NHS QIS initiated a speedy follow-up process, the result of which is this report.
NHS QIS eNews - Issue 21 - April 2008
Sunday, 6 April 2008