Examining new options and opportunities for providers of NHS care

"Organisational forms should develop to deliver the models of care which best suit local circumstances."

Examining new options and opportunities for providers of NHS care: The Dalton review
D Dalton
December 2014

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Provider chains: lessons from other sectors

"Operating across multiple sites requires a shift to a management system with a corporate centre and outposts, rather than appending an acquired institution onto an existing organisation."

Provider chains: lessons from other sectors: a report for the Dalton review into new options
H Crump, N Edwards
Nuffield Trust
December 2014

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Five year forward view

"A future that sees far more care delivered locally but with some services in specialist centres where that clearly produces better results."

Five year forward view
NHS England
October 2014

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Safer clinical systems

"Safer Clinical Systems is an approach for improving safe and reliable health care based on learning from a range of high-risk sectors such as aviation, oil and gas, and mining."

Safer clinical systems: evaluation findings
M Dixon-Woods, et al.
The Health Foundation
December 2014

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Improving quality in general practice

"The most significant and sustainable changes are likely to take time to embed, especially where more complex service redesign and culture change is required."

Improving quality in general practice
D de Silva, J Bamber
The Health Foundation
November 2014

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Collaborating with front-line healthcare professionals for improved guideline implementation

"The TDFI (Theoretical Domains Framework Implementation) approach improved the uptake of a patient safety guideline across three hospitals. The TDFI approach is clinically and cost effective in comparison to the usual practice."

Collaborating with front-line healthcare professionals: the clinical and cost effectiveness of a theory based approach to the implementation of a national guideline
N Taylor, et al.
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:648

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Importance of existing quality improvement capacity in the implementation of Releasing Time to Care: the Productive Ward™

"One size does not fit all and administrative bodies must consider the unique context of each environment prior to implementing large-scale QI projects."

One size does not fit all: a qualitative content analysis of the importance of existing quality improvement capacity in the implementation of Releasing Time to Care: the Productive Ward™ in Saskatchewan, Canada
J Hamilton, et al.
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:642

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Identification of promising strategies to sustain improvements in hospital practice

"Certain post-implementation strategies are valuable in sustaining implementation successes achieved after joining a quality improvement collaborative."

Identification of promising strategies to sustain improvements in hospital practice: a qualitative case study
SMC Ament, et al.
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:641

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Leadership vacancies in the NHS

"Gaps in leadership result in part from the size and complexity of the NHS in England and the absence of a systematic approach at all levels to talent management, succession planning and leadership development."

Leadership vacancies in the NHS: What can be done about them?
A Janjua
The King's Fund
December 2014

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Managing quality in community health care services

"This paper reports on the findings from a small primary research study exploring how community health services providers define, measure, manage and improve the quality of care."

Managing quality in community health care services
C Foot, L Sonola, L Bennett, B Fitzsimons, V Raleigh, S Gregory
The King's Fund
December 2014

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Provider chains: lessons from other sectors

"Operating across multiple sites requires a shift to a management system with a corporate centre and outposts, rather than appending an acquired institution onto an existing organisation."

Provider chains: lessons from other sectors: A report for the Dalton review into new options for providers of NHS care
H Crump, N Edwards
December 2014

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Mergers in the NHS

"The introduction of competition into the provision of NHS-funded hospital care in England has meant that the work of NHS providers and commissioners has become increasingly exposed to competition regulation."

Mergers in the NHS: Lessons from the decision to block the proposed merger of hospitals in Bournemouth and Poole
E Spencelayh, J Dixon
December 2014

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