Blog tagged as: Quality of care
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?
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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.
Quality accounts are intended to achieve two things - to increase boards' focus on quality, and to provide greater public accountability for quality.
Much of the conversation at the NHS Confederation annual conference has been about productivity. How will the NHS cope with increasing demand?
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.
General practice lies at the heart of the new coalition government's plans for reform of the NHS in England.
Ruth Robertson questions whether government plans to empower patients to choose their hospital will lead to improvements in services.
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?
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.
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 Mark Jennings' presentation, where he argued that care can only be judged to be high quality if it is also delivered efficiently.
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.
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.
Health professionals must be able to talk openly about death and dying if end-of-life care in England is to improve, says Rachael Addicott.
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.
Andy Burnham recently announced that hospital payments will be linked to patient experience at service level. Will this help to improve quality?
Much of the health care improvement over the past decade has been characterised by high levels of investment - how will the NHS cope with the new financial challenge?
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.
Deciding who does what will be vital if we're to get a quality service from the regulators. Niall Dickson reflects on the new role of the Care Quality Commission.