Transformation and NHS productivity
Examine the key problems around competing models of care and improvement in the NHS, four shifts the NHS should take to change this picture, plus six mutually reinforcing recommendation areas to make ...
Quality improvement Our work on improving quality in health care
Improving quality in health care means taking a systematic approach to make it safe, effective, patient-centred, timely, efficient and equitable.
Our role is to build understanding of and the evidence for quality improvement in organisations and systems.
NHS ConfedExpo 2026
The Health Foundation exhibited at NHS ConfedExpo in Manchester Central, at stand E60 on 10–11 June 2026.
Rapid evaluation in health care 2026
The Rapid Evaluation Conference, organised by the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation, will take place on 13 May 2026.
Workforce plan must prioritise improving conditions for staff to deliver NHS reforms
The Health Foundation responds to the annual NHS staff survey results.
Co-producing change
This episode, we're talking about the important role co-production plays in improvement.
Population health, prevention and the power of improvement
This episode, we're looking at how improvement can play a role in population health, with examples from Scotland to London.
Redesigning complex pathways: improving frailty care
This episode looks at how improvement approaches can help redesign services for frail older people, taking a whole system approach.
Lifting the lid on neighbourhood-level improvement
This episode explores how improvement methods can support the move to a future neighbourhood health service.
AI in the NHS 2025
At this event senior leaders set out their vision for the strategic direction of AI and technology in the NHS.
The winds of change
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About 3 mins
Our chief executive shares reflections on a changing health care landscape – and on what we’re doing to rise to the challenge.
