Blog tagged as: Quality of care

7th June 2011 | Comments: 9
With more reports on the care of elderly and vulnerable people Jocelyn Cornwell looks at the state of care in acute hospitals.
24th March 2011 | Comments: 7
How good is the quality of general practice in England? An independent panel commissioned by the Fund provided an answer to this question this morning.
7th March 2011 | Comments: 8
Could the situation in maternity care be improved if maternity services changed the way they use their current workforce? Natasha Curry explores in our blog.
17th February 2011 | Comments: 7
In light of the Health Service Ombudsman's recent report, Jocelyn Cornwell examines ways to improve NHS care, including intentional nurse rounds.
8th February 2011 | Comments: 8
After a bad experience of airline customer service, Bev Fitzsimons reflects on how similar an experience patients may face with health care providers.
14th January 2011 | Comments: 4
The Point of Care team reflect on how the smallest actions on the part of staff can make a huge difference to patients’ experience of care.
6th January 2011
Catherine Foot asks if the new quality accounts will help the public and patients have a clearer view of the quality of care provided locally.
20th December 2010 | Comments: 5
An important issue in understanding trends in waiting times is seasonal variations. John Appleby looks at hospital waiting times in his data blog.
14th December 2010 | Comments: 3
Stephen Moss, Chair of Mid Staffordshire, spoke at our conference this week about the lessons he had learnt from the 'story of a hospital that lost its way'.
3rd December 2010 | Comments: 4
The health White Paper sets out a significant set of reforms for the NHS. We plan to follow the evolution and implementation of these changes and assess their impact.
9th November 2010 | Comments: 4
A trip to Australia, where he was able to compare our two health systems, reminds Chris Ham of the strengths of general practice in the English NHS.
3rd November 2010 | Comments: 3
Today The King's Fund published a survey of GPs that asked what they would prioritise to improve patient care in their practices.
28th October 2010 | Comments: 3
The government last week published two new consultations on choice and information, which could have significant implications for how end-of-life care is delivered.
11th October 2010 | Comments: 3
Understanding how the quality of care can be sustained and improved in general practice has been a core concern of the GP Inquiry commissioned by The King's Fund.
29th September 2010 | Comments: 2
John Appleby considers the first set of data on post-operative patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) published by the Department of Health.
17th September 2010 | Comments: 2
As we debate the proposed NHS structures we must think about what kind of care we want these structures to help deliver. And what role can the voluntary sector play?
16th September 2010
We are beyond the tipping point where the long-term conditions agenda can be ignored, but where will the system leadership come from in the new NHS?
3rd September 2010 | Comments: 4
Can we guarantee patients compassionate care? Jocelyn Cornwell argues that while we can't currently guarantee this, we should be doing more to make it likely.
18th August 2010 | Comments: 4
The coalition has moved quickly in its first 100 days to set out its plans for the NHS. Do they build on Labour's health reforms, or are they much more radical?
22nd July 2010 | Comments: 2
The coalition government is promising real-terms growth for the NHS, but in practice this will be very small. So how should the NHS respond to this new world?

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