ARCHIVE NEWS ... 2015
PRE-HOSPITAL STROKE CARE IN LONDON
LAS SAFEGUARDING MEETING - 09 JUNE 2015. REPORT OF THE MEETING
By: Leslie Robertson - EC SG Representative
1. KPMG Internal Audit Report on LAS arrangements for safeguarding received with an overall assessment: Significant
assurance with minor improvement potential, which is consistent with management’s expectation.
Recommendations (5) are that the Trust implements an internal training database; reviews recruitment policy to ensure
it is up to date with current requirements and addresses the Trust’s responsibilities regarding recruitment with reference
to safeguarding responsibilities; to consider arrangements for individual management reports and chronologies and
overseas criminal record check documentation; and implement a rolling programme of DBS checks for all staff.
2. Risk assessment includes a review of which Director will have overall coordination of SG training; supervision;
staff resource for attendance at local SG Boards when LAS links with so many.
3. Restraint policy is approved.
4. SG Annual Report received and approved.
5. Feedback on recent SG/MH conference has been very positive.
6. Saville Report actions have been identified for LAS and will now be implemented.
7. Next meeting July 6th 2015
By: Leslie Robertson - EC SG Representative
1. KPMG Internal Audit Report on LAS arrangements for safeguarding received with an overall assessment: Significant
assurance with minor improvement potential, which is consistent with management’s expectation.
Recommendations (5) are that the Trust implements an internal training database; reviews recruitment policy to ensure
it is up to date with current requirements and addresses the Trust’s responsibilities regarding recruitment with reference
to safeguarding responsibilities; to consider arrangements for individual management reports and chronologies and
overseas criminal record check documentation; and implement a rolling programme of DBS checks for all staff.
2. Risk assessment includes a review of which Director will have overall coordination of SG training; supervision;
staff resource for attendance at local SG Boards when LAS links with so many.
3. Restraint policy is approved.
4. SG Annual Report received and approved.
5. Feedback on recent SG/MH conference has been very positive.
6. Saville Report actions have been identified for LAS and will now be implemented.
7. Next meeting July 6th 2015
INVITATION TO FREE EVENT: HUMAN RIGHTS AND MENTAL HEALTH / CAPACITY
Mental Health and Human Rights Learning Events
Do you work in mental health or mental capacity for a third sector organisation? Would you like to learn more about human rights and how they could be used to help improve client advocacy and services?
The British Institute of Human Rights is pleased to invite you to attend a learning event about human rights and mental health. The session will focus on how third sector organisations can use human rights to help ensure people using mental capacity / mental health services are treated with dignity and respect.
Read more ...
Mental Health and Human Rights Learning Events
Do you work in mental health or mental capacity for a third sector organisation? Would you like to learn more about human rights and how they could be used to help improve client advocacy and services?
The British Institute of Human Rights is pleased to invite you to attend a learning event about human rights and mental health. The session will focus on how third sector organisations can use human rights to help ensure people using mental capacity / mental health services are treated with dignity and respect.
Read more ...
THE ROLE OF THE NHS TRUST DEVELOPMENT AGENCY + Questions/Answers
Presentation by: Sean Overett - Senior Delivery & Development Manager - North West London
5 pages
Presentation by: Sean Overett - Senior Delivery & Development Manager - North West London
5 pages
SERVICE USER INVOLVEMENT IN PARAMEDIC EDUCATION
Form ... 1 page
If you are interested in being involved in any of the following, please complete the form ... click here ...
Form ... 1 page
If you are interested in being involved in any of the following, please complete the form ... click here ...
- The development of curriculum content
- The recruitment and selection of students
- The delivery of curriculum content
- The assessment of curriculum content
- The HCPC approval event on either 07 / 08 July 2015
12 Slides
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Latest figures from Public Health England (PHE) indicate flu is now circulating in the community, with increases seen for several indicators in particular influenza confirmed hospitalisations amongst younger adults.
Virus surveillance from the UK and elsewhere in Europe shows the strain A(H1N1)pdm09 is now the main seasonal flu virus. The viruses characterised so far this season are well-matched to the vaccine strain. Previous flu seasons dominated by A(H1N1)pdm09 suggest this strain particularly affects children, pregnant women, and adults with long term conditions like chronic heart disease, liver disease, neurological disease and respiratory disease in particular. |
24 PowerPoint Slides
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WEEKLY TRI-PARTITE PERFORMANCE REPORT - 21 - 27 DECEMBER 2015
A8 Performance . Other Performance . Demand . Demand Projects . Capacity . Capacity Projects . Efficiency . CCG position . Hospital Conveyance . Response Curves times Performance overview . Data sheets |
8 PowerPoint Slides
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LAS COMMISSIONING UPDATE - Current LAS Performance
Current LAS Performance - Last 7 Days . Care of Patients with Sepsis . LAS Updates The Ambulance Services in the Media . LAS Reports . Team Contacts |
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WINTER PLAN 2015 - 2016
27 pages Purpose . Introduction . Winter Planning Group . Winter Preparedness . Adverse Weather Activity and Demand . Resource and Staffing Provision . Leadership and Surge Management . Appendices |
JOIN / REJOIN THE PATIENTS' FORUM
The Forum is an expert source of influence and information on London's ambulance services. The Forum holds monthly members’ meetings at LAS HQ, to which senior staff from the LAS, the LAS Commissioners and other organisations make presentations and answer questions from the public, patients and users.
The Forum also supports and advises members wishing to raise complaints in relation to the quality of, or access to ambulance services in London. Its primary role is to represent the public and to influence the LAS to improve services based on the needs of users in London. The Forum's latest Annual Report, describes the wide range of our activities.
The Forum is an expert source of influence and information on London's ambulance services. The Forum holds monthly members’ meetings at LAS HQ, to which senior staff from the LAS, the LAS Commissioners and other organisations make presentations and answer questions from the public, patients and users.
The Forum also supports and advises members wishing to raise complaints in relation to the quality of, or access to ambulance services in London. Its primary role is to represent the public and to influence the LAS to improve services based on the needs of users in London. The Forum's latest Annual Report, describes the wide range of our activities.
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AMBULANCE QUEUING
Please feel free to write to Dr Andy Mitchell, the Medical Director for London - [email protected]. Although there has been a slight reduction in queuing during the past year the situation is appalling. 13 December 2014
Please feel free to write to Dr Andy Mitchell, the Medical Director for London - [email protected]. Although there has been a slight reduction in queuing during the past year the situation is appalling. 13 December 2014
LETTER TO THE EVENING STANDARD from Malcolm Alexander, Chair, Patients' Forum - Ambulance Services London - 14 December 2015
Your excellent article on London’s A&E crisis (‘London A&E patients hit by winter crisis’, December 9) exposes the chaos caused by the closure and massive underfunding of A&E Departments in West London.
Cuts over the past few years have had the inevitable effect of leaving sick people having to wait appalling lengths of time for treatment.
Your excellent article on London’s A&E crisis (‘London A&E patients hit by winter crisis’, December 9) exposes the chaos caused by the closure and massive underfunding of A&E Departments in West London.
Cuts over the past few years have had the inevitable effect of leaving sick people having to wait appalling lengths of time for treatment.
Imagine what would happen if an elderly person fell down at their home. They would have to wait hours for an ambulance before queuing outside an A&E Department just get in, and then wait in a cubicle at A&E for several hours before being admitted or discharged.
NHS England is responsible for these delays because it has closed services and failed to deal with the ambulance queuing madness outside major hospitals. Patients who are seriously ill are being forced to wait because ambulance services are delayed into getting to them, risking serious harm.
The organisation must act now, to ensure the resources that London needs are made available immediately.
NHS England is responsible for these delays because it has closed services and failed to deal with the ambulance queuing madness outside major hospitals. Patients who are seriously ill are being forced to wait because ambulance services are delayed into getting to them, risking serious harm.
The organisation must act now, to ensure the resources that London needs are made available immediately.
