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London's health plans: why the need for an overhaul is urgent

16 Jan 2012
John Appleby
The capital's hospitals have been under review since 2007. A decision can't be put off any longer, writes John Appleby.

The NHS in England in 2012

21 Dec 2011
Chris Ham
Three issues have dominated debate about health policy in England during 2011: the Health and Social Care Bill, performance of the NHS and the quality of patient care. But what health policy issues will be high on the agenda during 2012?

The contribution of Schwartz Center Rounds® to hospital culture 2011

17 Nov 2011
Jocelyn Cornwell, Joanna Goodrich
Jocelyn Cornwell and Joanna Goodrich presented a briefing paper on the contribution of the Schwartz Center Rounds® to hospital culture at the Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry.

Giving end-of-life care environments a makeover

4 Nov 2011
Sarah Waller CBE
Sarah Waller describes an initiative to transform spaces and develop comfortable areas in which patients are cared for.

Consultation response: Improving dignity in care

3 Oct 2011
Joanna Goodrich
Joanna Goodrich submits our consultation on improving dignity in care to the Partnership on Dignity in Care (Age UK, NHS Confederation and Local Government Group).

Care will get worse unless politicians make tough calls

5 Sep 2011
Chris Ham
In an article for the Independent, Chris Ham explains that improvements in services will only if politicians are willing to support doctors and managers.

The NHS has rooms for improvement in end of life care

1 Sep 2011
Sarah Waller CBE
Despite the good progress that has been made in improving care and choice for people at the end of their lives, more can be done.

Improving quality of care

4 May 2011
Nick Goodwin
Nick Goodwin provides an overview of the findings from the Inquiry into the quality of general practice in England.

Supporting care home residents at the end of life

27 Apr 2011
Rachael Addicott
This research considers factors that support residents to remain in care homes towards end of life. The study is based on four case studies of care homes in England and interviews with external health and social care professionals who interact with care homes.

Quality of general practice: key findings for GPs from an independent inquiry

23 Mar 2011
We outline the key findings for professionals in general practice and describe the central role that general practice must now play to improve the quality of health care.

Enhancing the Healing Environment: Midlands NHS Trust case study

30 Oct 2010
James Dooher, Clare Kozlowski
A new low secure unit was able to significantly reduce incidents of violence and aggression through implementing The King's Fund's Enhancing the Healing Environment programme.

Approaches to demand management: commissioning in a cold climate

28 Oct 2010
Candace Imison, Sarah Gregory
This write-up summarises presentations made at a seminar, which brought together commissioners, policy-makers, providers and others to consider some of the available evidence about demand management.

How to deliver high-quality, patient-centred, cost-effective care

16 Sep 2010
This article is the collective effort of ten of the leading health and social care organisations in the voluntary sector to identify the five key themes that the health and social care system must embrace to be sustainable and to ensure quality.

Supporting staff to deliver compassionate care using Schwartz Center Rounds - a UK pilot

18 Jun 2010
Jocelyn Cornwell, Joanna Goodrich
Staff who feel supported deliver better care. This article explores how a US system, which encourages sharing of experiences, is being piloted in the UK.

Helping patients choose: how to improve the design of comparative scorecards of hospital quality

18 May 2010
Anna Dixon, Tammy Boyce, Barbara Fasolo, Elena Reutskaja
In this article, we investigate how the public understand comparative quality information as presented on NHS Choices.

Caring for patients means caring for nurses

16 Mar 2010
Jocelyn Cornwell
As far as patient and staff experiences are concerned, no problem is too small. As well as tackling the issues, leaders must involve their teams in the solutions.

In praise of compassion

30 Jan 2010
Jocelyn Cornwell, Jill Maben, Kieran Sweeney

Compassion, in its original meaning in Latin, means 'with suffering'. Compassion is usually expressed towards others when we experience their suffering, being there with them in some way that makes their pain more bearable (Firth-Cozens and Cornwell, 2009).

See the person in the health professional: how looking after staff benefits patients

4 Dec 2009
Jocelyn Cornwell
Improving staff experience is an essential step towards providing high-quality care.

A patient's journey: Mesothelioma

14 Aug 2009
Jocelyn Cornwell, Kieran Sweeney, Liz Toy
Professor Kieran Sweeney was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma at age 57. He describes here his thoughts on his interactions with the health professionals who care for him.

Exploring how to measure patients' experience of care in hospital to improve services

27 Jul 2009
Jocelyn Cornwell, Joanna Goodrich
With the new requirement that patients' experience of care be measured as part of the drive to improve quality across the NHS, acute trusts face the challenge of choosing from a potentially dizzying array of options for carrying this out.

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