Directors of communications from 15 Swedish county councils visited London to learn more about the health and care system in England.This presentation is from this visit. NHS Improving Quality planned and hosted the study tour as a result of close links with Jönköping, one of the councils represented in the delegation. Our guests learned about the important role of communications specialists in transforming healthcare in England, and the leading role NHS Improving Quality has taken in engaging and mobilising staff at scale and pace. During the study tour it became obvious that many of the challenges and opportunities we face in our health and care system mirror those in Sweden, in particular issues such as emergency care, obesity and smoking, patient safety and working with the media. This was a fantastic opportunity for NHS Improving Quality to strengthen alliances at an international level and share ideas and approaches, and we hope to build on this in the future

1. NHS England
NHSIQ – Visit from Sweden
23rd June 2014

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“Think like a patient,
act like a tax payer”

4. Simon Stevens – Speech on First Day
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“For the NHS the stakes
have never been higher”

5. • Sign up for Safety
• Parity of Esteem
• Seven Day Services
• Winter
• Specialised Services
• Care.Data
Campaigns and Communications
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• Financial Sustainability
• Urgent and Emergency
Care
• Patients Online
• Empowering Citizens
• Better Care Fund

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Patient Safety

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Using Data

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Active Patients

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Out of hospital