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The Future of Primary Care: Meeting the challenges of the new NHS market

How will primary care be affected by the changing role of primary care trusts and the introduction of both practice-based commissioning and competition between providers?
By Richard Lewis et al - 16 November 2005
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Incentives for Reform in the NHS: An assessment of current incentives in the south-east London health economy

This paper examines whether incentives are helping or hindering progress. Its findings are based on interviews with health sector representatives in south-east London.
By Jenny Grant - 29 September 2005
Report

The War on Waiting for Hospital Treatment: What has Labour achieved and what challenges remain?

This report assesses the policy initiatives the government has taken to address waiting list numbers and waiting times, and explores what should be done next.
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By John Appleby et al - 4 August 2005
Article

Using statistics to detect poor practice

John Appleby explores the extent to which poor performance by individual clinicians could be reflected in data available from routine NHS statistics.
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By John Appleby - 2 June 2005
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An Independent Audit of the NHS under Labour (1997-2005)

The Labour Party came to power in 1997 promising to 'save' the NHS, but has it achieved its health service priorities? This audit seeks to answer that question.
1 March 2005
Article

Get the measure of delivery

How clear is the link between low winter temperatures and high death rates? John Appleby argues that the NHS needs to measure health outcomes as well as health care outputs.
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By John Appleby - 3 February 2005
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Measuring NHS Success: Can patients' views on health outcomes help to manage performance?

The NHS regularly measures and monitors aspects of its performance. If it started routinely measuring patients' health-related quality-of-life outcomes too, what would be the benefits?
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By John Appleby et al - 1 January 2005
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Sustaining Reductions in Waiting Times: Identifying successful strategies

Brings together the conclusions of The King's Fund work for the Department of Health to identify strategies for achieving and sustaining reductions in NHS waiting times.
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By John Appleby et al - 1 January 2005
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