Publications

Delivering a preventative mental health culture in Bury schools

A programme of mental health education in primary schools is having a significant impact in Bury schools.

2 August 2023

Cutting-edge LungVision bronchoscopic navigation system

Royal Preston aims to improve the accuracy of peripheral lung cancer diagnoses using the state-of-the-art LungVision bronchoscopic navigation system.

27 July 2023

Reducing the elective backlog

The urology team at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust reduced the backlog of patients waiting for a prostate procedure.

20 July 2023

Providing urgent health care at home for older people living with frailty

The Silver Triage initiative enables specialist geriatricians to provide advice to ambulance paramedics who are assessing older people.

18 July 2023

Identifying patients who have missed bowel cancer screening in Sussex

Breaking down regional data for Sussex into small areas has highlighted patients who have not taken up the offer of bowel cancer screening.

18 July 2023

Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICS Diabetes Prevention Programme

Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICS is exceeding the national targets for improving access to support for people at risk of type 2 diabetes.

13 July 2023

Network of electronic birth cohort studies

A data-gathering project in Bradford is preventing long-term health problems from becoming more complex in the future.

13 July 2023

Supporting early discharge from hospital through a trust-led virtual ward

Insights on how the Wandsworth and Merton hospital at home team set up one of the first community trust-led virtual wards in the country.

6 July 2023

Reducing the elective care backlog for people with a learning disability

Reducing health inequalities for people with a learning disability who need elective surgery.

29 June 2023

Brigstock Road Community Hub: face-to-face support for a diverse community

A new community hub in Croydon brings together statutory and voluntary bodies to offer face-to-face advice on anything from housing to mental health.

23 June 2023

Learning to Lead Together in Newcastle

A pioneering scheme is delivering leadership training that brings together different NHS organisations, the local authority and the voluntary sector.

23 June 2023

Using a bus to deliver vaccines to hard-to-reach groups

Kent and Medway ICS's expanded use of a ‘vaccine bus’ to also offer mini health checks has proved popular.

9 June 2023