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New challenges inspire new ideas: new round of Shine opening soon
Date published: 26 April 2012We'll be looking for examples of smart ideas from across the health service and the ability to put together an innovation trial to develop and test that thinking.
New partnership set to strengthen quality improvement in healthcare
Date published: 04 April 2011A new publishing partnership between BMJ Group and the Health Foundation is set to strengthen quality improvement and patient safety in healthcare.
Patient Safety Congress – deadline for poster exhibition and get 25% off the delegate rate
Date published: 22 March 2011The poster zone forms an integral part of best practice sharing at the Patient Safety Congress. With over 200 innovative teams or individuals submitting their projects last year this is an unrivalled learning opportunity not to be missed.
The Health Foundation at this year's Patient Safety Congress
Date published: 07 February 2011The Health Foundation is proud to be a strategic partner of this year’s Patient Safety Congress – the largest event in the UK covering all aspects of patient safety and bringing together experts from the UK and beyond.
A wake up call - lessons from the first major improvement programme addressing patient safety
Date published: 03 February 2011The Health Foundation is today drawing attention to the learning from their pioneering patient safety programme, the Safer Patients Initiative, and calling on those leading work to improve patient safety to critically challenge their work and ensure ...
Safer Clinical Systems team shortlisted for a Patient Safety Award
Date published: 28 January 2011NHS Lothian has been shortlisted for an award for their work on the Health Foundation’s Safer Clinical Systems programme.
The Health Foundation responds to the White Paper
Date published: 18 October 2010The Health Foundation has responded to the White Paper consultation ‘Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS’, welcoming the focus on putting patients at the centre of health services.
Health Select Committee commends the Health Foundation’s pioneering Safer Patients Initiative
Date published: 06 September 2010The Health Select Committee has commended the Safer Patients Initiative in a report published today following an enquiry into patient safety.
Casting the patient safety net
Date published: 06 September 2010A community of safety-minded healthcare organisations is coming together as the Health Foundation’s Safer Patients Network.
Safer Patients Initiative site awarded Small Trust of the Year
Date published: 06 September 2010Dr Foster has named Airedale NHS Trust Small Trust of the Year, recognising their excellent contribution to quality care in the NHS. Airedale General Hospital is one of 20 sites involved in phase 2 of the Health Foundation’s Safer Patients Init...
Safer Clinical Systems initiative launched
Date published: 06 September 2010The Health Foundation has launched a programme to test and demonstrate ways to improve healthcare systems and processes to systematically improve patient safety.
20 hospitals join pioneering safety improvement initiative
Date published: 11 August 201020 hospitals have won major UK awards to work on ways of making patient care safer.
Patient safety report falls short in its recommendations say healthcare safety experts
Date published: 11 August 2010Stephen Thornton, Chief Executive of The Health Foundation, a charitable foundation working to improve hospital safety, responds to A Safer Place for Patients: Learning to Improve Patient Safety, the Committee of Public Accounts’ f...
Health Foundation receives recognition for its work by new Secretary of State for Health
Date published: 16 July 2010The Health Foundation’s great work has been recognised in Andrew Lansley’s first major speech as Secretary of State for Health.
