Reducing harm to patients
This briefing follows a March 2014 speech by the Secretary of State for Health at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, in which he set out a new ambition to reduce avoidable harm to patients in t...
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BMJ Quality & Safety: a collection of key articles
This is a special collection of the best articles published in BMJ Quality & Safety in 2013.
The four health systems of the United Kingdom
This report assesses the performance of the NHS on the quality of patient care in all four UK countries since devolution.
A framework for measuring and monitoring safety
This guide aims to support NHS organisations to apply a framework for measuring and monitoring safety.
Measuring what really matters: Towards a coherent measurement system to support person-centred care
The principles of person-centred care, activities that a person-centred system should undertake in different contexts, and how to construct measurement systems for use in these contexts.
Spreading improvement ideas: Tips from empirical research
This evidence scan provides examples from the published empirical literature of techniques for spreading innovation and improvement.
QualityWatch: Focus on antidepressant prescribing
This report from our QualityWatch programme, in partnership with the Nuffield Trust, examines the trends in antidepressant prescribing in English primary care from 1998 to 2012.
Closing the Gap through Changing Relationships: evaluation
An evaluation report of our Closing the Gap through Changing Relationships programme by the Office for Public Management (OPM).
Improvement collaboratives in health care
This scan compiles research about whether quality improvement collaboratives are effective.
QualityWatch: Focus on A&E attendances
This report from our QualityWatch programme looks at patterns of A&E activity, the nature of the increased demand and what has driven waiting times upwards.
