Transcript Benefits for you - NHS Connecting for Health

Better information, better health
Working with nurses, midwives
and health visitors to create
a better, modern, efficient NHS
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Technology will never replace the art
of nursing, that vital human touch, but
new systems will help us deliver better
patient care and safety
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Susan Osborne CBE
Joint National Clinical Lead for Nurses
NHS Connecting for Health
NHS vision for the future
• More choice and control for patients
• Health service “designed around the patient”
• Secure access to up-to-date, accurate health and care
information, whenever and wherever it is needed
• Accurate information for clinical audit and research
that will improve service delivery
New IT will help deliver the vision
• NHS Care Records Service
• Choose and Book
• Electronic Transmission of Prescriptions
• N3 network for the NHS
• National email and directory service
• Picture Archiving and Communications Systems
• IT supporting GPs
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The new technology is vital in
supporting nurses as the profession
develops and care is given in new
settings
National Clinical Lead for Nursing
Director of Primary Care & Modernisation,
Thurrock PCT, Essex
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Barbara Stuttle CBE
Benefits for you
Secure, easy, access to
information about your
patients
Information whenever you
need it - 24 hours a day, 7
days a week
Benefits for you
Less administration
Less chasing information
Less repetitive form filling
More time to focus on
patient care
Benefits for you
Better communications
between all members of
the care team
Smoother handovers of
care
Better communications
between primary and
secondary care
Benefits for you
Fewer errors due to
illegible handwriting
Information only needs to
be keyed in once
Benefits for you
Increased safety in
prescribing and
dispensing
Warnings about possible
drug reactions
Benefits for you
Immediate access to key
information in an
emergency
Information available on
the move and in the
community
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Better communications –
better follow up care
Easy, secure access to
hospital discharge notes
and patient information for
nurses in the community
Benefits for you
Online decision support
tools
Easier access to best
care pathways
Faster access to
specialist opinions and
diagnosis
Patients benefit too
• Easier, secure access to their own health and care
information
• Faster, safer diagnosis and treatment
• Faster, easier, more convenient way to make hospital
appointments
• Safer way to obtain medication
Working with you
• Service Implementation team – working to help your
organisation exploit the potential of new technology
• Clinical leads – leading engagement with nurses and
all the professions
• National training materials, tools and techniques
• National Knowledge Service providing the best current
medical knowledge which can be combined with
patients’ needs and preferences
Involving you
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We’re making sure you are involved
at every stage in designing the new
computer systems and developing
new working practices
Susan Osborne and Barbara Stuttle
Joint National Clinical Leads for Nurses
NHS Connecting for Health