One of the first clinical leads to be appointed to the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme is stepping down from his role heading the vascular surgery workstream. Professor Mike Horrocks has been praised for his dedication and achievements as he retires to spend more time with his family. Mike joined GIRFT as a […]
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Guidance on high volume cataract lists and hubs aims to improve patient care post-COVID
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) and Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) have jointly produced a new document offering guidance and recommendations for setting up cataract hubs and high volume cataract lists, to improve help patient care post-COVID. Ophthalmology is the highest volume outpatient specialty in England, providing over 7.5 million outpatient appointments a […]
New guidance helps healthcare systems get back on track with cardiovascular disease prevention
A new practical guide is helping teams in healthcare systems across England to overcome disruption in work to prevent cardiovascular disease (including stroke, heart disease and vascular dementia) caused by COVID-19. The guidance – a collaboration between the Oxford Academic Health Science Network (Oxford AHSN), the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme and the […]
GIRFT authors’ study into COVID-19 mortality published in The Lancet
A new paper published in The Lancet (Respiratory Medicine) shows that the rate of in-hospital deaths from COVID-19 in NHS hospitals in England fell during the first wave of the pandemic as a result of rapid learning by clinicians leading to improved treatment of patients. The study, entitled Patient factors and temporal trends associated with […]