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....
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 Self Care NHS Trust - the future for NHS Choices?
The new year started with a clear warning about the impact on the NHS of rising numbers of people living with long-term conditions: the costs of delivering current models of care are increasingly r...
Spreading innovation in the NHS - a view from the US
Most of my work in health care has been in the US, but I have always been fascinated by universal health care and the NHS. And so I jumped at the opportunity earlier this year to work with the NHS ...
Taken with total health - a focus on prevention and proactive management
Following on from my visit to the Garfield Innovation Center in Oakland, I was just as lucky to have chance to see the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health in Washington last month. Whereas...
Putting care back into health care
Over twenty years ago, my first job at the Department of Health was setting up the NHS Health Technology Assessment programme. At the same time, another programme was coming into being – the Cochra...
