From pockets of excellence to

widespread adoption

Fiona Thow,

National Director, NHS Improvement

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Recruitment

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Patients will not

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Lack of staff

willingness

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• Offer 1: NHS services, seven

days a week

• 1.14 The NHS will move

towards routine services

being available seven days a

week. This is essential to

offer a much more patient-

focused service and also

offers the opportunity to

improve clinical outcomes

and reduce costs.

Everyone Counts

• Offer 1: NHS services, seven days a

week

• 1.15 As a first stage, the review will

focus on improving diagnostics4 and

urgent and emergency care. It will

include the consequences of the non-

availability of clinical services across

the seven day week and provide

proposals for improvements to any

shortcomings

Everyone Counts

“Ask the Audience!”

• What are the real barriers to spread?

• How can we overcome them?

– Locally

– Nationally