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The courage of compassion: Supporting nurses and midwives to deliver high-quality care

This report, commissioned by the RCN Foundation, explores the causes and consequences of poor mental health and wellbeing among nurses and midwives, and seeks to identify solutions to these issues and examples of good practice.
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By Michael West et al - 23 September 2020
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Integrated care systems in London: Challenges and opportunities ahead

Commissioned by the Greater London Authority, this report looks at how the five integrated care systems in London were developing before Covid-19 and how this has changed as a result of the response to the pandemic.
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By Anna Charles et al - 22 February 2021
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Understanding factors that enabled digital service change in general practice during the Covid-19 pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic prompted rapid uptake of existing digital technologies to deliver patient care differently in general practice. This report looks at how services changed and the digital tools and services that were used to facilitate that change
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By Beccy Baird et al - 10 February 2021
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Innovation in treatment for people with rarer or less well-recognised long-term conditions

This paper, commissioned by UCB, investigates how five leading specialist hospital services in the UK are innovating in care for people with severe psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), axial spondyloarthritis, osteoporosis and combinations of inflammatory conditions.
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By Ben Collins - 28 January 2021
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Technology and innovation for long-term health conditions

It has become received wisdom that the NHS struggles to adopt digital innovation, but during the Covid-19 pandemic, many NHS providers have moved services online at astonishing pace. Ben Collins looks at four digital innovations in health services from the UK and the Nordic countries.
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By Ben Collins - 3 August 2020
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Insights from the spread of the primary care home

This report was commissioned by the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) and explores the factors that contributed to the spread of the primary care home.
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By Durka Dougall et al - 19 June 2019
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Volunteering in ambulance services: developing and diversifying opportunities

Commissioned by the Office for Civil Society, this report explores the role and value of volunteering within ambulance services in England and identifies examples of different ways in which volunteering opportunities are being developed.
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By Helen Gilburt - 30 May 2019
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Investing in quality: The contribution of large charities to shaping future health and care

This commissioned report explores how the work of the National Garden Scheme and its beneficiaries contributes to supporting and shaping health and care.
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By Helen Gilburt et al - 15 May 2019
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A review of the West Suffolk Buurtzorg test-and-learn in 2017–18

Our commissioned report considers what it is like for clinicians and managers to try to provide truly holistic health and social care for people at home, using small self-managing neighbourhood teams.
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By Jo Maybin et al - 22 April 2019
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Measuring general practice productivity

With a rising workload, general practice in England is under significant pressure. This study developed and tested a measure of effectiveness in general practice known as the general practice effectiveness tool.
By Jeremy Dawson et al - 21 February 2019
Some of the many ways in which volunteers can improve patients' experience in hospital
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The role of volunteers in the NHS: views from the front line

Commissioned by Royal Voluntary Service and Helpforce, this report looks at the perceptions of frontline NHS staff working in acute care about the operational pressures they face, how they understand the roles and value of volunteers and what gaps there are that volunteers could help fill.
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By Shilpa Ross et al - 4 December 2018
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Shaping the future of general practice: a report for the Royal College of General Practitioners

The report examines trends in health policy in the four nations of the UK, particularly as it might affect general practice. It considers what patients and GPs want from general practice and what general practice might look like in the future, building on the literature review and our interviews with system leaders.
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By Beccy Baird et al - 27 November 2018
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Sustainability and transformation partnerships in London: An independent review

Our report, commissioned by the Mayor of London, reviews the progress made over the past year by London's five sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs).
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By Matthew Kershaw et al - 16 October 2018
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The Montefiore Health System in New York: a case study

The Montefiore Health System in the Bronx, New York, has found ways of helping even the most deprived by stepping beyond the bounds of conventional health services. Our report explores the system in detail.
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By Ben Collins - 27 July 2018
Commissioned report

Developing new models of care in the PACS vanguards: a new national approach to large-scale change?

For this report we invited those who have led the development of the PACS model, nationally and locally, to reflect on the process of being part of the programme, and of trying to bring about complex change in local systems.
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By Chris Naylor et al - 19 April 2018
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Housing and health: opportunities for sustainability and transformation partnerships

This short report, supported by the National Housing Federation, sets out areas where sustainability and transformation partnerships and emerging integrated care systems can make more of the contribution of the housing sector to improving health.
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By David Buck et al - 22 March 2018
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Commissioner perspectives on working with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector

This report explores how and why clinical commissioning groups and local authorities are engaging with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector.
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By Beccy Baird et al - 22 February 2018
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Supporting integration through new roles and working across boundaries

Our report, commissioned by NHS Employers and the Local Government Association, looks at the evidence on new roles and ways of spanning organisational workforce boundaries to improve the delivery of integrated health and social care.
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By Helen Gilburt - 30 June 2016
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Strategic quality improvement: An action learning approach

This case study, co-produced with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, looks at how to use an action learning approach to assess current and develop future quality improvement strategies.
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By Vijaya Nath - 25 May 2016
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Making the difference: Diversity and inclusion in the NHS

Our summary of the findings of an NHS England-commissioned report on diversity and inclusion in the NHS.
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By Michael West et al - 16 December 2015
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Measuring the performance of local health systems: A review for the Department of Health

Commissioned by the Department of Health, our review looks at how to assess the performance of health services within CCG areas, including how well these services work with social care and public health services.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 12 October 2015
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