Blog tagged as: Service redesign

16th April 2013
The protracted process around the proposed closure of the children’s heart surgery unit at Leeds is the latest example of the difficulties associated with delivering change in the NHS. Is there a way through this?
1st April 2013 | Comments: 2
The NHS reforms in England will have major implications for all involved in the system, none more so than providers.
20th March 2013 | Comments: 3
As implementation of the government’s controversial health reforms draws near, Richard Humphries looks at how health and wellbeing boards are shaping up.
18th January 2013
Nigel Edwards concludes our look at the relocation of care, considering whether shifting care closer to home is always the best solution.
17th January 2013 | Comments: 4
The focus of the Royal College of Surgeon’s new report on engagement with the public on service change is very welcome, but will it translate into a genuinely different dialogue at a local level?
28th November 2012 | Comments: 2
Having spent the first half of the Parliament legislating for radical changes to the organisation of the NHS, the government now needs to focus on the mundane but much more important challenge of implementing and executing the service changes on which its record will ultimately depend.
19th October 2012 | Comments: 10
What can we learn from service redesign in London? Chris Ham reflects on themes from our conference on progressing health care in the capital.
5th September 2012 | Comments: 5
Chris Ham argues that much bolder approach is needed to bring about innovative models of care that meet the population's needs.
5th July 2012 | Comments: 7
Current debates about the future of hospitals and bringing care closer to home echo those of the 1970s. So will anything be different this time round?
28th June 2012 | Comments: 6
Looking back on the conference, Anna Dixon considers outstanding reform issues, including the difficult decisions that must be made around hospital reconfiguration.
19th June 2012 | Comments: 17
Lean is a methodology developed by Toyota which aims to improve flow while minimising waste. But why is it so difficult to apply to health care?
23rd February 2012 | Comments: 2
Visiting Fellow, Claire Perry gives us an insight into her previous roles in the NHS and the examines the issues surrounding health care in London.
21st December 2011 | Comments: 1
Candace Imison assesses what evidence is needed for NHS merger decisions.
6th October 2011
Using a personal experience of emergency surgery, Candace Imison makes the case for hospital reconfiguration in her blog.
6th September 2011 | Comments: 9
Chris Ham examines how to reconfigure hospital services to improve the quality and safety of health care.
4th August 2011 | Comments: 7
Rachael Addicott asks if social enterprises will be able to compete with the big players in health care in her blog.
19th July 2011 | Comments: 3
While David Cameron announced public services reform, Anna Dixon says the real challenge is translating them into practice in a service as diverse as the NHS.
5th May 2011 | Comments: 11
One aspect of the Health and Social Care Bill that has attracted remarkably little controversy is the proposal for health and wellbeing boards. But are they really part of the solution?
4th April 2011
The environmental impact of everyday things can come as some surprise. Chris Naylor examines the environmental impact of the NHS.
18th March 2011 | Comments: 6
Are referral management centres in line with national policy on free choice of elective care and the principles of co-operation and competition?

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