Quality of care

High-quality care can usually be defined in three parts: clinical effectiveness, safety and patient experience. We will be examining how NHS and social care organisations in England are improving quality and assessing their progress.

Overview

Related projects

The Point of Care programme aims to help health care staff in hospitals deliver the quality of care they would want for themselves and their own families.

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.

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The Francis Inquiry report

Anticipating the Francis Inquiry report

We analyse what the forthcoming recommendations might mean for the NHS, and what needs to change in the health system to protect patients.

Improving the quality of care for frail older people

Joanna Goodrich looks at the changes that can be made at all levels to significantly improve older people’s experience of care.

Reading Room & briefings

Want to know more?

For more resources on quality of care, including reading lists, database searches and useful web pages, visit our Reading Room.

Related briefings

See our briefings and responses on quality of care issues.

Featured publications

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

Health policy under the coalition government A mid-term assessment

28 Nov 2012

Sarah Gregory, Anna Dixon, Chris Ham

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Blogs on quality of care

Do personal health budgets improve quality of life for patients?

12 Dec 2012

Angela Coulter

How must we change care systems to meet the needs of the future patient?

7 Dec 2012

Jocelyn Cornwell

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Relevant events

28 Nov 2012

The King's Fund Annual Conference 2012

8 Nov 2012

Transforming patient experience annual conference 2012

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Relevant audio/video

Elizabeth Fradd: why communication and information matter

Elizabeth Fradd

Linda Patterson: wrong bed, wrong ward

Linda Patterson

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Useful articles

The NHS in England in 2013

2 Jan 2013

Hospital Pathways programme: lessons learned

19 Dec 2012

Karen Wright

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Relevant press releases

The King's Fund's statement on Mid Staffordshire hospital

6 Jan 2013

General practice in London must improve to meet challenges of the future

5 Dec 2012

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Our work on this topic

Publication

5 Jun 2008

Candace Imison, Chris Naylor, Jo Maybin

Article

Data briefing: Maternity services at 60: the birth of a new era

5 Jun 2008

John Appleby , Ruth Thorlby

Press release

Dying patients and their relatives to benefit from Department of Health investment in hospital environments

15 May 2008

Article

A dignified goodbye

23 Apr 2008

Steve Dewar

Publication

Improving Environments for Care at End of Life

23 Apr 2008

Sarah Waller CBE , Steve Dewar, Abigail Masterson, Hedley Finn

Press release

Dying patients given greater choice to die at home at no extra cost to the NHS, The King's Fund report concludes

23 Apr 2008

Publication

Improving Choice at End of Life

22 Apr 2008

Rachael Addicott, Steve Dewar

Article

Data briefing: Waiting times are just so...1950s

10 Apr 2008

John Appleby , Ruth Thorlby

Article

Patient choice in general practice: the implications of patient satisfaction surveys

2 Apr 2008

Anna Dixon, Julian Le Grand , Ruth Robertson

Press release

Patient choice has some way to go before it delivers improvements in hospital quality, says The King's Fund

27 Mar 2008

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