Delivery guides which will enable trusts and urology networks to deliver measurable improvements in the care of their patients have been developed by GIRFT, working alongside more than 60 clinicians. The pathway delivery guides have been developed by urology groups for the GIRFT Academy, led by urologists Andrew Dickinson (University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust), Stephen […]
Updates
Research supports GIRFT recommendation to improve care for patients with acute kidney injury (AKI)
A landmark paper paving the way for NHS care to be improved for patients with post-hospitalisation acute kidney injury (AKI) has been published by the UK Renal Registry (UKRR) in collaboration with the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme. Centre variation in mortality following post-hospitalisation acute kidney injury: Analysis of a large national cohort […]
Series of webinars to focus on improving delivery of care for hospital dentistry patients
The Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme and the Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) at the Royal College of Surgeons are coming together for a series of three webinars to discuss how recommendations in the GIRFT national report for hospital dentistry can be used to improve care. The webinars in early 2022 will focus […]
Observational study aims to help teams prepare for future surges of COVID-19
A GIRFT study examining the profile and outcomes of people hospitalised with COVID-19 in the first and second waves of the pandemic has been published, aiming to help teams prepare for future case surges. COVID-19 hospital activity and in-hospital mortality during the first and second waves of the pandemic in England is published in BMJ […]