Blog: 2011
In her blog, Veena Raleigh is doubtful that the new hospital mortality rate indictor, SHMI, will provide the definitive measure of a hospital's quality.
Drawing on experience from our Point of Care programme, Jocelyn Cornwell explores the options to improving the poor results on care shown in the CQC report.
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After the CQC report on quality of care, Anna Dixon asks if acute hospitals are providing the right care for people with dementia.
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Anna Dixon asks if ever-increasing specialisation in acute care is benefitting patients in her new blog.
Using a personal experience of emergency surgery, Candace Imison makes the case for hospital reconfiguration in her blog.
Richard Humphries asks whether the political momentum can be found to carry through Dilnot's suggestions for social care funding in England.
Anna Dixon asks what lessons should the coalition government learn from New Labour's NHS reforms?
Chris Ham argues that as the NHS is facing growing demands from an ageing population, clinicians and organisations must work together to meet the needs of patients.
Chris Ham examines how to reconfigure hospital services to improve the quality and safety of health care.
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Sarah Jonas asks what effect will large scale cuts to local authority social care budgets have on child and adolescent mental health services.
Jocelyn Cornwell discusses the dynamic, culture-changing power of stories and story-telling in health care in her new blog.
Early indications show that while waiting times are still historically low, they are beginning to increase under the coalition government.
David Buck argues that the real question about NHS funding lies not in whether it increases, but in how it is allocated.
Joanna Goodrich asks can we really expect to improve services in a way that makes a difference to patients if we don’t listen to their experiences?
Will amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill affecting the role of the Co-operation and Competition Panel and Monitor truly affect competition in the NHS?
Rachael Addicott asks if social enterprises will be able to compete with the big players in health care in her blog.
As the cost and quality of GP prescribing comes under media scrutiny, Nick Goodwin asks, are we spending too much money on drugs?
At this time of tight budgets and organisational restructure, Al Mulley explores the implications of practice variation for the NHS.
The recent public health Command Paper, Healthy lives, healthy people: Update & way forward, was underwhelming in its recommendations, according to David Buck.
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According to The Future Forum, integrated care is integral to the future delivery of health and social care. Nick Goodwin asks if we know what this truly means.