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Avoiding hospital admissions: What does the research evidence say?

In order to successfully reduce avoidable emergency admissions, we need to fully understand which interventions are the most effective. The King's Fund commissioned this review of research evidence to establish which interventions work in avoiding emergency or unplanned hospital admissions.
By Sarah Purdy - 16 December 2010
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Transparency in outcomes: a framework for the NHS: Consultation response

Response from The King's Fund to the consultation Transparency in outcomes: a framework for the NHS.
11 October 2010
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Don't rush in where doctors fear to tread: This is the wrong time for radical reform of the NHS. It risks poorer care and financial chaos

This is the wrong time for radical reform of the NHS. It risks poorer care and financial chaos
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 7 October 2010
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A high-performing NHS? A review of progress 1997-2010

The report assesses how much progress the NHS has made in the following eight areas: access, safety, health promotion and management of long-term conditions, clinical effectiveness, patient experience, equity, efficiency and accountability.
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By Jo Maybin et al - 11 April 2010
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Health priorities for an incoming government

Our Health priorities for an incoming government sets out the three areas of health care that we believe the new government should focus on.
6 April 2010
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Getting the most out of PROMs: Putting health outcomes at the heart of NHS decision-making

This report considers how PROMs data can be used to inform decisions. It looks at Bupa to discuss how providers can use PROMs data to improve clinical performance.
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By John Appleby et al - 11 March 2010
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Getting the measure of quality: Opportunities and challenges

This report offers information about how quality is defined and how quality measures can be used - and misused.
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By Veena Raleigh et al - 21 January 2010
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Great to be Grey

Explores how the NHS could reverse the growing number of experienced, skilled older workers taking early retirement, and argues that sustained commitment is needed to make older people feel valued.
By Sandra Meadows - 1 January 2002
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Managing the Pressure: Emergency hospital admissions in London 1997-2001

Examines how the NHS can tackle the problems of peaks in demand by analysing the nature of emergency admissions in London.
By Michael Damiani et al - 1 January 2002
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Old Habits Die Hard: Tackling age discrimination in health and social care

Identifies a lack of tools to help combat age discrimination in the health and social care sectors, and offers guidance on policies to help eradicate ageist practices from the NHS.
By Emilie Roberts et al - 1 January 2002
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