Imagine having a normal pregnancy, only to have a difficult birth ending in a damaged baby. Imagine the damage was preventable, if only the obstetric care had been better. Your baby would not recover,...
Last week the Secretary of State for Health delivered a speech on how safety would be improved in the NHS and bold pledges were made to reduce avoidable harm. Patient safety has long been a priority f...
The tendency to want to measure things has existed for as long as humans have walked the earth. More specifically, in the case of health and healthcare, recorded efforts to systematically measure care...
Last week I wrote a blog sharing my thoughts on the problematic nature of measuring the person-centredness of our health services. In our collective efforts to improve care quality, we need to be able...
Robbie is a Harkness Fellow and Professor of Primary Care/General Practitioner at the University of Leeds.
Anatole is a Harkness Fellow and Sexual and Reproductive Health Department Co-Lead at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Richard is a Harkness Fellow and Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer at Public Health England.
Peter is a Harkness Fellow and Professor of Clinical Education & Director of Western Sydney Local Health District Education Network at the University of Sydney.
Ruth is a Harkness Fellow and Assistant Director of Policy at The Health Foundation.
