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Shedding light on service design involving patients and the public

Rich Stockley explains how good patient and public involvement requires a robust and well-designed research process, and not just hoping for the elusive ‘lightbulb moment’.
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By Rich Stockley - 26 November 2018
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Co-ordinating care for high-cost, high-need patients

Chris Ham considers the care models for patients with complex needs presented at the Commonwealth Fund International Symposium, and argues that clinical teams need time and resources to effectively co-ordinate the care they provide.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 23 November 2018
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Prevention and early action are key to positive, healthy outcomes

The ‘radical shift in approach’ towards preventive care proposed by Health Secretary Matt Hancock would align with the goals of many in the charity sector who have long been promoting prevention and early action. But will he put his money where his mouth is?
By Jo Davies - 8 November 2018
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Can generous leadership in the voluntary and community sector support NHS transformation?

Voluntary and community sector leaders are expert collaborators and part of a growing movement demonstrating their willingness to take on the challenge of transformation, says Lisa Weaks.
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By Lisa Weaks - 24 October 2018
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Using technology to build a partnership of trust with patients

Chris Ham explores how technology can enable positive clinician-patient relationships and support patients to take an active role in their health and wellbeing.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 7 September 2018
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The NHS app: will it work?

Matt Honeyman considers the opportunities and challenges ahead for the NHS’s national app due by the end of 2018.
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By Matthew Honeyman - 26 July 2018
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How do you engage clinicians in your digital change programme?

How important is user engagement when it comes to managing digital change projects? Dr Robert Fearn, a clinician from Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, explores the connection ahead of our new report.
By Dr Robert Fearn, consultant physician and gastroenterologist - 6 June 2018
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Five ways patient data is saving the NHS

Harry Evans explores five case studies of patient data being used in the NHS.
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By Harry Evans - 30 May 2018
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How can the NHS work effectively with patients and the public?

In a guest blog for our NHS and the public project, Ceinwen Giles asks what patient involvement could mean for the NHS.
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By Ceinwen Giles - 4 April 2018
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Clinical salesmanship and better information: making the most of digital technology in the NHS

David Maguire shares some early findings from our upcoming report on managing digital change in health and social care.
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By David Maguire - 13 March 2018
Transforming general practice through volunteering
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Transforming general practice through volunteering

In a guest blog to accompany our volunteering report, Kay Keane shares her experience of developing a community-centred general practice approach through building a community of volunteers.
By Kay Keane - 7 February 2018
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The compact between the public and the NHS

Chris Ham explores how the public's expectations of and obligations towards the NHS have changed over time.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 1 January 2018
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Improving hospital discharge and intermediate care for older people

Healthwatch England's recent report, Safely home, described in harrowing detail the personal stories of patients who felt that their discharge from hospital was unsupported. It also described patients marooned in acute beds unable to move on. So how can older people's care be improved?
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By David Oliver - 6 October 2015
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Patient involvement and empowerment

Kirsty Morrison look through our digital archive to explore the Fund's work on patient involvement.
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By Kirsty Morrison - 15 September 2015
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Will NHS.UK be the next GOV.UK?

NHS.UK is set to become the place we go, not just for information about health and local services, but to book appointments, manage repeat prescriptions and access health records and care plans. James Higgott agrees this needs to be done but doesn't think it's going to be easy.
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By James Higgott - 27 August 2015
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Is it time to look at the third sector afresh?

Let the third sector be round the table when plans for communities are being shaped, says our guest blogger Sarah Swindley, Chief Executive of Lancashire Women’s Centres.
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By Sarah Swindley - 1 July 2015
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2020 vision: digital efficiency and innovation in the NHS

Matthew Honeyman reflects on discussions at our recent Digital Health and Care Congress.
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By Matthew Honeyman - 24 June 2015
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Improving mental health: recognising the vital role of charities

There is a long way to go before mental health achieves ‘parity of esteem’ with physical health, and the voluntary and community sector is key to helping address this challenge.
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By Lisa Weaks - 15 May 2015
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The vital signs of patient care

What is health care like for the 15 million people living with long-term conditions in England? Today 10 leading patient charities (known collectively as The Richmond Group) are publishing their assessment of the state of health care from the perspective of the people they represent.
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By Jo Maybin - 20 March 2015
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A new relationship with patients and communities?

There are welcome signs that policy-makers and NHS leaders are becoming more open to exploring how health professionals could work more collaboratively with patients as leaders.
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By Allison Trimble - 4 March 2015
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