Publications

Our report looks at the data from inpatient surveys over a nine-year period and discusses what the data tells us about the national picture of care in the NHS and what it reveals about trends for individual trusts over time.

This report from David Buck and David Maguire explores how the relationship between income deprivation and life expectancy has changed over time and looks at the impact of other variables such as employment, housing deprivation, binge drinking and diet.

With the right local leadership and central government support, localism could help address the broad range of factors that drive health inequalities in a particular area, writes David Buck.

We speak to Tim Kelsey, National Director for Patients and Information at NHS England, about the role of technology in improving care.

Hugh Alderwick and Chris Naylor discuss provider-led approaches to integration.

This report looks at lessons from case studies where acute hospitals are working collaboratively with local partners to build integrated models of care.

Featuring the voices of patients, volunteers, clinicians and managers, our new digital report explores future ways of changing health and health care for the better.

This year, urgent activity in English NHS hospitals has reportedly hit a record high. These figures routinely underestimate the real number of people in beds whose needs no longer require the full facilities of the general hospital.

The challenges for commissioners and providers of telecare and telehealth have never been so great, but there are some exciting fresh opportunities to be considered.

Recently published trials on telehealth monitoring in heart failure

Choosing a high-quality hospital explores how information can help patients to make informed choices. It is based on a research study, which began with a series of focus group discussions, the results of which informed the design of an online experiment.

We look at three types of technology: telephone, internet and videoconferencing, and consider how they could be used for or by children and adolescents across a variety of conditions.

Mike Clark describes the programme, set up by Kent County Council, to help 250 people with long-term conditions to live independently using telehealth.

This paper, the first in a series of WSDAN briefing papers, looks at how telehealth and telecare innovations are being used in health and social care.

This article focuses on evidence about older people’s perceptions and use of telecare, telehealth and telemedicine interventions.

A recent study commissioned by Ofcom examined the long-term requirements of key sectors for communication services in the United Kingdom.

In July 2010, WSDAN News reported on the publication of the results of a recent UK randomised control trial on telemonitoring and self-management in the control of hypertension.

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.