Efficiency – also described as allocative efficiency – means the best possible use of available funding in order to resource. Improved productivity is improving the quantity or quality of health outcomes with the same amount and type of resource (staff, hospitals and medical technology).
Despite the challenges it is facing, NHS productivity has increased at a higher rate than that of the wider UK economy. But, in the face of high projected spending growth and restricted funding, further increases in productivity are still required for a sustainable health and social care system.
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This research looks at how much health spending would need to rise to provide the level of service it does today and how much it would need to modernise and improve for the future.
Aiming to streamline the non-elective patient pathway to improve health and social outcomes.
This project looked at whether improvements in the efficiency of health and social care delivery at the end of life enable access to higher-quality and more personalised care for patients.
This round two Efficiency Research project will explore whether workforce operations used by other industries can improve the efficiency of home-based NHS care, and if so, how.
This project looked at the efficiency, cost and quality of current mental health care provision, and how changes can be made to drive efficiency improvements.
This briefing analyses information on the community care contracts held by 78% of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England to enable better understanding of the provision of these services.
Our response to NICE and NHS England’s consultation on changes to the arrangements for funding drugs and other health technologies through NICE’s technology appraisal and highly specialised technologi...
Evidence submitted by the Health Foundation to the House of Lords Liaison Committee exploring the long-term sustainability of the NHS.
Our submission to the Public Accounts Committee's inquiry on sustainability and financial performance of acute hospitals in England.
This project will provide medium- and long-term projections of spending pressures facing the NHS in Wales, identifying the key risks to long-term fiscal sustainability of the health care system. The w...
Research into health and social care funding trends, innovations, and public acceptability. Led by RAND Europe.
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