Health Foundation appoints new Director of Innovation and Improvement
Dr Malte Gerhold has been appointed as Director of Innovation and Improvement at the Health Foundation.
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ITT: Seeking a scoping partner to inform a future funding programme on technology enabling new models of care in the home or community
We are seeking a supplier to act as a ‘scoping partner’ as we develop a new £2 million funding programme to support the use of technology to enable new models of care, particularly those that support ...
Using Virtual Worlds for Patient and Public Engagement
Patient and public involvement is fundamental in healthcare and many methods attempt to facilitate this engagement. The present study investigated use of computer-generated environments known as “v...
Analysis finds 10% of patient care requests indicate a preference for face-to-face GP consultation
New analysis by the Improvement Analytics Unit (IAU) finds that 10% of patient care requests made to GP practices indicate a preference for a face-to-face consultation.
Realising the 'third logic' in contemporary health care
Recent decades have seen the influence of the professions decline. Lately, commentators have suggested a revived role for a “new” professionalism in ensuring and enhancing high-quality health care in ...
A government that truly valued the nation's health would have gone further today to protect families
The Health Foundation's response to the Chancellor's Spring Statement 2022.
Emma Berry
Emma Berry joined the Health Foundation in January 2022 as Analyst Intern in the Healthy Lives Team.
Usability of virtual-reality simulation training in obstetric ultrasonography: a prospective cohort study
Objective: To assess the usability of virtual-reality (VR) simulation for obstetric ultrasound trainees. Methods: Twenty-six participants were recruited: 18 obstetric ultrasound trainees (with li...
Measuring patient involvement is hard, but we must do it
The Department of Health’s Mandate is clear, the objective spelled out in plain language: the NHS must become dramatically better at involving people with long-term conditions in their own healthcare ...
‘How will this affect Esther?’ A person-centred approach for Wales
I recently heard nurse lecturer Austin Thomas speak about his experience of 30 operations after barely surviving a near-fatal road accident. His verdict was that many people working in the NHS say tha...
