Research shows that despite frequent evaluations, a lot remains unknown about the quality of municipal health and care services.

Objectives Colonoscopy is central to colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Success of CRC screening is dependent on colonoscopy quality. The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) offers biennial ...

Care Quality Commission ... mental health services for adults of working age as good following an inspection in June that found improvement in both services. Both services are run by Avon and ...

The AHA Living Learning Network is launching the Quality Exchange, a virtual collaborative for health care quality and patient safety professionals at hospitals and health systems.

The HSJ Provider Summit gives NHS chief executives the opportunity to share and learn solutions, and receive support, and insight on how they can develop their organisations; both by improving patient ...

Gray said the Scottish Government’s new plan is “ambitious but realistic” for delivering a more accessible NHS, reducing long waits and addressing the pressures in the system. The Operational ...

A remarkable turnaround in a failing out of hours GP service has been praised by NHS Forth Valley 's ... provide cover when needed. The improvement plan to redesign the service was overseen ...

A software provider has been fined £3m over a ransomware attack that disrupted critical NHS services and put the data of tens of thousands of patients at risk. The Information Commissioner's ...

He was speaking at a workshop on ‘NIRF Ranking: A Tool for Self-Assessment and Quality Improvement’, here on Tuesday. The workshop was jointly organised by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell ...

The Care Quality Commission ... remains rated as requires improvement. Helen Rawlings, interim director of network operations in the midlands, said: When we inspected maternity services at Nottingham ...

and NHS England London region Specialised Commissioning, as co-commissioners. The decision comes after a rigourous process, including a public consultation and extensive work with clinicians to ...