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....
The power of positive deviance: results within confines
At Harvard Medical School I was exposed to a wide variety of hospitals, consultancies, and general practices as I completed each component of my physician training. As I rotated through each medica...
Scaling and spreading health care innovations: what does it take?
The Health Foundation is working with the Innovation Unit to understand what it takes to successfully scale and spread innovation in health care. The spread of innovation in health care has bee...
Innovation is a state of mind
Health innovation is not just about scientific breakthroughs. It’s also about rethinking how we provide care, innovating through changes to patient pathways and revolutionising traditional delivery...
Avoiding the pilot pitfalls: how can the Vanguards help others in the NHS to succeed too?
Let’s follow the logic: to improve quality and efficiency, the NHS needs to change dramatically. Given widespread variation, the parts of the NHS which particularly need to change are those particu...
The Health Foundation announces seventeen innovative projects to improve the quality of health care
The Health Foundation has selected seventeen projects to be part of its new £1.5m innovation programme, Innovating for Improvement. The selected projects will be led by clinical teams and will deve...
Keeping the faith: transforming health and social care in Northern Ireland
Whilst Northern Ireland differs from much of the rest of the NHS in having an integrated health and social care system, it faces many of the same challenges and must deliver similar changes if it i...
We’ve discovered a shortcut to innovation…go outside the box
Ask people if they think they are innovative. Go on, see what they say. The reality is that we are very competent using innovations, but not very innovative ourselves. This could not be more true f...
