Care Pathway

Why don't people appear to care? It's all about numbers

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 08:13

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Care and Compassion - the Ombudsman's report on the elderlyThe Parliamentary Ombudsman for Health, Ann Abraham, today published a report containing 10 examples where care fails the elderly (jump to press release)

You can download a PDF of the Report "Care and Compassion" by clicking the title

New Care and Clinical Pathways

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 20:53

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Our understanding of what works, and the demographic needs of a constantly changing population, means that the best care pathway of a few years ago is now inefficient and in need of change.

Practice-Based Commissioning - engaging GPs and the public

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Wed, 10/08/2008 - 11:47

the problem PCTs have a requirement to get GP practices engaged with the commissioning process, for two reasons:

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Long-Term conditions (Diabetes) – Value for Money.

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 21:14

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Review of a diabetes Locally Enhanced Service which identified the cost-benefit of the LES and worked with GPs to improve this.

Process Redesign using Care Pathway Simulator

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Mon, 02/27/2006 - 16:00

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Simon Dodds, a surgeon in Good Hope Hospital, developed an excellent piece of software to model the flow of patients/service users through a care pathway given constraints of staffing, equipment and facilities.

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If I were running the country - encouraging business

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 09:33

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Minimum wage

Fantasy government - what would I do if I were in government?  Well how about reduce corporation tax, increase income tax, increase minimum wage and invest in job creation in the regions?  That would be a good start - create jobs where there are workers, then make sure that the right amount of tax is collected and at the same time reduce spend on benefits which are only used to increase profits of selfish organisations.

Would it work?  Have your say.

PwC Report on the Current State of Project Management

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 10:44

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PwC Project Management ReportPwC found that successful companies are getting more mature in their project management ability.  This raises the game – successful companies have lower costs from fewer failed projects, and less successful companies have to work harder to catch up.  There are some important lessons to take this report for everyone – Read more…

Joy instead of tedium

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Fri, 05/10/2013 - 21:04

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The Office

Every office has them - the tasks that have to be done that nobody likes doing.  Whether it's the audit, the wages, standard letters, whatever it is - someone has to do it and it feels like a waste of time and money.

Why should you care?

So you employ somebody, so why do you care about how tedious the task is? Well they are costing money, to do something that could be done far more effectively.

Learning from the Past

Submitted by HugoM on Fri, 05/10/2013 - 20:27

Evidence for service improvement

Many public service changes have little basis in evidence. Their success (or otherwise) does not appear to depend on how 'good' the policy itself is, but rather on how it has been implemented. This relies on staff attitudes and relationships. My research falls into a number of broad categories: finding out what is currently happening; what people think about it; and what people think it will mean.

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Consumer Price Index (CPI) Calculator for SROI

Submitted by Hugo_Minney on Tue, 04/16/2013 - 10:05

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CPI components

When calculating a Social Return on Investment (SROI) evaluation or SROI forecast , sometimes you have to rely on published figures from reports.  But if these are from a few years ago, then they probably need adjusting for inflation.

There are calculators on the web to do this for you, but I found them cumbersome and it was difficult to keep a record of what calculator I'd used, and how, for which value - auditability and transparency is vital for SROI.  So here's a spreadsheet to do this properly!

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