Emergency care changes – is there more than one waiting list?
Last month, at what we now fervently hope was the height of the current pandemic, we looked at the impact of Covid-19 on hospital waiting lists. Now, as cases and admissions are thankfully on a downward trend, we can take another look at what the A&E activity figures tell us about changes in emergency care.
NHS services under pressure – What legacy will Covid-19 leave?
Back in August we looked at the impact of the pandemic on NHS cancer services. The concern then was that patients were not being seen or treated quickly enough or in some cases, given the drop-off in activity, not being diagnosed in the first place. Given the false dawn lull in Covid cases back in the summer, now all too clearly the calm before the storm, what is the situation now?
Evidence-Based Interventions – Where next?
Are clinicians really providing inappropriate care to the tune of over 350,000 spells every year?
Covid and cancer services – the lasting impact of the pandemic
Almost all NHS services have been badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Referrals have declined, elective operations have been postponed …
What is the future for clinical coding and NHS funding after Covid-19?
Covid-19 has forced clinical coding to rapidly ‘go-remote’ but this is not the only change – there’s a shift to block contracts and the impending demise of PbR. The demand for transparency and insight mean high-quality clinical coding is more important now than ever.
Covid-19, working from home and cyber security risks
Covid-19 risks a spike in cyber criminals targeting the healthcare industry. We offer some simple cyber security tips for staff working from home.
Recovering from Covid-19: What’s next for the NHS?
Andrew Lawrence, Managing Director at Monmouth Partners, explores three key challenges for the NHS as it transitions tentatively into a recovery phase from Covid-19.
Cyber security and the NHS in the wake of virtual outpatient appointments
Around 6,000 video appointments are taking place per day across health organisations.
Integrated Care Systems by default – NHS capacity management in the next phase of Covid-19
Jason Nerval, Associate Director at Monmouth, discusses how to support the NHS to establish integrated care systems (ICS) over the next six months.
BREAKING NEWS – Clinical Coding Apprenticeship Programme launched
Ground-breaking clinical coding apprenticeships, backed by Health Education England.
Covid-19 – Supporting independent healthcare’s response
Monmouth Partners supports independent hospitals with SUS data submission during Covid-19 Monmouth Partners is working with the Private Healthcare Information …
Information security: “NHS must take urgent steps to defend against hackers”
Information security is back in the news. The NHS remains vulnerable to cyber-attack, and must take urgent steps to defend …
£1.6m of non-compliant Low Priority Procedures found in clinical and coding audit
Low Priority Procedures (LPP) Audit Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are responsible for ensuring they only commission and reimburse NHS hospitals …
Private healthcare data will be integrated with NHS systems – what does this mean for providers?
Demands on private healthcare providers to submit patient activity data to PHIN are set to increase as records are integrated …
Cyber security – three recommendations to protect against the next attack
Are IT systems the only reason some hospitals were caught out by the cyber attack? The simple answer is no.
