PRSB’s response to the HSIB’s report on variations in the delivery of palliative care services
On 13 July, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) published a report stating that health and care services in England are not always able to provide individualised, equitable and co-ordinated palliative and end-of-life care to meet the holistic needs of people and their families. There is also limited information to help the public and health […]
PRSB responds to The Paterson Inquiry recommendations 2021
The government have accepted the recommendations of the Paterson Inquiry following the actions of former surgeon, Ian Paterson, who was sentenced to 20 years in jail after performing unsafe and sometimes unnecessary operations on hundreds of women.
The PRSB welcomes all of the Inquiry’s recommendations which include a national framework for managing patient recall procedures, a multi-disciplinary meeting where everyone has access to the patient’s results and treatment options and the introduction of a short period into consenting procedures to allow patients time to reflect on their diagnosis and options.
PRSB responds to the ‘People at the Heart of Care: adult social care reform white paper’
The PRSB welcomes the Government’s pledge in the new White Paper for adult social care to speed up adoption of digital tools and make better use of data to promote safe, sustainable, high quality social care.
‘People at the Heart of Care’ commits to £150 million new funds for technology; it recognises the role of information standards for advancing interoperability across social care, sees the importance of linking health service and local authority data and promises that 80% of social care providers will have a digital care record in place that can connect to a shared care record by 2024. Its proposed digital hub and skills passport for staff is a welcome idea.
PRSB response to NHSX Digital Clinical Safety Strategy
PRSB welcomes NHSX’s new digital clinical safety strategy and encourages full adoption of PRSB standards for safer care and better patient outcomes.
PRSB response to national over-prescribing review report
The PRSB welcomes the findings and recommendations of the National Overprescribing Review Report on the overprescribing of medicines in the NHS, and we encourage the adoption of PRSB care record standards, which will help local NHS organisations deliver the recommendations of this report. PRSB’s core purpose is to develop information record standards that underpin digital […]