Quality of care

Activities

• Long-term conditions and mental health paper press release | February 2012

  Our new paper finds that people with long-term conditions are two to three times more likely to experience mental health problems than the general population.

• Long-term conditions and mental health: the cost of co-morbidities | Chris Naylor

  Our latest report, published jointly with Centre for Mental Health, reviews the evidence on the interaction between mental health and long-term physical health conditions.

• The NHS health check: January 2012 quarterly monitoring report

  As NHS hospitals and employees grapple with productivity improvements and cost saving, we take a closer look at the current state of the NHS with our NHS health check prezi.

• How is the NHS performing? January 2012 quarterly monitoring report

  Our third quarterly monitoring report provides a regular update on how the NHS is coping as it grapples with the evolving reform agenda.

• Service-line management: Can it improve quality and efficiency?

  Service-line management: Can it improve quality and efficiency? considers what helps and what hinders this way of working and the potential benefits of using this approach.

• Hospital boards must ‘let go’ to realise benefits of service-line management

  Our new report 'Service-line management: Can it improve quality and efficiency?' finds that hospital boards must be prepared to cede power and control to clinical teams.

• Integrated care should be top NHS priority for the next decade say health think tanks

  The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust have called for an ambitious new goal to be set to ensure that delivering integrated care assumes the same priority over the next decade as reducing waiting times was given over the last.

• Integrated care for patients and populations: Improving outcomes by working together

  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.

• Nick Goodwin and Judith Smith on integrated care

  Dr Nick Goodwin and Dr Judith Smith explore the recommendations from The King's Fund and Nuffield Trust for the Department of Health and the NHS Future Forum.

• Data briefing: Emergency bed use: What the numbers tell us

  Our data briefing looks at the trends emerging in emergency admissions and hospital bed use in the NHS. What do the numbers tell us?

• Is the new NHS framework fit for purpose?

  Veena Raleigh consider whether the new NHS outcomes framework will need a wider focus in this BMJ Quality and Safety article. (2 Dec 2011)

• Lessons from India: Aravind Eye Care System

  We speak to Dr Ravindran of the Aravind Eye Care System about his pioneering work of delivering eye care in Tamil Nadu, India. (Article, 24 Nov 2011)

• Jocelyn Cornwell at The Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry

  Jocelyn Cornwell spoke on the role of trust leadership at the Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry. (Briefing paper and presentation)

• Patient and Family-centred Care programme

  We are currently looking for acute trusts to participate in our new Point of care programme, the Patient and Family-centred Care programme.

• Case management: What it is and how it can best be implemented

  This paper looks at the core components of a successful case management programme and considers how it can be used to deliver high-quality integrated care.

• Nick Goodwin on case management

  Nick Goodwin introduces the key findings from our case management paper, and considers its role in an integrated care system. (Audio-slideshow)

• Accepting death and illness as a doctor and as a patient

  Katie Groom, who is studying medicine, gives us an insight into the feelings and conflicts that can arise when a patient doesn't accept treatment for an illness. (Staff story, 7 Nov 2011)

• Sally Brearley: Removing barriers to making informed choices

  Sally Brearley talks about removing barriers to making informed choices at our NHS information revolution conference. (Audio, 20 Oct 2011)

• Making integrated care a reality

  The King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust have been asked by the Department of Health to support the development of a national strategy for the promotion of integrated care. (Project)

• Muir Gray: The third health care revolution - NHS information revolution

  At our NHS Information Revolution conference, Professor Sir Muir Gray closed the event with his vision for a third health care revolution. (Video, 20 Oct 2011)