Evidence: How safe are clinical systems?
Primary research into the reliability of systems within seven NHS organisations and ideas for improvement
Primary research into the reliability of systems within seven NHS organisations and ideas for improvement
How changing the interaction between patients and service providers can be a driver for improving quality
This report explores how shared decision making can be embedded into clinical practice as a core part of mainstream health services.
Justine Karpusheff explores common themes emerging from Health Foundation funded research linked to automation and primary care.
For the World Health Organization (WHO), the Francis Inquiry report into very poor standards of care in a hospital in the NHS represents, at one level, a domestic response to a domestic issue in one o...
Francis has presented an amazing opportunity for healthcare, if people are able to grasp it. Looking from just over the fence has allowed me to observe behaviours, especially over the last few weeks, ...
The news for UK hospitals, those they treat and those who work in them, seems grim. Hospital doctors, nurses and Royal Colleges note that hospitals are at bursting point. Robert Francis was concerned ...
Following so much introspection about the state of our health service in recent weeks, attention is now focused on finding practical ways to implement the recommendations set out by Robert Francis QC....
The government’s initial response to the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, published earlier today, is entitled, Patients First and Foremost. But while it contains many sensible p...
There is now general recognition that the NHS needs to get to grips with seven day working. This has been reflected in the NHS Commissioning Board Planning Guidance, Everyone Counts: Planning for Pati...