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...
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...
Managing demand for pathology tests from general practice
Led by NHS Stoke on Trent, this project aimed to reduce variation in requesting patterns for pathology tests in primary care. The team used online educational tools, face to face training and a loc...
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 ...
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...
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....
Six big ideas for health
Our final two days were spent in groups, developing and testing strategies that participants want to progress on return to their workplaces. The report out of these six groups provided some valuabl...
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt commends innovative Shine project
An innovative project that used Skype for follow-up outpatient appointments with diabetic patients has been commended by Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt, in a speech on innovation. At ...
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...
