Strengthening NHS management and leadership
Drawing on interviews with NHS managers and leaders, this long read sets out insights on the role and practice of managers and the main challenges still to address.
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Reducing hospital admissions and improving the diagnosis of COPD in Southampton City: methods and results of a 12-month service improvement project
Background: The British Lung Foundation highlighted Southampton City as a hotspot for patients at future risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations due to severe deprivation le...
Action as an antidote to despair
It’s important not to feel overwhelmed by current trends in health inequalities, but rather to seek out the opportunities for action. So says our Director of Health, Jo Bibby...
Shedding light on widening health inequalities in Scotland
Chris Creegan introduces a new independent review into health inequalities in Scotland, and what it hopes to achieve.
How well Is quality improvement described in the perioperative care literature? A systematic review
Background: Quality improvement (QI) approaches are widely used across health care, but how well they are reported in the academic literature is not clear. A systematic review was conducted to assess ...
Gabriel Roberts
Gabriel Roberts joined The Health Foundation in March 2022 as a Research Intern.
A matter of life and death
An evidence-based framing strategy for shifting understanding and building greater support for action to address the wider determinants of health.
Development of maternity dashboards across a UK health region; current practice, continuing problems
Objective: To assess the development of local clinical dashboards in line with UK national guidance and to identify ongoing issues being faced by maternity units, across an entire health region, in ...
The problem with Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles
Introduction Quality improvement (QI) methods have been introduced to healthcare to support the delivery of care that is safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and cost effective. Of the man...
Lessons in implementing infection prevention
This paper has been developed from a conference presentation given by Professor Alison Holmes at the IPS Learning Labs launch event (2015). In it the implementation of research into clinical practice ...
