Competition in healthcare
A summary of the empirical research on improving quality using a competitive market, the system features needed for competition to work most effectively and any unintended or negative consequences
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Evidence: Helping people help themselves
This rapid review compiles evidence about the effects of supporting self-management on people’s quality of life, clinical outcomes and health service use.
Darshan Patel
Darshan Patel joined the Health Foundation in March 2011 as a Research Manager. He became Senior Research Manager in January 2017.
Are clinicians engaged in quality improvement?
An updated review of the views of UK health care professionals on quality improvement, which highlights how clinical engagement in improvement remains challenging.
Making care safer
This report collects together the testimony given by family and carers of people living in a care home, specifically around issues of medication safety.
Getting out of hospital?
A review of evidence underpinning the policy drive to transfer acute inpatient and day-case services from hospitals into the community and the effectiveness of this
Does clinical coordination improve quality and save money?
This report examines the extent to which poor coordination contributes to outcomes for patients, approaches to clinical coordination shown to improve care, and whether these can reduce costs
Case study: The personal touch
A case study examining the adoption of personal health budgets in the Netherlands and the challenges along the way. The adoption of PGB arose partly from limitations in the traditiona...
Annual review 2010
This annual review looks back on the achievements and challenges of 2010, and shares our aims for 2011.
