Projects tagged as: Quality of care

British Social Attitudes survey 2011: public satisfaction with the NHS and its services

Topline results and satisfaction trends relating to the NHS from the British Social Attitudes survey 2011.

British Social Attitudes survey 2012: public satisfaction with the NHS and its services

Topline results and satisfaction trends relating to the NHS from the British Social Attitudes survey 2012.

Choice at the end of life

The King's Fund evaluated Marie Curie's flagship Delivering Choice programme, which helps patients make informed choices about where they wish to die.

Co-ordinated care for people with complex chronic conditions

This project involves an in-depth examination of approaches to care co-ordination undertaken in primary care settings in different parts of the UK.

Enhancing the Healing Environment

The Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE) programme encourages and enables nurse-led teams to work in partnership with patients to improve the environment in which they deliver care.

From Ward to Board

This project examined the role executive nurses can play to influence the clinical quality agenda at ward level.

GSK IMPACT Awards

The GSK IMPACT Awards are designed to recognise and reward charities that are doing excellent work to improve people's health in the UK.

Informed choice: helping patients make better decisions

This project explores whether or not comparative hospital data helps patients to make better choices.

Inquiry into the quality of general practice in England

The King's Fund ran an 18-month inquiry into the quality of general practice in England.

Learning from other health systems

As part of our work to improve health care in England, we also look to learn from international evidence. Here is a selection of our internationally focused work, plus links to resources.

Maternity services inquiry

An independent inquiry that began in late 2006 to find out what can be done make maternity care safer.

Mental health and the productivity challenge

This project explored opportunities to re-design mental health services in order to improve productivity, but without sacrificing quality of care.

Patient and Family-centred Care

Breaking new ground in improving the experience of hospital care for patients and their families, and the working lives of staff.

Patient choice: how patients choose and how providers respond

This project examines the implementation of the patient choice policy and its impact on the quality of service in the NHS.

Predicting and reducing re-admission to hospital

Between 2005 and 2007, The King's Fund was commissioned to produce software tools and models to identify individuals at high risk of re-admission to hospital.

Progress made by the NHS in the past 13 years

Examining what progress the NHS in England has made since 1997 against eight criteria for a high-performing health system.

Quality and Outcomes Framework

Aims to examine the quality of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) on general practice, public health outcomes and health inequalities in England.

Quality in a Cold Climate

The NHS is facing the biggest financial challenge in its history. Our Quality in a Cold Climate project aimed to support the NHS in delivering productivity improvements required to meet this challenge.

Quarterly monitoring report

Our quarterly monitoring report examines the views of finance directors on the productivity challenges they face, as well as some key NHS performance data.

Reducing acute care bed utilisation

Analysing how acute care beds are being used in the NHS in England, and considering the pressure placed on availability by the NHS reforms.

Safer Births project

The Safer Births programme enabled frontline professionals working in maternity units to improve the safety of the services they deliver to women and their babies.

Schwartz Center Rounds®

Schwartz Center Rounds® provide a monthly, one-hour session for staff from all disciplines to discuss difficult emotional and social issues arising from patient care.

The 21st-century doctor

Aims to engage medical students around the country in the issues surrounding medical professionalim.

The Francis Inquiry report

Following the publication of the Francis Inquiry report, we consider the factors that characterise high-quality care, while a number of experts from The King's Fund have considered what the report will mean for the NHS.

The future of community health services

Examines the issues faced by primary care trusts in determining the future of primary care services patients receive in the community.

Understanding patients' choice at the point of referral

Exploring the factors which influence patients when making decisions about which hospital to attend for treatment.