Publications
This section lists all our publications. You can search the index by keyword, topic or date.
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Briefings & leaflet
Quality improvement made simple
Quality Improvement Made Simple is the first in our new series of quality improvement guides for boards. It focuses on one important element of the quality agenda: quality improvement.
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Corporate publication
So, what does the Health Foundation do?
This publication gives an introduction to the work and ethos of the Health Foundation; what we do and how we do it. It looks at our approach to and priorities for improving the quality of healthcare for everyone in the UK.
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Briefings & leaflet
Snapshot: Patient safety
This Snapshot looks at the fundamental priorities for clinicians, managers, boards and policy makers to improve patient safety.
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Briefings & leaflet
Snapshot: Safer maternity services
In June 2009 The Health Foundation began supporting a two-year programme of work to improve the safety of maternity services. This Snapshot sets out some of the key learning points which have so far developed from that programme.
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Briefings & leaflet
Snapshot: Shared Leadership for Change
This publication gives an overview of the experiences and learning gained from our programme, 'Improving the quality of care for people from black and minority ethnic groups'.
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Briefings & leaflet
The patient will see you now
Rebalancing relationships between people who use services and those who provide them (in association with the HSJ).
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Briefings & leaflet
Patient safety snapshot
This ‘snapshot’ gives a brief overview of our work across patient safety. It includes background information, our work in this area, our learning so far, key priorities and how to get involved.
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Research report
Evidence in brief: How safe are clinical systems?
While the knowledge that poor systems can cause harm is not new, this report provides groundbreaking evidence of the extent to which important clinical systems and processes fail, and the potential these failings have to harm patients.
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Briefings & leaflet
Snapshot: safer mental health services
This publication is a summary of the experiences and learning from this programme so far. It includes background information, the teams' programme of work and their learning so far.
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Briefings & leaflet
Transforming the dynamic
The NHS needs transformational change before it can offer truly personalised care; and it needs truly personalised care before it can transform the quality of its services. This 'snapshot' focuses on our work on transforming the dynamic between people who use services and those who provide them.