Blog tagged as: Measurement and performance
General practice lies at the heart of the new coalition government's plans for reform of the NHS in England.
In what promises to be the closest general election in recent memory, just how important will the parties' health policies be when voters confront the ballot box?
The government says that UK cancer survival rates are amongst the worst in Europe and proof of the need for change. What do the comparative statistics tell us?
On 8 January 2010 David Cameron came to the Fund to answer questions from the public and professionals on transparency, targets and bureaucracy in health care.
Anna Dixon comments on the recent controversy stirred up by the publication of Dr Foster's latest mortality figures.
Listen to extracts from my presentation speech alongside relevant slides by clicking on the small arrow in the bottom bar of the presentation. If you want to just scroll through the slides, use the arrow on the right hand side of the presentation.
Does the NHS have the skills to continue the drive to improve quality despite the impending budget cuts? Mark Jennings reports from our 2009 annual conference.
Richard Giordano discusses the leadership role that clinical and medical directors will play during the cold resource climate ahead.
Measuring quality was put at the forefront of quality improvement by the NHS Next Stage Review. But we need to get better at thinking about why and how we use it.
Niall Dickson comments on Stephen O'Brien's admission at the Conservative Party conference 2009 that far from being the source of evil, targets could be a good thing.
Andy Burnham recently announced that hospital payments will be linked to patient experience at service level. Will this help to improve quality?
The introduction of patient-reported outcome measures has the potential to transform health care. But NHS leaders must move quickly to engage staff and patients.
Last week saw the publication of the NHS Operating Framework for 2009/10, with details of PCT allocations and a new formula for calculating those allocations.
The NHS Next Stage Review outlines sensible measures to transform patient care, but Niall Dickson argues that real cultural change is needed in the health service.
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