Wednesday, 10 February 2016

Free healthcare funded by goodwill

Helen Leswell    08:05    No comments
"I’ve never seen the NHS so stressed. It’s fuelled by the goodwill of its workforce, rather than financial investment. But this goodwill is drying up. You see it, feel it, hear it everywhere. These people are tired and fed up. And without them, the NHS is broken." Jeremy Hunt is an extremely clever...

Thursday, 7 May 2015

How to take Portable Chest X-rays

Helen Leswell    08:45    2 comments
Portable Chest X-rays are nearly always taken AP (Anterior Posterior) with the imaging cassette behind the patient's back in a bed or chair. This is usually due to the patient being too unwell to come to department. Ideally, all X-rays are departmental PA films, this is because of radiation risk to...

Friday, 2 May 2014

The Importance of Regulation of Healthcare Services

Helen Leswell    15:28    1 comment
“You have the right to expect NHS bodies to monitor, and make efforts to  improve continuously, the quality of healthcare they commission or provide. This  includes improvements to the safety, effectiveness and experience of services” –  The NHS Constitution  Figure 1. WHO...

Friday, 28 March 2014

Clinical Governance - Auditing

Helen Leswell    03:19    No comments
Clinical Governance is the NHS's focus on constantly improving care through research and audits. The NHS have an obligation to account for the quality of their services through systematic and critical analysis of the standards of their clinical care. They are accountable to fix any deficiencies within...

Monday, 24 March 2014

Radiography Structure and Roles

Helen Leswell    10:57    1 comment
The Four Tier model in Radiography states there are four main roles within a Radiography Department since the Agenda for Change enforced pay-band changes (Employees were to be paid according to their skill and competence, rather than their professional status). Assistant Practitioner -...

User Involvement

Helen Leswell    10:10    No comments
User involvement has become a fundamental aspect since the Health and Social Care Act stated NHS reformation due to the Francis, Keogh and Berwick Reports. The NHS constitution states the rights of the patient, what the NHS promises to provide and what patients should expect from the NHS. "The...

Structure and services of the NHS

Helen Leswell    08:01    No comments
The structure of the NHS is so that service users are at the centre of everything we do. There's the Governmental sections: Department of Health - Creators of policies, legislation, law  Parliament - Passes these laws The Non-Departmental and Regulatory Bodies: NHS England -...
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