The theory and evidence base behind person-centred care is not new. It started in the 1990s with Ed Wagner’s chronic care model. And in the last three months there have been excellent papers detailing...
With tighter funding and rising demand for health care, clinical commissioning groups are under pressure to get more benefit out of each pound spent on health care. But where to start? Tackling the wi...
In a financial climate which even the most confident of commentators would describe as highly challenging, the pressure on policymakers to find a way of stemming the rise in emergency attendances and ...
Most clinical academics, like me, work with patients in clinical settings as well as recruiting them to our research. I, however, have found myself becoming, at least in theory, one of my own research...
The Scottish referendum has given politicians across the three main UK parties a timely reminder of the electoral potency of the NHS. It was one of the big issues at the end of the campaign. Nationall...
If your only insight into health care in Wales was from Prime Minister’s Questions, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the Welsh NHS has been brought to its knees by a lack of funding, lack of access...
Over recent months, I’ve been testing out a checklist to help organisations assess how ready they are to start improvement projects and see what else they need to put in place. The checklist was de...
How does a political party stand out from the crowd in relation to the NHS in the lead up to a UK general election? Typically, they attack the prevailing government’s strategy and track record. Commit...
Next week, on 5 May, Northern Ireland will elect their new Assembly to oversee its devolved functions. If you aren’t as up-to-date as you might like to be on how the system works in Northern Ireland, ...
There are a lot of problems in the NHS right now. And there are a lot of articles and blogs listing them one by one in all their glory. I’ve even written some of them. But this isn’t one of those blog...
