Wednesday 29 July 2015

Rethinking the public health workforce

"The report highlights the ‘early adopters’ in the wider workforce. These are the occupations who are already engaged with the public’s health, are enthusiastic to do more and should be acknowledged for their part in prevention. Examples include Fire & Rescue Services, Health Trainers, Allied Health Professions (12 distinct professions who make up 6% of the NHS workforce), Community Pharmacy, and Housing Associations. These occupations equate to over three quarters of a million people."

Rethinking the public health workforce
Royal Society for Public Health
July 2015

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Thursday 23 July 2015

Safely home: What happens when people leave hospital and care settings?

"This report does not include recommendations; instead it poses a challenge to the health and social care sector to take action now to improve people’s experience of leaving services."

Safely home: What happens when people leave hospital and care settings?
Healthwatch England
July 2015

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Making change possible: a Transformation Fund for the NHS

"A successful health and care system will be one that can adapt and respond to the needs of the population it serves and the environment in which it delivers care. Transformation must not be seen as a one-off project but as a way of operating – part of the DNA of our health service and its funding system."

Making change possible: a Transformation Fund for the NHS
The King's Fund, The Health Foundation
July 2015

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A vision of a people-powered knowledge-powered health system

"The changes to healthcare imagined in this paper would add up to a fundamental shift in how people understand health and who is responsible for managing it. By 2030, there may be new kinds of knowledge, new ways of using it and new kinds of people involved in health support and services."

The NHS in 2030: A vision of a people-powered knowledge-powered health system
J Bland, H Khan, J Loder, T Symons, S Westlake
Nesta
July 2015

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Thursday 16 July 2015

Insights on earlier adoption of medical innovations

"An international review of emerging and effective practice in improving access to medicines and medical technologies."

Insights on earlier adoption of medical innovations
S Wooding, G Cochrane, J Taylor, A Kamenetzky, S Sousa, S Parks
RAND Europe
July 2015

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Integrated population needs-based planning

"Planning techniques such as the one described here consider the impact of health care policies on service, workforce and expenditure requirements, bringing these together to avoid the roadblocks arising from health-free planning methods."

Improving the fiscal and political sustainability of health systems through integrated population needs-based planning: Seminar briefing 17
S Birch
Office of Health Economics
June 2015

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Collective intelligence in patient organisations

"By inputting environmental or clinical data, mapping territories, discussing and voting, coding and writing, citizens can contribute their knowledge and ideas to data collection tasks, analysis and public debates."

Collective intelligence in patient organisations
L Nicholas, S Broadbent
Nesta
July 2015

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Redefining health care systems

"This book provides a scientific and personal perspective on health services research over the last half-century. Its purpose is to suggest how that science base, constructed over decades of sustained effort, can stimulate innovative thinking about how to make health care systems safer, more efficient, more cost-effective, and more patient-centered even as they respond to the needs of diverse communities."

Redefining health care systems
RH Brook
RAND Corporation
2015

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Reconsidering accountability in an age of integrated care

"The NHS and publicly funded social care are important not only for people’s individual wellbeing, but also to the health of the population, the fairness of our society, levels of taxation and economic growth. Hence, although it may be tempting to argue that health and care decisions should be left solely to clinicians and patients, it is surely right that services are accountable to the public."

Reconsidering accountability in an age of integrated care
B Jupp
Nuffield Trust
July 2015

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Learning not blaming

"The three reports that we are building on in developing our policy are distinct in their concerns, and this document addresses points raised in each of the three reports in turn. But there are also some common themes that run through them:

  • openness, honesty and candour;
  • listening to patients, families and staff;
  • finding and facing the truth;
  • learning from errors and failures in care;
  • people and professionalism;
  • the right culture from top to bottom."

Learning not blaming: The government response to the Freedom to Speak Up consultation, the Public Administration Select Committee report 'Investigating Clinical Incidents in the NHS', and the Morecambe Bay Investigation
Department of Health
July 2015

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Publishing selected transparency metrics - how NHS England compares

"Internal analysis by the Department of Health (DH) looked into how the NHS in
England compares to 10 other countries in publishing selected transparency metrics."

How the NHS in England compares to other countries in publishing selected transparency metrics
Department of Health
July 2015

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Sunday 12 July 2015

The budget: Health and social care funding

"It is clear that if more funding is not forthcoming for the current year, the consequences will be significant – either patient care will suffer as staff are cut, waiting times rise and the quality of care deteriorates, or the Department of Health will overspend its budget."

The budget: Health and social care funding
The King's Fund
July 2015

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Health policy priorities for a new parliament

"This collection of essays, published jointly by the All-Party Parliamentary Health Group (APHG) and The King’s Fund, maps out health priorities for the next Parliament, as seen from the perspective of a distinguished collection of authors, representing key stakeholders in the world of health."

Health policy priorities for a new parliament
The King's Fund
July 2015

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Better value in the NHS: The role of changes in clinical practice

"The direct and indirect costs of preventable harm to the NHS can be significant, so reducing harm can save the NHS money as well as improving quality of care."

Better value in the NHS: The role of changes in clinical practice
H Alderwick, R Robertson, J Appleby, P Dunn, D Maguire
The King's Fund
July 2015

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Review of operational productivity in NHS providers

"Many hospitals have told us they would welcome more detailed guidance on what
good looks like. We therefore believe it would be appropriate to publish, in stages, what a model NHS hospital could look like in terms of operational productivity and cost."

Review of operational productivity in NHS providers: Interim report
NHS Procurement
June 2015

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People's experiences of care during a mental health crisis

"The report highlights some key lessons for the wider system, including commissioning services to meet local need, and the different agencies involved in crisis care taking a more joined-up approach."

Right here, right now: People's experiences of help, care and support during a mental health crisis
Care Quality Commission
June 2015

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Focus on: International comparisons of healthcare quality

" It is encouraging that the UK is stable or improving on almost all the indicators (25 out of 27), and we hope that the UK can at least maintain but ideally increase the speed of improvement."

Focus on: International comparisons of healthcare quality: What can the team learn?
L Kossarova, I Blunt, M Bardsley
Quality Watch: The Health Foundation, Nuffield Trust
July 2015

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