Briefings
Including updates on our funded programmes and Viewpoints on a range of policy issues
Search by:
-
Co-creating Health
This briefing paper describes The Health Foundation's Co-creating Health initiaitve and outlines the need for an effective integrated approach to self-management support. It also includes early experiences from the Co-creating Health teams.
-
Safe from harm
How The Health Foundation's Safer Patients Initiative is reducing medical incidents in 24 hospitals and making healthcare safer for patients
-
Leading lights
Good leadership is widely recognised as being central to the delivery of effective healthcare, yet surprisingly little has been done to develop effective approaches to leadership development for people in mid career – the leaders of tomorrow – in the NHS.
-
Team spirit
The development of leaders in healthcare is widely recognised as being integral to improving the quality of care for patients. However, where traditional leadership development focuses on an individual it is becoming increasingly accepted that all team members need to be involved if lasting improvements are to be achieved.
-
Health and social care viewpoint
We believe that there is an urgent need for the regulation of healthcare professionals to be modernised. We therefore support the Health and Social Care Bill and the plans to introduce revalidation for healthcare professionals.
-
Necessary measures
All clinicians want to provide patients with the best possible care. However, the only way clinicians can be certain about the quality of care they provide is by measuring what actually happens and comparing this to established best practice.
-
Better team working for a safer hospital
One in ten patients admitted to hospitals in developed countries suffer harm as a result of medical errors. This briefing looks at how The Health Foundation’s Safer Patients Initiative has improved patient safety using the concept of shared leadership.
-
Engaging with Quality in Primary Care
Over 80 per cent of contact between the public and the health service takes place in primary care settings. The Health Foundation’s Engaging with Quality in Primary Care scheme is funding nine projects to engage primary care clinicians in improving clinical quality in primary care in the UK.
-
What impact does regulation have on the quality of healthcare?
This Health Foundation Viewpoint considers the extent to which regulation can improve, or support the improvement of, the quality of healthcare in the UK. It is based on a new report undertaken as part of our QQUIP research project and also takes note of the experiences of our award holders working in the NHS.
-
Measuring up
This briefing provides an overview of The Health Foundation’s Engaging with Quality initiative, including an in-depth case study of a project looking at improving prescribing practice for mental health. It also considers emerging policy findings from the scheme.