A nudge in the right direction: Insights from the Behavioural Sciences Summit
As doctors, we pride ourselves on being highly motivated, trained and able. But does this always mean we’ll make choices that result in optimal patient outcomes?
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New options for funding the NHS and social care in the UK
The task facing the government is not just to secure resources and deliver service change for the coming 5 years, but also to place health and social care services on strong financial foundations for ...
Liza McAlonan
Liza McAlonan is the Health Foundation’s Assistant Director of Communications. She joined the organisation in January 2008.
Can you really link delayed discharge to mortality?
Newspapers have recently reported that up to 8,000 people die every year in England because of delays in discharging patients home from hospital. But what is the evidence for this claim?
Co-production: Everybody’s talking about it, but am I really doing it?
On World Mental Health Day, it’s timely to reflect on how mental health services are changing.
Emergency admissions: Why are they growing so fast?
At the heart of every good health system is one that provides good emergency care.
Comprehensive quality improvement
Matthew Kershaw encourages NHS organisations to embrace its lessons for leaders and make a start.
Brexit may be dominating political debate, but the NHS cannot be ignored
The main parties’ conferences are now over and the dust is settling on the post-election landscape. The NHS’s position in that landscape is complex.
Improving health outcomes of young people by developing soft skills
How can developing soft skills enable young people to access good quality work, and opportunities to live healthy lives?
The principles behind a future NHS payment system
While the majority of patients who use NHS services will give little thought to the payment system that reimburses a provider for their work, it can greatly affect the type and quality of care that th...
