Successful provision of NHS Health checks

"This paper reports specifically on the findings from the evaluation in respect of the setting up of Healthy Heart Checks in community pharmacies and aims to offer some lessons for other service settings where this option is seen as a way of providing low threshold services which will minimise inequalities in intervention uptake."

Making a success of providing NHS Health Checks in community pharmacies across the Tees Valley: a qualitative study
RJ McNaughton, NTA Oswald, JS Schucksmith, PJ Heywood, PS Watson
BMC Health Services Research, 2011, 11:222

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Involving junior doctors in quality improvement

"This research scan summarises some published literature about the involvement of junior doctors in quality improvement in the UK and internationally."


Involving junior doctors in quality improvement
The Health Foundation
September 2011

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Governance for health in the 21st century

"In this study, ‘governance for health’ is defined as the attempts of governments or other actors 
to steer communities, countries or groups of countries in the pursuit of health as integral to wellbeing through both a ‘whole-of-government’ and  a ‘whole-of-society’ approach."

Governance for health in the 21st century: a study conducted for the WHO Regional Office for Europe
World Health Organization
August 2011

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Engaging national organizations for knowledge translation

"The principles of knowledge translation suggest that investigators can increase use by tailoring the format and context of their findings to the absorptive capacity of nonscholars."

Engaging national organizations for knowledge translation: comparative case studies in knowledge value mapping
JP Lane, JD Rogers
Implementation Science, 2011, 6:106

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Using telehealth to support care at home

"This information briefing aims to set out goals for professionals working with telehealth, or for those who are interested in using it in the future."

Using telehealth to support care at home in children's palliative care
Association for Children's Palliative Care
September 2011

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Long-term care: "Who cares?"

"This report consists of two sections. The first is an analysis by the Chartered Insurance Institute that identifies the key issues and sets out their implications. The second section comprises a set of contributions from key players in the long-term care debate."

Who cares? The implications of a new partnership to fund long-term care
Chartered Insurance Institute
September 2011

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Sharing commissioning experiences

"The Casebook series works on the principle of ‘caveat lector’ - to encourage routine sharing of work there is no formal peer review, so readers should use their own judgement when interpreting and applying work to their own situation.

If you would like to add to this Casebook series please contact us via our website “Meet the team” page." 

The Right Care Casebook Series: Volume 1
Public Health Commissioning Network
September 2011

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The state of health care and adult social care in England

"An overview of key themes in care in 2010/11."

The state of health care and adult social care in England
Care Quality Commission
September 2011

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Cost-effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring and intensive insulin therapy for Type 1 diabetes

"Continuous glucose monitoring with intensive insulin therapy appears to be cost-effective relative to self-monitoring of blood glucose and other societal health interventions."


Cost-effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring and intensive insulin therapy for Type 1 diabetes
RB McQueen, SL Ellis, JD Campbell, KV Nair, PW Sullivan
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2011, 9:13

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Caring for our future

"On 15 September, the Government launched Caring for our future: shared ambitions for care and support – an engagement with people who use care and support services, carers, local councils, care providers, and the voluntary sector about the priorities for improving care and support."

Caring for our future
Department of Health
September 2011

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The updating of clinical practice guidelines

"There is an urgent need to develop rigorous international standards for this process, and to minimise duplication of effort internationally."

The updating of clinical practice guidelines: insights from  international survey
P Alonso-Coello, L Martinez Garcia, JM Carrasco Gimeno, I Sola, S Qureshi, JS Burgers
Implementation Science, 2011, 6:107

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Building the field of health policy and systems research

"Three Policy Forum articles, authored by a diverse group of global health academics, critically examine the current challenges to the field and lay out what is needed to build capacity in HPSR and support local policy development and health systems strengthening, especially in low and middle income countries."

Building the field of health policy and systems research: an agenda for action
S Bennett, I Akua Agyepong, K Sheikh, K Hanson, F Ssengooba, L Gilson
PLoS Medicine, 2011, 8(8)

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Improving the lives of people with long term conditions

"Patients living with Long Term Conditions do not want to be defined by their condition and this report shows that by working in partnership with their GPs, they do not have to be."

Care planning: improving the lives of people with long term conditions
N Mathers, S Roberts, I Hodkinson, B Karet
Royal College of General Practitioners
September 2011

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Home care in Europe

"This review clearly shows the need for more scientific publications on home care, especially studies comparing countries."

Home care in Europe: a systematic literature review
N Genet, WGW Boerma, DS Kringos, A Bouman, AL Francke, C Fagerstrom, MG Melchiorre, C Greco, W Deville
BMC Health Services Research, 2011, 11:207

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Impact of hospital performance data on patient choice

"Public information has limited impact on patients' hospital choice, even in patients who have actually compared hospitals prior to hospital choice."

Is the impact of hospital performance data greater in patients who have compared hospitals?
IB de Groot, W Otten, HJ Smeets, PJ Marang-van de Mheen
BMC Health Services Research, 2011, 11:214

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Reconfiguring hospital services

"This briefing considers why hospital services need to be reconfigured, why the NHS has such difficulty reconfiguring hospital services, and how the process might be improved."

Reconfiguring hospital services
C Imison
The King's Fund
September 2011

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Perceptions of barriers to evidence-based practice

"The goal of this study was to assess potential differences between administrators/policymakers and those involved in direct practice regarding factors believed to be barriers or facilitating factors to evidence-based practice (EBP) implementation in a large public mental health service system in the United States."
A comparison of policy and direct practice stakeholder perceptions of factors impacting evidence-based practice implementation using concept mapping
AE Gren, GA Aarons
Implementation Science, 2011, 6:104

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Product development partnerships

"PDPs reflect the current phase in the history of health technology development: the Era of Partnerships, in which the public and private sectors have found productive ways to collaborate."

Product development partnership: case studies of a new mechanism for health technology innovation
RT Mahoney
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2011, 9:33

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How do quality improvement interventions succeed?

"This qualitative case study compared 19 more and 19 less successful QIIs across a range of clinical and organizational settings, using a common framework that included project origination, organizational characteristics, intervention design and implementation challenges."

How do quality improvement interventions succeed?
SM O'Neill
RAND
August 2011

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Equity dimension in evaluations of the Quality and Outcomes Framework

"Introducing different targets for specific patient groups and including appropriate, non-disease specific and patient-centred indicators that grasp the complexity of primary care might refine the equity dimension of the evaluation of QOF."

The equity dimension in evaluations of the Quality and Outcomes Framework: a systematic review
P Boeckxstaens, D De Smedt, J De Maeseneer, L Annemans, S Willems
BMC Health Services Research, 2011, 11:209

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NHS staff management and health service quality

"Good staff management offers significant financial savings for the NHS, as its leaders respond to the challenge of sustainability in the face of increasing costs and demands".


NHS staff management and health service quality
Aston Business School
August 2011

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An assessment of variations in access to cancer treatments for patients in England, Scotland and Wales

"This report presents the first analysis of the actual variations that occur in access to newer cancer treatments on the NHS in England, Scotland and Wales."

Nations divided? An assessment of variations in access to cancer treatments for patients in England, Scotland and Wales
Rarer Cancers Foundation
August 2011

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NHS National Management Training Scheme

"We know that trainees do not just add value when they are on the Scheme; they continue to add value as they progress in their NHS careers."


NHS National Management Training Scheme
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
July 2011

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