The journey towards integrated 24/7 urgent care

This report by the Primary Care Foundation outlines 6 key themes about commissioning for integrated 24/7urgent care.

Tuesday November 29th, 2011

Document of the Week (28th Nov): Hospital patients ‘more likely to die at weekends’, says Dr. Foster review

The Dr. Foster Hospital Guide has shown that hospital patients are 10% more likely to die when admitted at the weekend, compared to those admitted during the week.

Tuesday November 29th, 2011

NHS Operating Framework 2012/13…and Right Care

The NHS Operating Framework is now out and it recommends some of our Right Care outputs under good practice

Thursday November 24th, 2011

CCGs with <100k population may be too small to act entirely independently, says NHS Alliance paper

This paper produced by the NHS Alliance summarises the key issues associated with size and configuration of CCGs

Thursday November 24th, 2011

Responses on integrated care from RCP and RCN to NHS future forum consultation

The Royal College of Physicians and Royal College of Nursing responses (focusing on integrated care) to the NHS future forum consultation.

Tuesday November 22nd, 2011

Choosing a predictive risk model – a guide for commissioners

The Nuffield Trust have produced this user guide to assist commissioners in selecting a predictive risk model (e.g. for unplanned hospital admissions) from an open market.

Tuesday November 22nd, 2011

Document of the Week (21st Nov): The evidence base for integrated care

This King’s Fund/Nuffield Trust presentation outlines the evidence and overall lessons for the development of integrated care.

Tuesday November 22nd, 2011

Right Care “brochure”

We’ve added a shiny new brochure to our project documents to showcase our broad programme..

Friday November 18th, 2011

Improve efficiency by reducing the annual £3 billion fraud within the NHS, says report

Financial fraud in the NHS could be as high as £3 billion per year says a report supported by the think tank 2020Health.

Thursday November 17th, 2011

Clinical responses to the downturn – reducing low value interventions

This NHS Confederation report from December last year looks at how seven medical specialties are tackling the NHS financial challenge.

Tuesday November 15th, 2011

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