Barbara Stuttle CBE National Clinical Lead (Nursing) NHS Connecting for Health Health Informatics and the Chronic Conditions
Health Care Today Changes in the NHS Landscape Your Health, Your Care, Your Say Practice base Commissioning Care in the Community Changing ownership and focus in community and Mental Health Services
Everyday in the NHS 836,000 people consult their GP or Practice Nurse There are 50,000 visits to A & E There are 114,000 emergency admissions There are 19,000 call to NHS direct 73,000 adults receive NHS dental treatment 389,000 people receive care in the community 124,000 people attend outpatient clinics There are 44,000 elective (planned) admissions There are 7,000 visits to walk-in-centre
Vision for the Future More choice and control for patients on their own health and care A health service designed around the patient Secure access to up-to-date, accurate information for diagnosis, treatment and care Easier access for patients to their own health and care information A more modern and effective NHS
Benefits for Everyone Better communications between primary and secondary care Fewer errors due to illegal handouts Patient only asked once Information only needs to be keyed in once
The Role of NHS Connecting for Health Tools to enable professional clinical practice Patient and care focused Patient safe and effective practice prescribing knowledge decision support, care pathways, evidence based care Supporting new ways of working enabling the process multi-professional and multi-agency working
The Future