Blog tagged as: Quality of care

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: 1
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?
19th July 2010 | Comments: 3
Information is destined to have a key role in the new vision for the NHS. But will it help to give patients choices and to increase public accountability?
13th July 2010 | Comments: 12
If the proposals set out in the White Paper ‘Equity and Excellence’ are implemented in full, the changes will have far-reaching consequences for the NHS.
6th July 2010
Quality accounts are intended to achieve two things - to increase boards' focus on quality, and to provide greater public accountability for quality.
24th June 2010
Much of the conversation at the NHS Confederation annual conference has been about productivity. How will the NHS cope with increasing demand?
21st June 2010 | Comments: 2
The Secretary of State's revisions to the 2010/11 NHS Operating Framework have been published today and, as expected, the government is scaling back access targets.
15th June 2010
General practice lies at the heart of the new coalition government's plans for reform of the NHS in England.
3rd June 2010 | Comments: 1
Ruth Robertson questions whether government plans to empower patients to choose their hospital will lead to improvements in services.
12th February 2010 | Comments: 1
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?
20th January 2010 | Comments: 6
Sometimes rectifying the smallest or simplest of things can transform patients' experience of care. Don't wait to form a committee, start trying to improve patients' experience now.
11th January 2010 | Comments: 1
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.
2nd December 2009 | Comments: 2
Anna Dixon comments on the recent controversy stirred up by the publication of Dr Foster's latest mortality figures.
27th November 2009 | Comments: 2
Listen to Mark Jennings' presentation, where he argued that care can only be judged to be high quality if it is also delivered efficiently.
26th November 2009 | Comments: 2
The focus in workforce planning needs to be on developing a flexible approach that doesn't seek long-term precision but can enable the workforce to evolve and adapt.

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