Cross sector working to support large-scale change
This evidence scan provides a picture of research into cross sector working to support innovation...
Spreading improvement ideas: Tips from empirical research
Within the NHS there are many pockets of good practice and examples of successful innovation and ...
It's not always bad to be a copycat
It’s Sunday evening, and I’m in charge of bed time – if not in control. ‘I’m emptying the boat!’ says my 4-year old, using her milk cup to hurl as much water as she can from the bath to the floor....
Can austerity and innovation go hand in hand?
The NHS faces a severe squeeze on budgets for the foreseeable future, but trusts shouldn’t dismiss the potential cost benefits of intelligent improvement work.
What can the UK learn from healthcare innovation in India?
This thought paper is the result of a week-long study tour to India, facilitated by the Internati...
Could quality be cheaper?
This case study looks in detail at three improvement projects that received support from our Shin...
Quality, affordability and scale in healthcare: learning from Narayana
uch has been said and written over the past few years about the work of Dr Devi Shetty and the Narayana Health system. With 17 hospitals covering a full range of specialities and employing 1300 doc...
Improving equity in healthcare through innovation
Visiting The LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) in Hyderabad as part of the IPIHD study tour, I was expecting to see something along the lines of Aravind's high volume, high quality and low cost catar...
Five ways to deliver high quality care at low cost
Imagine you are responsible for healthcare in a country where 30 million people are in poverty because of healthcare costs, where you are contending with communicable diseases eradicated in many pa...
Technology and innovation: using virtual clinic follow-up for joint replacement patients
The NHS faces a demographic timebomb and ever-increasing costs of newer tests and treatments. While better treatments and a population that’s living longer are both good news, there’s forecast to b...
