Crying in A&E
Earlier this month came a report from the BBC of a porter at Northern Ireland's biggest accident and emergency department, who said he was ‘fed up watching our nurses cry’ following problems in the un...
Earlier this month came a report from the BBC of a porter at Northern Ireland's biggest accident and emergency department, who said he was ‘fed up watching our nurses cry’ following problems in the un...
It’s often said that the NHS isn’t an organisation but a network of organisations – a system, if you like. There are of course good and bad parts in any system, and in this and my next blog I want to ...
How are you today? I’m sad, I’m angry, I’m hopeful. Let me tell you why… Denise was diagnosed with anorexia when she was 9 years old. She’s now 16. She has been an inpatient for three years and und...
Today marks a year since the publication of the Francis report. And on the face of it, much appears to have happened. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has developed a new approach to regulation and i...
In my blog last week, I talked about the example of Kettering Hospital, who identified 43 ‘care delivery problems’ of which 6 had a direct impact on the death of a patient. Well done to Kettering for ...
Sir Stuart Rose has an impressive resumé. Credited with the transformation of Marks & Spencer during his six years as chief executive, he has now been handed the task of advising the Secretary of Stat...
The best estimate to date of the funding gap that the NHS must fill in 2021/22 is from the Nuffield Trust. Main message: £44bn at the very least. The best estimate to date of where efficiencies might ...
Why do we need a common language for quality improvement in healthcare? There are two important reasons. We need to: Have a way of working together to make improvement in a way everyone under...
Joint statement on health and social care with Nuffield Trust and the King's Fund.
The Health Foundation has captured some of the experiences of those working on the vanguard sites of the new care models programme in England.