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Efficiency or productivity is about using resources in a way that maximises the delivery and benefits of health and social services.
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Can austerity and innovation go hand in hand?
Facing up to the cold hard reality
STAR: combining value for money with patient involvement
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Can doing the right thing give the wrong impression?
Why is demonstrating value for money in healthcare so difficult?
Quality comes from all angles: the value of corporate services staff
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Speaking up: Resolving NHS complaints and preventing problems from recurring
NHS Stoke on Trent: Managing demand for pathology tests from general practice
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: A radical restructuring of antenatal care for high-risk pregnancies
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Reducing prescribing errors
Does clinical coordination improve quality and save money?
Bridging the quality gap: heart failure
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Shine projects win awards in recognition of their innovative ideas to improve quality while saving money
Health services must use the best evidence if hopes of improving quality and saving money through better coordinated care are to be realised, new study finds
The Health Foundation responds to the White Paper
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