NHS must not waste opportunity to improve care for most vulnerable [news release on King's Fund report]. 'The NHS must learn from previous reorganisations and not waste the opportunity to modernise community services provided by district nurses, health visitors, physiotherapists and other staff.'
'NHS trust boards must have continuous focus on improving quality of care.'[news release accompanying King's Fund response to a joint consultation on quality accounts led by Monitor, NHS East of England, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the Department of Health. ]. 'For the pursuit of quality to become embedded within the NHS there needs to be a continuous focus on it by the management and board of every health service organisation and a personal commitment to it from their chief executives.'
'People with dementia to benefit from major investment in health care environments.'[news release] 'The physical environment in which the NHS cares for people with dementia is to be improved as a result of the next phase of The King’s Fund’s Enhancing the Healing Environment programme, funded by the Department of Health.'
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