Is the new NHS framework fit for purpose?

Performance

Veena Raleigh, Myura Nagendran and Mahiben Maruthappu consider whether the new NHS outcomes framework will need a wider focus if the underlying goals of the NHS reforms – improving health care quality and outcomes in England – are to be achieved in this article for the BMJ Quality and Safety journal.

Read the abstract and the full article on the NHS framework (requires a subscription to the British Medical Journal)

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