Learning from teams who are closing the gap in patient safety
Since 2009 the Health Foundation has funded a series of programmes supporting front-line teams to ‘close the gap’ between best practice and the routine delivery of care.
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Is social franchising right for your intervention?
A one size fits all approach of franchising may work for burgers, but how will it work in health and social care, where every context is different?
Teachers: The hidden public health workforce
Many studies have noted the strong association between better educational achievement and better health outcomes. The association is clear, the reasons less so.
Exploring quality improvement activity in general practice
Why I hope our research will help practice managers develop into a profession for themselves, and highlight the importance of practice managers.
Against the odds: Driving improvement in primary care
While the CQC's The state of care in general practice report contained grounds for optimism, the work isn’t over yet.
Resilience and recovery: What the NHS can learn from the criminal justice and education sectors
Failure in the NHS has received much attention in recent years, particularly in England. The Francis report into the failings in care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust and the Berwick review i...
Accessing the analysts
Our Senior Fellow, Martin Bardsley, talks about the Health Foundation’s work to build analytical capacity within the wider health service.
Collaborating for care: Harnessing the power of data sharing across GP practices
If groups of practices collaborate to pool data centrally, analyse and compare it, and then share learning across the network, can we improve care across all participating practices?
Five ways linking ambulance and A&E data could help to improve care
Over the last few years, paramedic Sophie Clark has been working to link emergency department and ambulance data in London.
Patient engagement - we need to live it, not talk it
Patient engagement is much talked about. Thankfully. However, casting my mind back 20 years when organising The King’s Fund’s Promoting Patient Choice conference, I recall having no difficulty in find...
