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Putting health tech into practice
What is required for tech implementation in the NHS to be successful, and how should this shape our post-pandemic priorities? Shakira Mahadeva explores the challenges.
Person-centred care Person-centred care supports people to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to more effectively manage and make informed decisions about their own health and health care
In person-centred care, health and social care professionals work collaboratively with those that use their services.
Our recent work and content on this topic is listed below.
Shared decision making: a common understanding
There is an emerging consensus amongst professionals, patients and politicians that patients have a central role in the decision making process about their health. But scratch the surface of that c...
Putting patients at the heart of improvement
We talk to Annie Laverty, Director of Patient Experience at Northumbria Healthcare Trust, about her leadership approach and ask how successful patient and staff engagement can help create a supportive...
A personal perspective on shared decision making
Dr Dave Tomson, a GP in North Tyneside and the primary care lead for our MAGIC programme, talks about how shared decision making has influenced his own practice and improved patient experience.
When doctors and patients talk: making sense of the consultation
This report explores the main form of interaction between a patient and a clinician – the consultation. It uncovers the anxieties that both parties may feel, with doctors and patients each having thei...
Helping people share decision making
This report brings together evidence and provides an up-to-date single reference point for the current state of knowledge about shared decision making.
Do changes to patient–provider relationships improve quality and save money?
A review of evidence about value improvements made by changing communication, collaboration and support for self-care
Bringing health care home
Led by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and supported by partner organisations, this project aimed to improve the safety and quality of care for patients in their last year of life. The team are providin...
A week is a long time in shared decision making
Last week was a week worthy of reflection. Monday saw the publication of the information strategy – The power of information – which sets a ten-year framework for transforming information for the N...
Let's talk about palliative care
This month’s Health Affairs contains a touching narrative by Amy Berman, a US health foundation executive who, with the help of a doctor that respected her goals, chose palliative care over aggressive...
Co-creating Health: Evaluation of first phase
This report gives the findings from an independent evaluation of phase 1 of our Co-creating Health self-management support improvement programme.
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