NHS Services - seven days a week - making it a reality Simon Bennett and Janet Williamson Presentation from seven day services event held on 20 August 2013

1. NHS Services
…making it a reality
…seven days a week
Simon Bennett
Deputy Director, Quality Framework Team
Clinical Directorates
NHS England

3. NHS England Commitment
“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”

4. NHS Services, Seven Days a Week
As a first stage, the review will focus on improving
diagnostics and urgent and emergency care.
It will identify the consequences of the non-availability
of clinical service across the seven day week
It will provide insight and evidence to NHS
commissioners and proposals for improvements

5. NHS Services, Seven Days a Week - Forum
Chair
National
Medical Director
Forum
Theme 1
Clinical Standards
Theme 2
Workforce
Theme 3
Finance
Theme 4
Commissioning
Theme 5
Provider/
Service models
Dr Celia
Ingham-Clark
Raj Bhamber Tony Whitfield Dr Mark Spencer Mark Hackett

6. NHS Services, Seven Days a Week - Timeline
Outline
Mid March
Gathering
evidence
March-
June
Testing/
Alignment
July-
September
Publication
End October

7. NHS Services
…making it a reality
…seven days a week
Dr Janet Williamson,
Director, National Improvement Programmes,
NHS Improving Quality

8. I was lucky. Shoudn’t
everyone of us have the
best chance possible, no
matter what time of the day
or day of the week it is?
‘‘
Rodney Partington, Patient Representative

10. Levels of Service Provision
• Level 0 Five days a week, Monday to Friday 9-5, (8hrs
service)
• Level 1 Services limited to one department or a service
that is beginning to deliver some services beyond the 8am
– 6pm Monday to Friday service.
• Level 2 – Services that are delivered 7 days per week, but
not always offering the full range of services that are
delivered on week days.
• Level 3 – A whole service approach to 7 day service
delivery that requires several elements to work together in
order to facilitate clinical decision making or treatment,
often covering more than one work force group.
• Level 4 – A whole system approach to 7 day service
delivery by integrating the requirements for elements of 7
day services across more than one specialty

12. Next 3-5 years
Transformational programme

14. Today… helping to shape & influence
the future
• Listening
• Learning
• Sharing