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A transformation fund for the NHS

Over the coming months The King’s Fund and The Health Foundation will be exploring the concept of a transformation fund. How big does such a fund need to be? And how should it be spent so that it supports real change at scale across the NHS?

By Lillie Wenzel - 18 December 2014

Power to the people

The case for change is clear; a system that listens to patients and enables them to achieve what they want to achieve in their health and wellbeing would improve outcomes and save money. But such systems still exist only in pockets around the country.

By Catherine Foot - 20 November 2014

Stories and numbers: there is room for both in understanding patients’ experience

If we are seeking to truly understand health care, it is not numbers or stories, but numbers and stories that are needed, says Bev Fitzsimons.

By Bev Fitzsimons - 20 November 2014

This patient’s experience

I had watched One Born Every Minute and kept my eyes open; I’d attended NCT classes and yoga workshops; I’d done my reading. None of this really prepared me for the extreme pain and joy involved in giving birth to my first child, but it helped a bit. What I was absolutely unprepared for was the experience of being a hospital inpatient.

By Jo Maybin - 19 November 2014

A patient perspective: we can’t afford to be patient about involvement any longer

As a person and a patient, I care deeply about involvement. I know it helps me as a patient to live more sustainably with my health conditions and I know that, in turn, can help the NHS to exist more sustainably too.

By Anya de Iongh - 4 November 2014

More than just stories: the Barker Commission’s experts by experience

As the instigator of the Barker Commission's experts by experience group, I want to share my experiences to help unlock similar groups on other commissions and in the NHS.

By Becky Seale - 17 October 2014

Delivering innovations in the care of older people: an opportunity to brag, steal, learn and deliver?

We have ample evidence of what good care for older people looks like and numerous service models delivering it, yet we aren’t very good at disseminating good practice, and worse still at adopting and implementing improvements at scale and pace.

By David Oliver - 13 June 2014

Patient and Family-Centred Care: practical tools to improve patient experience

Patient and Family-Centred Care is a simple, low-technology approach to patient-centred service improvement – Bev Fitzsimons blogs about the benefits of using the approach, following the launch of our new toolkit with the Health Foundation.

By Bev Fitzsimons - 4 June 2014

How do people become good managers of their own health?

Within the general population some people actively focus on reaching and maintaining good health, while others are more passive about the whole thing. So what makes the difference?

By Judith Hibbard - 16 May 2014

It's time to start asking and answering the hard questions: a view from an expert by experience

Dominic Stenning is a member of the experts by experience group for the Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England. He spoke at the launch of the interim report, giving a frank and compelling patient perspective on the health, mental health and social care system.

By Dominic Stenning - 24 April 2014

The time has come to make health and care services work for our ageing population

David Oliver, the author of our new report on caring for an ageing population, presents the arguments for a whole systems, end-to-end redesign across all services and stages of health for local older populations.

By David Oliver - 6 March 2014

Can the Care Quality Commission live up to expectations?

Although the Care Quality Commission has an important role, the first line of defence against poor quality care must be frontline staff, says Catherine Foot.

By Catherine Foot - 6 February 2014

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