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Healthcare must tackle unwarranted variation

Experts recently joined the Connect Health Change Webinar panel to discuss the challenges and opportunities of unwarranted variation in tackling waiting lists.

Lord Carter previously identified opportunities to save up to £5 billion by tackling unwarranted variation in the NHS (Carter 2016). More importantly, variation in terms of equity of access to services and variation in patient outcomes have been identified as major issues. The Connect Health Change Webinar provided an insight into the challenges and opportunities ahead.

Experts recently joined the Connect Health Change Webinar panel to discuss the challenges and opportunities of unwarranted variation in tackling waiting lists. Opening the sessions, Dr. Marwan Al-Dawoud, director of clinical delivery, Connect Health, highlighted the current prevalence of unwarranted variation (or geographic variation) in patient care, pointing out that unwarranted variation affects patient outcomes, costs and overall productivity

“We know that patients in more deprived communities, tend to present later as an emergency, rather than earlier in the pathway, when there would be an opportunity to offer less resource intensive and more effective strategies to manage their condition,” commented Fiona Ottewell, North-East and Yorkshire Region Improvement lead, NHS England and Improvement

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Central Sterilising Club - Annual Scientific Meeting 2024

Crowne Plaza at Gerrard’s Cross
15th April 2024 – 16th April 2024

DECON UK 2024

National Conference Centre, Birmingham
17th April 2024

Infection Prevention & Control

National Conference Centre, Birmingham
23rd - 24th April 2024

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Coventry Building Society Arena
16th May 2024

The AfPP Roadshow - Birmingham

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18th May 2024

The AfPP Roadshow - Exeter

University of Exeter
22nd June 2024

Access the latest issue of Clinical Services Journal on your mobile device together with an archive of back issues.

Download the FREE Clinical Services Journal app from your device's App store

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