Barbara Stuttle CBE

National Clinical Lead (Nursing)

NHS Connecting for Health

Health Informatics and the Chronic Conditions

Health Care Today

• Changes in the NHS Landscape

• Your Health, Your Care, Your Say

• Practice base Commissioning

• Care in the Community

• Changing ownership and focus in community and Mental Health Services

Everyday in the NHS

• 836,000 people consult their GP or Practice Nurse

• There are 50,000 visits to A & E

• There are 114,000 emergency admissions

• There are 19,000 call to NHS direct

• 73,000 adults receive NHS dental treatment

• 389,000 people receive care in the community

• 124,000 people attend outpatient clinics

• There are 44,000 elective (planned) admissions

• There are 7,000 visits to walk-in-centre

Vision for the Future

• More choice and control for patients on their own health and care

• A health service designed around the patient

• Secure access to up-to-date, accurate information for diagnosis, treatment and care

• Easier access for patients to their own health and care information

• A more modern and effective NHS

Benefits for Everyone

• Better communications between primary and

secondary care

• Fewer errors due to illegal handouts

• Patient only asked once

• Information only needs to be keyed in once

The Role of NHS Connecting for Health

• Tools to enable professional clinical practice

• Patient and care focused

• Patient safe and effective practice prescribing

knowledge decision support, care pathways, evidence

based care

• Supporting new ways of working enabling the process

multi-professional and multi-agency working

The Future