Cross sector working to support large-scale change
This evidence scan provides a picture of research into cross sector working to support innovation...
Improved management of anaemia could save the NHS millions
Led by University College London (UCL), PREVENTT was initially a Health Foundation Shine 2010 project. It aimed to improve the management of anaemia in surgical patients and reduce the need for ...
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 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...
Given the opportunity, what would I say to the new Secretary of State for Health?
I have pondered over this question many times. If I was in charge what would I do, what would I say, what would I want to achieve? During the last three decades working in the NHS (currently as Ass...
Designing and testing ‘always event’ and person-centredness concepts in multiple care settings
Run by NHS Lanarkshire, in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland. A multi-setting project – acute, primary and hospice. ‘Always events’ (AEs) are actions and behaviours that create a s...
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...
