Learning from variations to increase value for money in the NHS

Al Mulley blogs on variation in healthcare.. – “As the Fund’s first International Fellow, I will be spending my time here getting a better understanding of the particular implications of…

Thursday July 28th, 2011

Making shared decision-making a reality No decision about me, without me

The King’s Fund has just published this report on Shared Decision Making. “The government wants to place patients’ needs, wishes and preferences at the heart of clinical decision-making, a vision…

Thursday July 28th, 2011

Reducing unwarranted variations in health care – King’s Fund Conference

Muir Gray will be speaking on the Right Care Atlas of Variation at this King’s Fund Hosted conference – The King’s Fund are hosting a conference on how understanding patterns…

Wednesday July 27th, 2011

Document of the Week (July 25th): Clinical commissioning: securing better outcomes for the NHS and its patients

The document Clincial commissioning: securing better outcomes for the NHS and its patients, published by the NHS Alliance (July 2011), outlines the 3 major challenges facing the NHS during the next five…

Tuesday July 26th, 2011

Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) for commissioners published

A new tool and analysis has been published using Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) data.  The tool, called PROMT, is the first of its kind designed specifically for commissioners. It has been…

Friday July 22nd, 2011

How Hertfordshire is shrinking the QEII hospital

The ‘reconfiguration’ of an area’s hospital services, which normally includes closures, is politically toxic. Some trends in healthcare – such as fewer, more specialised hospital services and transferring more common…

Wednesday July 20th, 2011

Document of the Week (July 18th): Variations in health care: The good, the bad and the inexplicable

This King’s Fund report ‘Variations in health care’ (April 2011) sets out some of the explanations for the causes of variations in health care, what might be considered ‘good’ or warranted…

Tuesday July 19th, 2011

Significant geographical variation in lung cancer survival and access to care and treatment in England

This report ‘Explaining variations in Lung Cancer in England‘, published by The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation (July 2011), found that there is significant geographical variation in patient survival and access…

Tuesday July 19th, 2011

Clinical commissioning and integrated care – roundtable seminars from Reform

These two seminars were hosted by Reform, a non party think tank interested in public sector reform. The seminars explored how clinical commissioning will deliver integrated care, and brought together key individuals…

Tuesday July 19th, 2011

Document of the Week (11th July): Can competition and integration co-exist in a reformed NHS?

This King’s Fund paper, entitled Can competition and integration co-exist in a reformed NHS? (July 2011), suggests that increased integration within the health system may enable the NHS to respond better to…

Thursday July 14th, 2011

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