The NHS at 65: what’s next?
As the NHS passes another milestone, one wonders how 2013 will be remembered. The beginning of a slow and steady decline? Or is 65 the new 45 and the time to re-think the future? At the Health Foun...
As the NHS passes another milestone, one wonders how 2013 will be remembered. The beginning of a slow and steady decline? Or is 65 the new 45 and the time to re-think the future? At the Health Foun...
Our health and social care system in Scotland is facing challenges nationally and locally which open opportunities for change and improvement. The Quality Strategy for NHS Scotland 2010 recommends ...
Yesterday's high octane ding-dong in the House of Commons over the Keogh report was an example of the unacceptable face of political interference in the delivery of healthcare. It was nothing, however...
Whilst Northern Ireland differs from much of the rest of the NHS in having an integrated health and social care system, it faces many of the same challenges and must deliver similar changes if it is t...
The readmissions policy (non-payment for readmissions within 30 days) has been a feature of the system payment rules for several years now. The rationale is that providers should get it right first ti...
There comes a time in your life when you start to get preoccupied about what the world looks like for older people, profoundly hoping it will get better before you have to experience it for yourself. ...
Orthostatic hypotension (a drop in blood pressure upon standing from a lying or sitting position) is a major cause of falls, both in the community and for hospital inpatients. At Stockport NHS Foundat...
The House of Commons Health Committee today published its report, After Francis: making a difference. The report offers further insights and reflections on some of the most critical and contentious ar...
For the past six months or so I’ve been on a journey, with others and a wonderful leader and with a huge task. As one of the patient representatives on the Berwick Review, I was given the privilege an...
If a trawl through the press cuttings is to be believed, the period of my tenure at the Health Foundation has been a tumultuous one in health policy terms. As I complete my last few days as Chief Exec...