A new stroke toolkit developed by RightCare – in partnership with GIRFT and the National Stroke Programme – is now available to download. The toolkit highlights the priorities in stroke prevention, identification, acute care, and rehabilitation, as identified in the National Stroke Service Model (NSSM), the GIRFT national report for stroke and Integrated Community Stroke […]
Updates
Latest GIRFT data released on Model Health System supports teams to improve care of inpatients with diabetes
Data to enable NHS trusts and systems to understand how they care for people with diabetes while in hospital – and help them target improvements accordingly – has been published on the Model Health System (MHS) by the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) team. A range of metrics looking at diabetes care, amputations, surgical […]
GIRFT guidance supports better care pathways for children with abdominal pain to reduce unnecessary surgery
Guidance to further drive a national reduction in the number of children having their appendix removed unnecessarily and ensure consistent standards of care is now available to NHS teams in England. A cross-specialty group of 35 clinicians – drawn from specialist and non-specialist centres, and including nurses with interests in pain, surgery, community care and […]
Royal College of Surgeons webinar on the use of surgical hubs to tackle elective backlog
Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Chair Professor Tim Briggs is joining a panel of experts to discuss the case for expanding the use of surgical hubs to help tackle the elective backlog, in a webinar hosted by the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS). The webinar – The case for surgical hubs – takes place […]