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.
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 joined the Health Foundation in March 2011 as a Research Manager. He became Senior Research Manager in January 2017.
An updated review of the views of UK health care professionals on quality improvement, which highlights how clinical engagement in improvement remains challenging.
This report collects together the testimony given by family and carers of people living in a care home, specifically around issues of medication safety.
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
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
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...
This annual review looks back on the achievements and challenges of 2010, and shares our aims for 2011.
Case studies and learning from a programme to improve the quality of care for people from black and minority ethnic groups