Professor Steve Field, Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care, said: “Our review of health and social care services in the county found that older people had varied experiences of health and social care services. There were variations in what was available to them depending on where they lived, which meant that people’s experiences of care and the support they received were inconsistent.
Letter. We were delighted to read the recent Postgraduate Medical Journal article by Gillen et al 1 describing their explorative findings in relation to Kate Granger’s #hellomynameis campaign.2 Introducing oneself by name, along with an explanation of one’s role, is key to a positive introduction by healthcare professionals to patients, but this is often omitted.2 The ‘#hellomynameis…’ campaign was founded by Dr Kate Granger, following her experiences as a patient. She found that healthcare professionals rarely introduced themselves to her, leading Kate to feel that this missing ‘basic step in communication’ was ‘incredibly wrong’.2 Gillen and his colleagues in Ireland1 point out that there has been little research to examine how doctors (or other healthcare professionals) introduce themselves to patients. Our approach was slightly different: volunteer medical students ….... To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Open access. The positive deviance approach seeks to identify and learn from those who demonstrate exceptional performance. This study sought to explore how multidisciplinary teams deliver exceptionally safe care on medical wards for older people.
One in 4 adults experiences a mental health condition in any given year, and mental health conditions are the largest single cause of disability in the UK. This report considers how NICE’s evidence-based guidance can contribute to improvements in the care of people with mental health conditions.
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An implementation of Crev as a command line tool integrated with cargo. This tool helps Rust users evaluate the quality and trustworthiness of their package dependencies.