Safety improvement in primary care
The Safety Improvement in Primary Care project is a remarkable success story. Promoting patient safety in general practice, it formed part of the Health Foundation’s Closing the Gap through Clinical C...
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Funding, news and events from July 2021
The latest funding, news and events from the Health Foundation.
Decades of insider experience of the NHS will be crucial for the work ahead
Health Foundation response to the announcement of Amanda Pritchard as the new Chief Executive of NHS England and NHS Improvement.
How can leaders create a culture of safety?
We summarise key themes from a thought paper paper by Dr Michael Leonard and Dr Allan S Frankel, which looks at how leaders can influence a safety culture.
Andrew Milligan
Andrew joined the Health Foundation's investment committee as an independent member in December 2020.
The challenge to improve medication safety in care homes
A multidisciplinary group of senior healthcare leaders and care home managers have been working together to try and solve a big problem: how to stop the high rates of medication error in care homes. T...
The most challenging job in the country: being chief executive of the NHS – with Sir Alan Langlands
Episode 12. Being the chief executive of the NHS is one of the most challenging jobs in the country. How is the job doable?
We’re busy in December, but we’d like to be busier
Ask any pharmacist what the busiest month of the year is and they will say December. My community pharmacy has been around for 225 years so is a core part of the local community and we try to do our b...
Voluntary sector support: the glue in the system
Problems with patient flow in hospitals might seem inevitable when you consider the pressure on health and social care services, and the many older people living alone with no family nearby to provide...
Lifelong learning and levelling up: building blocks for good health
Why is further education critical to the government’s levelling up agenda? Our analysis explores some challenges and opportunities.
