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Developing supportive design for people with dementia - The King’s Fund’s Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme 2009-2012 | by Sarah Waller CBE, Abigail Masterson, Hedley Finn

Developing supportive design for people with dementia

The King’s Fund’s Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme 2009-2012
9 Jan 2013
Sarah Waller CBE, Abigail Masterson, Hedley Finn
Our publication marks the completion of 26 schemes in 23 NHS acute, community and mental health hospitals in England to improve the environment of care for people with dementia.
Health policy under the coalition government - A mid-term assessment | by Sarah Gregory, Anna Dixon, Chris Ham

Health policy under the coalition government

A mid-term assessment
28 Nov 2012
Sarah Gregory, Anna Dixon, Chris Ham
Written halfway through the 2010–2014 parliament, this review considers how the NHS is performing under the coalition government, following on from The King’s Fund’s major review of NHS performance from 1997 to 2010.
Improving GP services in England - Exploring the association between quality of care and the experience of patients | by Veena Raleigh, Francesca Frosini

Improving GP services in England

Exploring the association between quality of care and the experience of patients
7 Nov 2012
Veena Raleigh, Francesca Frosini
Using data for more than 8,000 general practices in England, this paper examines the association between patients’ perceptions about the non-clinical aspects of care and practice performance on measures of clinical quality.
Transforming the delivery of health and social care - The case for fundamental change | by Chris Ham, Anna Dixon, Beatrice Brooke

Transforming the delivery of health and social care

The case for fundamental change
6 Sep 2012
Chris Ham, Anna Dixon, Beatrice Brooke
This paper explores how the current health and social care delivery system has failed to keep pace with the population's needs and expectations.
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Older people and emergency bed use

Exploring variation
9 Aug 2012
Candace Imison, James Thompson, Emmi Poteliakhoff
This paper explores factors that might be driving the significant variation in use of hospital beds by patients over 65 admitted as an emergency.
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Preparing for the Francis report: how to assure quality in the NHS

26 Jul 2012
Anna Dixon, Catherine Foot, Tony Harrison
With the Francis Inquiry report due in the autumn, we set out our views on how the system of quality assurance needs to evolve and how it should operate.
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Patients’ preferences matter

Stop the silent misdiagnosis
29 May 2012
Al Mulley, Chris Trimble, Glyn Elwyn
Our paper calls for doctors to aspire to the same standards of excellence in diagnosing patients' preferences for their care as they do to diagnosing disease.
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The care of frail older people with complex needs: time for a revolution

The Sir Roger Bannister Health Summit, Leeds Castle
27 Mar 2012
Jocelyn Cornwell
This paper summarises discussions from the Sir Roger Bannister Health Summit, held at Leeds Castle, which looked at the challenges of caring for frail older people.
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Continuity of care for older hospital patients

A call for action
27 Mar 2012
Jocelyn Cornwell, Lara Sonola, Ros Levenson, Emmi Poteliakhoff
This paper focuses on those aged 70 years and older with multiple health problems and explores how continuity of care affects them and the people closest to them.
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Integrated care for patients and populations: Improving outcomes by working together

A report to the Department of Health and the NHS Future Forum
5 Jan 2012
Nick Goodwin, Claire Perry, Anna Dixon, Chris Ham, Judith Smith, Alisha Davies, Rebecca Rosen, Jennifer Dixon
This report from The King's Fund and Nuffield Trust is intended to support the Department of Health's development of a national strategy on integrated health and social care.
Enhancing the healing Environment Programme 2008-2010 publication cover

Environments for care at the end of life

The King's Fund's Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme 2008-2010
18 Aug 2011
Sarah Waller CBE, Hedley Finn
Describing projects in 19 NHS trusts and one HM prison that took part in schemes to improve the environment of care at the end of life, this publication celebrates the completion of the latest phase of the Enhancing the Healing Environment programme.
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Making shared decision-making a reality

No decision about me, without me
28 Jul 2011
Angela Coulter, Alf Collins
The government wants to place patients' needs and wishes at the heart of clinical decision-making. Angela Coulter and Alf Collins give evidence for the benefits of shared decision-making and practical support in implementing it for clinicians.
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Schwartz Center Rounds®

Evaluation of the UK pilots
11 Jul 2011
Joanna Goodrich
This paper on the Schwartz Center Rounds® draws together three types of evaluation: the feedback from participants after each Round; a pre- and post-pilot survey (first year of Rounds) completed by Rounds participants; and qualitative interviews with key members of staff in both trusts.
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Choosing a high-quality hospital

The role of nudges, scorecard design and information
18 Nov 2010
Anna Dixon, Tammy Boyce, Barbara Fasolo, Elena Reutskaja
Choosing a high-quality hospital explores how information can help patients to make informed choices. It is based on a research study, which began with a series of focus group discussions, the results of which informed the design of an online experiment.
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The patient-centred care project: evaluation report

11 Aug 2010
Our evaluation report of a patient-centred care, evidence-based co-design project run by Guys' and St Thomas' and King's College Hospitals.
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Measures of patients' experience in hospital

Purpose, methods and uses
3 Aug 2009
Angela Coulter, Jocelyn Cornwell, Ray Fitzpatrick
This paper provides a brief guide to measuring patients' experiences to help trust boards and other interested parties decide which measurement and feedback tools are appropriate for their requirements.
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Seeing the Person in the Patient

The Point of Care review paper
3 Dec 2008
Joanna Goodrich, Jocelyn Cornwell
Assesses patients' experiences of hospital care and suggests that staff at all levels help to shape that experience. Proposes two initiatives that have the potential to promote compassion in care.
Technology in the NHS: Transforming the patient's experience of care publication cover

Technology in the NHS

Transforming the patient's experience of care
23 Oct 2008
Alasdair Liddell, Stephen Adshead, Ellen Burgess
How can technology be used to improve care for patients? This report gives examples of how technology could be used and suggests ways to overcome the obstacles to its adoption.
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Engaging patients in their health: How the NHS needs to change

Report from the Sir Roger Bannister Health Summit, Leeds Castle, 17-18 May 2007
23 Oct 2008
Anna Dixon
How can we encourage patients to become more engaged in their own health care and what impact will that have on the NHS? This report presents discussions from an expert seminar.
Improving Environments for Care at End of Life: Lessons from eight UK pilot programmes front cover

Improving Environments for Care at End of Life

Lessons from eight UK pilot programmes
23 Apr 2008
Sarah Waller CBE, Steve Dewar, Abigail Masterson, Hedley Finn
We share the lessons from a pilot programme launched in 2006 to improve environments for care at end of life, with experiences from eight pilot sites.

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