From the Guardian on March 30th, something important for Essex:
Essex public sector organisations form new health company
Five NHS trusts, a county council and university have formed a private company to help deliver more integrated health and social care in Essex.
Basildon and Thurrock university hospitals, Mid Essex hospital services, the Princess Alexandra hospital in Harlow, Southend university hospital, South Essex partnership university, Essex county council and Anglia Ruskin University have formed the Anglia Ruskin Health Partnership.
The company will serve a population of more than 2 million people and will manage an overall annual budget of more than ?2bn. By collaborating, the partnership hopes to identify areas that would benefit from collaborative working and improve standards of care…..
Alrthough one person left a comment saying:
Strange, considering the article, that no such ‘company’ appears to be registered either at Companies House or as a CIC.
The article goes on to say:
It has outlined six initial projects that it will work on:
? A standardised electronic patient record which would provide daily assurance of the quality of care received by in-patients using an iPad prototype that allows bedside documentation.
? Patient care and the net promoter score which will look at effective ways of capturing patient feedback using a single agreed package.
? Nurse/midwife/social care team leaders ? to develop an integrated programme for newly qualified, talented graduates (but flexible enough to allow entry for others), the aim being to produce well-trained ward sisters, managers and team leaders across both the NHS and social care.
? Establishing across the partnership an agreed pattern of integrated care and protocols across health and social care for the elderly.
? Creating an electronic passport for staff that records mandatory training and other training which avoids further repetitive, time-wasting training every time a member of staff moves employment from one hospital to another.
? Exploring potential areas of shared backroom services, particularly the high volume transaction services.
Full article here.