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NHS QIS eNews 16 November 2007

Welcome to issue 16 of our eNews update. This update contains links to all the latest additions to our website. If you have any problems with any of these links please email me directly at therese.elliott@nhs.net

Corporate Information

NHS QIS Annual Report 2006/2007 now available
Sets out our achievements in 2006/07, delivering action on some of the country’s biggest killers - cancer, heart disease and stroke - while also addressing key healthcare issues such as promoting consistency and equity, and shifting the balance of care.
http://www.nhsqis.org/nhsqis/3763.144.910.html

 

Latest Findings and Advice

Computed Tomography (CT) Colonography Scoping Report
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) on CT colonography
http://www.nhsqis.org/nhsqis/3711.html

Review of services available to those with neurological conditions
a stocktaking exercise of neurological services within NHS Scotland
http://www.nhsqis.org/nhsqis/3747.html

Clinical Governance and Risk Management National Overview October 2007
Achieving safe, effective, patient-focused care and services
http://www.nhsqis.org/nhsqis/3741.html

Shifting the Focus framework document
Leading on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Community and Primary Healthcare Services.
http://www.nhsqis.org/nhsqis/3284.html

HTA - The clinical and cost effectiveness of thromboelastography / thromboelastometry
This document consults on proposed recommendations to NHSScotland.
http://www.nhsqis.org/nhsqis/3779.html

HTA9 -The clinical and cost effectiveness of screening for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
http://www.nhsqis.org/nhsqis/3780.html

Evidence note 20
Screening tools, detoxification and vitamin supplementation for alcohol dependence
http://www.nhsqis.org/nhsqis/3778.html

 

New Comment on NICE Guidance

NICE (Multiple) Technology Appraisal Guidance No 129
NICE Technology Appraisal Guidance No 129
http://www.nhsqis.org/nhsqis/3744.html

NICE (Multiple) Technology Appraisal Guidance No 130
Adalimumab, etanercept and infliximab for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
http://www.nhsqis.org/nhsqis/3748.html