Variation in Accident and Emergency Admissions…

One of the greatest challenges facing the NHS is the inexorable rise in emergency admissions. The largest proportion of emergency admissions is from self referrals via A&E.  This is the…

Spend and Outcome Tool (SPOT) updated

The Association of Public Health Observatories has updated SPOT (the Spend and Outcome Tool). SPOT is one of the key health investment tools which enables commissioners to examine the relationship…

Using shared decision making to tackle variation – Pulse

“Involving patients more closely in decisions about their treatment is a key strategy for GP commissioning consortia wanting to reduce unwarranted variations in healthcare”  writes Alisdair Stirling in this article…

“Low priority” treatments in the news again…

A slightly mishievious article in the HSJ has used a Price Waterhouse Cooper econometric model to predict the impact on Trusts of primary care trust plans to restrict low priority…

Child Obesity E-atlas now available from National Obesity Observatory

The child e-atlases enable users to view and compare data at PCT and LA level, for both single and dual maps. Prevalence data from the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP)…

Right Care Public Health Colloquia

The NHS Alliance, QIPP Right Care Team, and NHS Solutions for Public Health have published the findings from the scond national summit exploring the relationship between GP consortia and public health, and…

Variation in elective surgical procedures across Wales

Our colleagues in NHS Wales have produced a report on variations in elective proceures. “The analyses focus on procedure groups which, in some circumstances, have been deemed of relatively low…

High-Value, Cost-Conscious Health Care: Concepts for Clinicians to Evaluate the Benefits, Harms, and Costs of Medical Interventions

“Whether an intervention provides high value depends on assessing whether its health benefits justify its costs. High-cost interventions may provide good value because they are highly beneficial; conversely, low-cost interventions…

We now have a shiny new videos page…

A new section on the Right Care website includes a set of videos from some luminaries in the world of variation in healthcare  and Shared Decision Making. “Jack” Wennberg visited…

Five steps to assessing population need – CPD for Commissioning

Dr Shane Gordon writes in this article in PULSE, “A good understanding of the challenges facing your health economy is vital to help you plan where best to target your…