Call for National Transfer Service for Pregnant Women
Sunday, 27 July 2008
Scotland should examine whether a national service to co-ordinate the transfer of pregnant women who are in labour or close to giving birth should be established, a new report from NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) said today (Sunday).
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
Thursday, 12 June 2008
A powerpoint presentation is now available that accompanied a meeting and talk on Monday 19 May from Dr Jill Sanders, the Director of the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), discussing CADTH, its history and development, its role in the Canadian healthcare system and lessons learnt.
Thursday, 5 June 2008
The HandsOnScotland website is one year old on 6 June 2008. Over the past year there have been over 20,000 visitors to the site.
Quality Of Out-Of-Hours Services Shows "Real Improvement"
Monday, 12 May 2008
The report follows on the back of NHS QIS's review of services in 2006 which found out-of-hours services were in a state of change, due in part to the infancy of the arrangements. In order to promote continuous quality improvement in the out-of-hours service, NHS QIS initiated a speedy follow-up process, the result of which is this report.
NHS QIS eNews - Issue 21 - April 2008
Sunday, 6 April 2008