Friday 27 May 2016

Care provision fit for a future climate

"This report reviews existing evidence and presents primary research in four case study care settings (two residential and two extra care) in England to assess the risks of summertime overheating, and investigate the preparedness of the care settings, both now and in the future."

Care provision fit for a future climate
R Gupta, G Walker, A Lewis, L Barnfield, M Gregg, L Neven
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
May 2016

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Outpatient services and primary care

"In developing new models of care for the NHS, it should not be assumed that community-based care will be cheaper than conventional hospital-based care. Possible reasons care in the community may be more expensive include supply-induced demand and addressing unmet need through new forms of care and through loss of efficiency gained from concentrating services in hospitals. Evidence from this study suggests that further shifts of care into the community can be justified only if (a) high value is given to patient convenience in relation to NHS costs or (b) community care can be provided in a way that reduces overall health-care costs."

Outpatient services and primary care: Scoping review, substudies and international comparisons
E Winpenny, C Miani, E Pitchforth, S Ball, E Nolte, S King, J Greenhalgh, M Roland
Health Services and Delivery Research, 2016, 4(15)

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Case study: Strategic quality improvement: An action learning approach

"Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is an established, high-performing organisation, which was already investing in a culture of continuous improvement of quality. Its willingness to embark on this action learning process reinforces its commitment to being a learning organisation. We believe that through sharing this case study and the action learning process we co-created with Oxleas other NHS organisations can gain insight into their own approaches to quality improvement."

Strategic quality improvement: An action learning approach
V Nath
The King's Fund
May 2016

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Gardens and health: Implications for policy and practice

"This report looks at the impact of gardens and gardening on health and wellbeing, and explores what the NHS and the wider health and social care system can do to maximise this impact."

Gardens and health: Implications for policy and practice
D Buck
The King's Fund
May 2016

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Tuesday 3 May 2016

A review of NICE methods across health technology assessment programmes

"Although several differences between these NICE HTA programmes have been found, there are justifications for many of these differences and how they have evolved is apparent, particularly in terms of making sure methods and processes are practicable and relevant to the value proposition of the health technology under consideration."

A review of NICE methods across health technology assessment programmes: Differences, justifications and implications
E Brockis, G Marsden, A Cole, N Devlin
Office of Health Economics
April 2016

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How to use patient feedback more effectively to improve services

"These presentations are from the King's Fund one-day event, which looked at information currently collected from patient surveys. It explored the key messages that can be drawn from the data and looked at how health care professionals can use these messages to drive service improvement."

How to use patient feedback more effectively to improve services
The King's Fund
April 2016

View the presentations here.