Failing to capitalise
A report outlining how short-term thinking has resulted in years of inadequate capital spending for the NHS in England, risking patient safety and staff productivity
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A checklist collaborative: involving birth partners in delivering harm free care
Led by NHS Quest (now called Haelo) in partnership with Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, this project aimed to improve safety and communication during labour and birth, and encourage women and part...
Squeezed budgets, leaky roofs and rationing
Is the failure to maintain and invest in NHS infrastructure squeezing trusts to breaking point?
Winter pressures in practice
How has this winter been for GPs and their patients in England? Dr Becks Fisher describes the pressures on general practice.
Doctors in training leading quality improvement: families reporting critical incidents and near misses
This project, led by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, aimed to improve the identification of adverse events and near misses, and to reduce the possibility of adverse events. The team develop...
The NHS this winter: looking beneath the national view
Lucinda Allen delves beneath the national picture to explore how local health systems in England have fared this winter.
Sharmila Nebhrajani
Sharmila joined the Board of the Health Foundation as Governor in February 2018. She became Chair of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in May 2020.
Quantifying parental concern to strengthen their voice
Led by Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, this project aimed to involve parents and carers more purposefully in their child’s care and to achieve earlier identification of deteriorat...
Lack of investment in NHS infrastructure is undermining patient care
A new report by the Health Foundation concludes that a short-termist approach has resulted in years of declining and inadequate capital spending for the NHS in England, risking patient care and staff ...
Safe, patient-controlled intravenous pain relief in children
Project led by Evelina Children’s Hospital and King's College London to minimise the risk of medication errors in nurse or patient-controlled pain relief in paediatric wards
