Measuring quality of health care in the NHS
The high profile of the NHS in the media recently demonstrates that the health care system remains foremost in the minds of all political parties when considering how to present their policies.
The high profile of the NHS in the media recently demonstrates that the health care system remains foremost in the minds of all political parties when considering how to present their policies.
In April 2017, we announced that the first Q Lab challenge would look at peer support. Since then, the Lab has become real.
How good are NHS organisations and the wider system at achieving the potential benefits of partnering?
Early in 2014 the NHS in Wales took a new direction when its then Minister, Professor Mark Drakeford AM, announced a new vision of ‘prudent healthcare’...
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.