Reducing emergency admissions from care homes: a measure of success for the NHS Long Term Plan?
Jennifer Dixon asks how the NHS Long Term plan can support efforts to reduce emergency admissions from care homes.
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Quality improvement in chronic kidney disease
This project, led by St George’s, University of London and Kidney Research UK, focused on helping GPs identify and manage patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), a long-standing clinical problem a...
Resources for Effective Sleep Treatment
This project, led by West Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust, focused on sleep treatment and encouraging treatment options other than prescribed sleeping pills. The team analysed prescribing data, survey...
Making new technologies work for everyone
While automation has been with us since the Industrial Revolution, recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics are pushing the boundaries of what can be automated.
How can the NHS make the most of risk prediction tools?
If developed wisely, risk prediction tools could help clinicians provide earlier diagnosis and better care. But could using AI also inadvertently make health inequalities worse?
Occupational therapy intervention for people with affective and personality disorders
Led by South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, this project tested an innovative occupational therapy intervention to enable individuals to regain independence, look after themselve...
Five big questions about how the increasing automation of work will affect our health
Increasing use of automation at work is likely to lead to many changes in the job market. What might this mean for the health of the UK population?
Could automating tasks liberate general practice?
Dr Matt Willis leads a study exploring the potential for automation in primary care at the University of Oxford. He told us about the seven key areas where using technology could help practices and fr...
Checklist and IT innovation to improve safety in emergency care
Led by University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, this project addressed overcrowding in A&E and the increase in mortality rates this causes. The project comprises a safety checklist and IT in...
Funding, news and events from August 2019
The latest funding, news and events from the Health Foundation.
