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Darzi Next Stage Review - knowledge update

This months has seen the publication of Next Stage Review - High Quality Care For All. This entry will gather together the main documents and a selection of the coverage. The coverage includes a number of good summaries. There were three main documents published at this point - 1) High quality care for all : NHS Next Stage Review final report (30th June 2008) Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham KBE The final report of Lord Darzi's NHS Next Stage Review. It responds to the 10 SHA strategic visions and sets out a vision for an NHS with quality at its heart. This link includes the full document and a summary version. For a very brief summary Darzi review: At-a-glance BBC or Main points of the Darzi report FT. 2) The National Health Service Constitution - a consultation paper (30th June 2008) The proposed NHS Constitution published today, marking 60 years of the NHS , is about safeguarding its core principles and values for the next generation, whilst setting a clear direction for t...

Happy birthday

This week is the 60th Anniversary of the National Health Service. To celebrate this achievement, the University Hospital of North Staffordshire is opening up a selection of departments for public access on Saturday 5th July, including the Clinical Education Centre. For further information on the history of the NHS the Health Service Journal have collated a special supplement in celebration - copy available in the Health Library. Additional informationcan be found on the NHS Scotland website or the NHS Choices with interactive timeline, photo gallery and forthcoming events.