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Using patient feedback to drive improvement

Joni Jabbal looks at what enables NHS acute trusts to take data from inpatient surveys, understand it, work with it, and use it to improve patient experience overall.

By Joni Jabbal - 10 December 2015

Do the public still trust doctors and nurses?

Do the public still trust doctors and nurses to deliver high-quality care and put patients, interests first, or could high-profile failings and inspection results have contributed to a change in public opinion?

By Anna Charles - 7 December 2015

Assessing demand and supply in general practice

Beccy Baird shares her views on the progress of a project that will collect detailed evidence around the changes in activity in general practice over the past five years.

By Beccy Baird - 2 December 2015

What not to do to stay in budget

With the NHS overspend running at £1.62 billion for the first half of the year, what are the options available to trusts struggling to stay in budget?

By John Appleby - 20 November 2015

Learning from others: devolved governance in the Australian state of Victoria

The health care system in Victoria, Australia, delivers good results compared with other states, but there are still areas where improvements could be made.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 18 November 2015

NHS sustainability: there aren’t always more fish in the sea

The NHS needs to effectively manage its common resources more money and greater efficiency won't be enough.

By Hugh Alderwick - 16 November 2015

Devolution – silver bullet or Swiss cheese?

Health has found itself caught up in government's latest big idea. But what does devolution really mean for the NHS?

By Helen McKenna - 12 November 2015

Delayed transfers of care: join the queue

Delayed transfers of care, where patients are ready to return home or transfer to another form of care but still occupy a hospital bed, are a hot topic of discussion right now. So what does the latest data tell us?

By James Thompson, David Maguire - 9 November 2015

Social care: a future we don’t yet know

Ahead of the Spending Review, Richard Humphries and John Appleby look at the data to examine the likely fall in social care spending.

By Richard Humphries, John Appleby - 8 November 2015

Does the NHS need more ratings?

Last week, Jeremy Hunt announced the government's plans to introduce Ofsted-style ratings for CCGs, to help fill what he called the transparency gap in the NHS. But are more ratings really what the NHS needs?

By Hugh Alderwick - 6 November 2015

The NHS, the Spending Review and George Osborne

None of the choices that George Osborne faces are easy, but there should be no doubt about the implications for the public and politicians of an NHS unable to balance its budget in the face of rising demands.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 5 November 2015

Safe staffing in the NHS comes at a cost

When the Care Quality Commission suggested in its recent State of Care report that safer, better care does not necessarily cost more the inclusion of the word necessarily was important, says Helen McKenna.

By Helen McKenna - 26 October 2015

NHS spending: squeezed as never before

In his data blog, John Appleby looks at the scale of the NHS funding squeeze.

By John Appleby - 20 October 2015

Simon Stevens' vision for the NHS: welcome but challenging to deliver

In his keynote address at our annual integrated care summit, Simon Stevens gave what was arguably his most important speech since he took up post. His speech contained three big messages.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 14 October 2015

How can the performance of local health systems be assessed?

Chris Ham reflects on the findings of our review for the Department of Health, which recommends radical simplification and better alignment of existing frameworks for assessing performance in the NHS.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 12 October 2015

Increased demand for care won't be addressed by doing more of the same

With the first anniversary of the NHS five year forward view approaching rapidly, how are new care models developing, and what are the prospects for the future?

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 1 October 2015

Should we be worried about CCG conflicts of interest?

Are conflicts of interest affecting the services patients receive? Or is this inherent feature of clinical commissioning being managed appropriately through common-sense decision-making?

By Ruth Robertson - 29 September 2015

NHS mergers: putting all our baskets into one egg?

What can be done to improve the quality of decision-making on NHS mergers, and can the tide of unsuccessful mergers be stemmed?

By Ben Collins, Michael West - 24 September 2015

Is the purchaser–provider split dying?

Is the purchaser provider split dead? No. Is it dying? Quite possibly, says Nicholas Timmins.

By Nicholas Timmins - 22 September 2015

Local Healthwatch: progress, promise and power

The coalition government outlined a framework for a network of local Healthwatch organisations, with the aim of creating a credible, representative and influential public voice in the system. So how have these organisations been developing?

By Phoebe Dunn - 16 September 2015

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