Global problem, local action
According to a report released by the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman in 2014, better sepsis care could save 13,500 lives every year and save the NHS £314m annually.
According to a report released by the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman in 2014, better sepsis care could save 13,500 lives every year and save the NHS £314m annually.
Since 2009 the Health Foundation has funded a series of programmes supporting front-line teams to ‘close the gap’ between best practice and the routine delivery of care.
A one size fits all approach of franchising may work for burgers, but how will it work in health and social care, where every context is different?
Many studies have noted the strong association between better educational achievement and better health outcomes. The association is clear, the reasons less so.
Why I hope our research will help practice managers develop into a profession for themselves, and highlight the importance of practice managers.
While the CQC's The state of care in general practice report contained grounds for optimism, the work isn’t over yet.
Failure in the NHS has received much attention in recent years, particularly in England. The Francis report into the failings in care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust and the Berwick review i...
Our Senior Fellow, Martin Bardsley, talks about the Health Foundation’s work to build analytical capacity within the wider health service.
If groups of practices collaborate to pool data centrally, analyse and compare it, and then share learning across the network, can we improve care across all participating practices?
Over the last few years, paramedic Sophie Clark has been working to link emergency department and ambulance data in London.