Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT)

📢This month’s packed GIRFT round‑up is out today!

⭐Highlights:

⏺️ A&G (cardiology & neurology)
⏺️ELLA greener care
⏺️Standardised follow-ups
⏺️Greener hip replacements
⏺️LTV in children
⏺️ENT pathways
⏺️NCIP updates

🔍Read: https://ow.ly/43Rq50Yi0H0

#NHS #QualityImprovement #Outpatients #ElectiveCare

📢Join our GIRFT webinar on the national evaluation of First Contact Physiotherapy (FCP)

📅12 March
⏰12:30pm

Insights from Andy Bennett & colleagues from Chartered Society of Physiotherapy as they share early findings & next steps for FCP services.

More👉 https://ow.ly/hTej50Yf2Kj

#PrimaryCare #MSK

🌿 Join us on 11/3 at 12.30pm for our webinar on making total hip replacement more environmentally sustainable.

We’ll share our new greener pathways guidance on decarbonising the THR pathway, plus insights & a case study on day‑case hip surgery.

Register here:👉 ow.ly/qS8W50YcLCv

#NHS #GreenerNHS

GIRFT guide to standardising follow-up protocols aims to ensure patients get the right care, in the right setting, at the right time - Getting It Right First Time - GIRFT GIRFT has shared new guidance supporting trusts to standardise their protocols for follow-up outpatient appointments, helping to reduce unnecessary attendances and free up capacity for new and urgent patients.  Follow-up appointments represent 54% of NHS outpatient activity in England. GIRFT’s work has shown that many of these follow-ups are of limited clinical value, using clinical […]

🆕GIRFT guide - standardising follow-up protocols.

Follow-ups = 54% of outpatient activity. This new module helps trusts cut low-value visits & free up capacity.

Includes protocols for 6 key specialties & case studies.

More/access https://ow.ly/2Pw950YcbUO

#NHS #Outpatients

Templates for cardiology and neurology added to GIRFT’s suite of Advice and Guidance (A&G) toolkits - Getting It Right First Time - GIRFT Two more specialties – cardiology and neurology – have been added to GIRFT’s growing suite of toolkits and templates supporting clinicians in primary and secondary care with reducing unnecessary delay...

🆕A&G templates now available in cardiology and neurology.

Developed with clinicians across primary & secondary care to support faster, clearer A&G responses.

🔗 More info & download templates👇
ow.ly/hhqC50Y88vT

#NHS #PrimaryCare #SecondaryCare #Cardiology #Neurology

Claire Ogley, senior implementation manager @nhsgirft.bsky.social, outlined the GIRFT Neurology programme priorities, shared national data on current waiting times, and set out the next phase of work.
#NNTM #neurotransformation

📊NCIP data has been refreshed to Sept 25.

🩺Consultants - check your updated activity & outcomes data to support appraisal, M&M, audit & QI work.

Plus new paediatric neurosurgery & urology dashboards now live!

🔗 https://ow.ly/zPc650Y7x1e

#NCIP #SurgicalConsultants #NHS #QI

A close up of someone writing in a diary next to a laptop.

From 2 February, consultant surgeons in the UK can join our SurgiDiary project, a 2‑minute‑a‑day record of the real pressures shaping practice. Your input turns daily challenges into trusted evidence that can inform policy 💪

Curious? Learn more: https://ow.ly/baJF50Y5rb3

3️⃣ new GIRFT ENT pathways now live!

🔵Inferior turbinate reduction (16+)
🔵Nasal septoplasty (16+)
🔵Functional septorhinoplasty (16+)

Evidence-based, co-badged by ENT UK, The British Rhinological Society & the British Society of Facial Plastic Surgery.

More/download👇
https://ow.ly/oLb250Y4Lr1

#NHS

📗GIRFT has published its ELLA framework, as featured in BMJ EBM, to help accelerate the decarbonisation of clinical care pathways across the NHS.

Supporting safer, greener, high‑quality care.💚

Learn more👉https://ow.ly/luCo50Y4bul

#GreenerNHS #NetZeroNHS #SustainableHealthcare

@rcpch.bsky.social @pccsociety.bsky.social @ficm.bsky.social

#Paediatrics #NIV #LTV #RespiratoryCare #GIRFT #NHS

🆕GIRFT guidance to help improve care for children on long‑term non‑invasive ventilation (LTV).

Developed with 30+ paediatric clinicians, it outlines practical actions to reduce avoidable admissions & ensure children are cared for in the right setting.

📥Read more/download 👉 ow.ly/FaFH50Y3K25
#NHS

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🆕from GIRFT: A practical guide to decarbonising the hip replacement pathway, developed with #GreenerNHS
& national clinical partners.

It highlights 13 high‑impact actions trusts can take now to cut carbon while improving patient care.💚

📥Download ow.ly/iNWO50Y16YO

#NetZeroNHS #Orthopaedics #NHS

📰The latest GIRFT stakeholder newsletter is out now!

Key updates, insights & opportunities from across our elective, UEC and specialist programmes.

Read this month’s edition & sign up to get future editions straight to your inbox 👇
https://ow.ly/8lAB50Y06UC

#NHS #GIRFT #QI

📊January data now live in GIRFT’s Spinal Interface Dashboard (SID).

The SID brings together monthly ICB survey returns, giving a clear, comparative view of the clinical effectiveness and efficiency of interface spinal services.

🔗https://ow.ly/uT4u50Y05qv

#NHS #SpinalCare #ICBs

🆕New evaluation shows Further Faster 20 trusts reduced their waiting lists 3x faster than the average - a 4.2% drop vs 1.4% nationally.

➡️Read more: bit.ly/3LxF4RS

#NHS #GIRFT #FurtherFaster20 #FF20

🕰️How long should a flexible cystoscope last?

A new GIRFT study reveals factors that can extend their lifespan.

Improving scope longevity isn’t just good for patient care, it’s a key step toward NHS England’s net zero goals.

👉Discover the insights and read the study: ow.ly/6Jyn50XTUcT

#GreenerNHS

Start the new year as you mean to go on...

Get the most out of GIRFT with our step by step guidance supporting you to embed GIRFT as business as usual.

Our toolkit includes a sample SOP and case studies from trusts who've done just that.

Take a look:🔗https://ow.ly/2fOO50XSm2P

📢Calling all #NHS clinicians📢

More than 22,000 colleagues are now collaborating with us on FutureNHS, making the GIRFT workspace the biggest in the NHS!💙

Are you missing out? Registering is as easy as logging in with your NHS email. Try it today.

https://future.nhs.uk/

🌱Driving a greener NHS!

We’re identifying patient pathways to cut NHS emissions & implement low-carbon care models, like one-stop clinics & remote consults.

Supporting #NHS net zero by 2045!💚

More🔗https://gettingitrightfirsttime.co.uk/girft-supports-major-research-hub-to-deliver-a-greener-nhs/

Image of the GIRFT clinical lead for hospital dentistry, Liz Jones, to illustrate the details of GIRFT's webinar on the Community Dental Services report

Join our webinar later this month to hear more about the CDS guidance
📆29th January, 12.30pm
🖱️Register: bit.ly/3CjW1dL

Image showing a child having their teeth examined alongside the cover of the GIRFT supplementary report on Community Dental Services

🦷Our guidance to help improve Community Dental Services (CDS) for children and adults w/ special needs is OUT NOW

Click link ⬇️ for actions to improve safety, data capture, governance, networking, service delivery and WTE
🔗https://bit.ly/3WkfUYZ

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⏰JOB VACANCY⏰
Want to make a difference to adults with serious mental illness?
We’re looking for a new clinical lead to focus on further developing and improving pathways into and through community and hospital care.
Full details: bit.ly/4bGFzkA
Closes 24.01.25

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