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Dementia care
Improvement report
This improvement report aimed to bring together data, research and good practice guidance for dementia services, together with an assessment of the current quality gap. We also recommended actions that need to be taken to bring UK practice up to recommended levels.
Healthcare professionals’ views on clinician engagement in quality improvement
Best evidence review
Evidence review updating the 2007 report 'Healthcare professionals’ views on clinician engagement in quality improvement'.
Helping people help themselves
Best evidence review
We commissioned the Evidence Centre to review the international literature of the evidence that self-management works and the types of support that are most effective.
Helping people make shared decisions
Best evidence review
Helping People Make Shared Decisions was a rapid evidence assessment of the international literature on how shared decision making can lead to improvements in the quality of healthcare.
Journey to safety
Original research
Journey to Safety was a five-year research programme (2006–2011), supporting Professor Charles Vincent and colleagues from Imperial College London at the Imperial Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality (CPSSQ), examining how to improve the safety of an entire healthcare organisation.
New ways of working in primary and community care
Best evidence review
We commissioned a review of the international literature on the transfer or relocation of hospital-based services in to primary and community care.
Safety cases
Best evidence review
A safety case is a valuable tool for bringing about a systematic approach to safety and for providing a record of management’s commitment to safety. We commissioned a group of researchers, lead by Warwick University to conduct pragmatic rapid reviews on the use of safety cases in safety-critical industries.
The Commission on Generalism
The Health Foundation and the Royal College of General Practioners (RCGP) launched a Commission on Generalism which looked at the contribution of medical generalism and the role of the generalist in today's healthcare system.
The Commonwealth Fund 2010 international health policy survey of health service users in eleven countries
Original research
The 2010 International Health Policy Survey, the 13th in the annual series, assessed healthcare system performance and responsiveness from the perspective of patients and the general public.
The role of hospital boards in assuring quality performance
Original research
Building on a study conducted in the US, we examined the role played by hospital boards of directors in healthcare quality.
The role of peer review in improving hospital quality
Original research
This research examined how peer review of hospital services might work and cost to implement in a reconfigured NHS. The research also explored how peer review can assess care integration and the entire patient pathway.
What is revalidation? In Policy
Original research
‘What is revalidation? In Policy’ was an 18-month (2010-2011) primary research study that aimed to explore policy and decision makers’ views of the origins, definitions, and potential purpose of revalidation. It also addressed how revalidation relates to concerns about assuring and promoting patient safety and quality of care.
