News
This section features the latest news from The Health Foundation and from the broader world of healthcare quality improvement. It also contains feature articles from key opinion leaders and experts in the field and our media centre for journalists.
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Revision of professional roles and quality improvement
The Health Foundation has conducted new research which considers the impact of professional role revision on quality of care and outcomes.
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Volunteer of the Year
Donald McIntosh has won Volunteer of the Year at the Ayrshire and Arran awards for his work on the Health Foundation’s Co-creating Health programme.
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Media round-up
A round-up of the latest media articles by Foundation staff and contacts.
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Dr Stephen Till wins WAO Award
Dr Stephen Till, Clinician Scientist Fellow and Specialist Registrar at Imperial College London, has just won the biennial World Allergy Organisation (WAO) Henning Løwenstein Research Award for research in allergy.
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Cancer research gains national interest
The Health Foundation’s involvement in a recent cancer patient study has been highlighted in a wide range of media including The Nursing Times and BBC News websites.
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LIMBIC featured on IHM website
The Health Foundation’s LIMBIC (Learning to Improve the Management of Back Pain in the Community) project has recently been highlighted on the Institute of Health Management (IHM) website as a ‘team effort’ that ‘pays off’.
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Clinician Scientist Fellow on mission to ‘humanise’ organ donation
The Scotsman has reported how transplant surgeon and Health Foundation Clinician Scientist Fellow Luke Devey is working to drive up rates of organ donation by promoting the ‘human face’ of the transplant service.
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Does improving quality save money?
Initiatives to improve quality could make an important but limited contribution to addressing the financial pressures in the NHS, according to new research published by the Health Foundation.
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Become a shining example for your healthcare organisation
A new innovation award is giving individuals or teams in healthcare organisations the chance to shine by putting good ideas into practice and improving the health service.
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MaiKhanda programme sees more women access health services in Malawi
Women and Children First, a partner in MaiKhanda, has been telling its members how the programme is helping to cut the number of deaths among mothers and newborn babies in Malawi.