tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63939665926025172662024-03-12T22:03:13.788+00:00QIPP @lertQIPP stands for Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention. The aim of this initiative is to help health care organisations deliver higher quality care and operate more efficiently and effectively.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.comBlogger2024125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-85521623883786631342019-10-28T15:49:00.002+00:002019-10-28T15:49:30.453+00:00Improving healthcare quality in Europe"<i>Quality improvement initiatives take many forms, from the creation of standards for health professionals, health technologies and health facilities, to audit and feedback, and from fostering a patient safety culture to public reporting and paying for quality. For policy-makers who struggle to decide which initiatives to prioritise for investment, understanding the potential of different quality strategies in their unique settings is key.</i>....<i>This book is intended to help policy-makers to understand concepts of quality and to support them to evaluate single strategies and combinations of strategies.</i>"<br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b>Improving healthcare quality in Europe: Characteristics, effectiveness and implementation of different strategies</b></span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">October 2019</span><br />
<br />Read more <a href="https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/327356/9789289051750-eng.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-84681041862935675182019-10-14T13:41:00.001+01:002019-10-14T13:41:37.181+01:00Role of the arts in improving health and well-being<b>What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being in the WHO European Region?</b><br />
World Health Organization<br />
November 2019<br />
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"<i>Arts interventions, such as singing in a choir to improve chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, are considered non-invasive, low-risk treatment options and are increasingly being used by Member States to supplement more traditional biomedical treatments. The Health Evidence Network (HEN) synthesis report on arts and health, which will be launched on 11 November 2019, maps the global academic literature on this subject in both English and Russian. It references over 900 publications, including 200 reviews covering over 3000 further studies. As such, the report represents the most comprehensive evidence review of arts and health to date.</i>"<br />
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Read more <a href="http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/412535/WHO_2pp_Arts_Factsheet_v6a.pdf?ua=1" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-64381139171367382612019-10-02T16:00:00.000+01:002019-10-02T16:00:00.119+01:00Doctors' vision for change in the NHS<i>"Despite a growing need for care to be integrated around the needs of patients, doctors are prevented from providing joined-up care by bureaucratic barriers, communication gaps and competing organisational priorities. Working in silos is bad for patients and doctors. Removing obstacles to collaboration can help reduce doctors’ workloads and the unnecessary waste of time and resources."</i><br />
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<b>Caring, supportive, collaborative: Doctors' vision for change in the NHS</b><br />
BMA<br />
2019<br />
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Read more <a href="https://www.bma.org.uk/-/media/files/pdfs/collective%20voice/policy%20research/nhs%20structure%20and%20delivery/bma-csc-short-report-sept-19-v2.pdf?la=en" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-3343481088301279682019-10-02T13:00:00.001+01:002019-10-02T13:00:17.404+01:00Involving patients and the public in research<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">"<i>The literature suggests there is value in a measured and customised approach to PPI based on the needs of the project. Doing PPI just for the sake of it, or bolting it onto already-agreed agendas, risks having unintended consequences.</i>"</span><br />
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<b>Involving patients and the public in research</b><br />Marjanovic S, Harshfield A, Carpenter A, Bertscher A, Punch D, Ball S<br />The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute, The Health Foundation<br />2019<br />
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Read more <a href="https://www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Involving_Patients_Public_Research_THIS_Institute.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-85701821417981628702019-10-02T12:58:00.003+01:002019-10-02T12:58:57.493+01:00Systematic review of the effectiveness of quality improvement toolkits"<i>The review documents publicly available toolkits and their components. Available uptake data are limited but indicate variability. High satisfaction with toolkits can be achieved but the usefulness of individual tools may vary. The existing evidence base on the effectiveness of toolkits remains limited. While emerging evidence indicates positive effects on clinical processes, more research on toolkit value and what affects it is needed, including linking toolkits to objective provider behavior measures and patient outcomes.</i>"<br />
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<b>Spread tools: a systematic review of components, uptake, and effectiveness of quality improvement toolkits</b><br />Hempel S, O’Hanlon C, Lim YW, Danz M, Larkin J, Rubenstein L<br />Implementation Science. 2019;14(1):83<br />
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Read more <a href="https://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13012-019-0929-8" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-75927826007491407412019-09-16T11:38:00.001+01:002019-10-02T13:01:26.447+01:00Healthy, prosperous lives for all: the European Health Equity Status Report "<i>The Health Equity Status Report (HESR) is a comprehensive review of the status and trends in health inequities and of the essential conditions needed for all to be able to live a healthy life in the WHO European Region.</i>"<br />
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<b>Healthy, prosperous lives for all: the European Health Equity Status Report</b><br />
World Health Organization<br />
2019<br />
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Read more <a href="http://www.euro.who.int/en/publications/abstracts/health-equity-status-report-2019" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-75397623504939022762019-09-12T17:46:00.001+01:002019-09-12T17:47:08.384+01:00Evidence use in health, teaching, and policing"<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><i>This report outlines the pioneering evidence work of UK and Irish professional bodies in health, teaching and policing. They have been championing research and evaluation in the daily work of more than one million professionals – to improve the lives of patients, pupils and the wider public.</i>"</span><br />
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<b>Bodies of Evidence How professional organisations in health, education and policing champion the use of research </b><br />
J Breckon, H Mthiyane, J Shepherd<br />
September 2019<br />
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Read more <a href="https://www.alliance4usefulevidence.org/assets/2019/09/Bodies-of-Evidence-report_Sept-2019-1.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-21754750132110048932019-02-25T11:58:00.001+00:002019-02-25T11:58:08.992+00:00Developing people — improving careNHS Improvement has updated their evidence-based national framework to guide action on improvement skill-building, leadership development and talent management for people in NHS-funded roles.<br />
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Read more <a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/developing-people-improving-care/" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-81932808949151061102018-12-03T18:00:00.004+00:002018-12-03T18:00:51.217+00:00Approaches to better value in the NHS"<i>This report shares learning and insight from three NHS hospital trusts that have developed organisation-wide strategies for value improvement. It draws on interviews, roundtables and site visits with senior leaders in the NHS who are committed to developing better value services.</i>"<br />
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<b>Approaches to better value in the NHS: Improving quality and cost</b><br />
J Jabbal, M Lewis<br />
The King's Fund<br />
October 2018<br />
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Read more <a href="https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/approaches-better-value" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-76204931504513876472018-12-03T17:53:00.003+00:002018-12-03T17:53:36.995+00:00A vision for population health"<i>The report outlines a framework for population health centred on four pillars: the wider determinants of health; our health behaviours and lifestyles; the places and communities we live in; an integrated health and care system.</i>"<br />
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<b>A vision for population health: Towards a healthier future</b><br />
D Buck, A Baylis, D Dougall, R Robertson<br />
The King's Fund<br />
November 2018<br />
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Read more <a href="https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/vision-population-health" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-82561455743647333232018-10-08T11:24:00.001+01:002018-10-08T11:24:11.303+01:00Supporting successful innovation and improvement"<i>Adopters make a crucial contribution to the successful spread of new ideas, both through the hard work involved in adoption and their role in generating new learning about an intervention as it spreads.</i>"<br />
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<b>The spread challenge: How to support the successful uptake of innovations and improvements in health care</b><br />
T Horton, J Illingworth, W Warburton<br />
The Health Foundation<br />
September 2018<br />
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Read more <a href="https://www.health.org.uk/sites/health/files/The-spread-challenge.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-64898267150997992442018-06-15T12:14:00.004+01:002018-06-15T12:14:42.160+01:00Driving improvement in GP practices"<i>The case studies show that a good or outstanding GP practice needs to work as a team – including its clinical, administrative and managerial staff – with a shared vision, values and commitment to improving. This also means working as a multidisciplinary model, recognising the value of nursing teams in taking some of the clinical workload off GPs.</i>"<br />
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<b>Driving improvement in GP practices</b><br />
Care Quality Commission<br />
June 2018<br />
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Read more <a href="https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20180613_driving_improvement_gp.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-495991406076453832018-06-01T15:18:00.001+01:002018-06-01T15:18:16.705+01:00Guidance: Health economics: a guide for public health teamsPublic Health England has developed resources to help local commissioners achieve value for money by estimating the return on investment (ROI) and cost-effectiveness of public health programmes. Find out more <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/health-economics-a-guide-for-public-health-teams" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-71494181001930006172017-12-08T12:57:00.002+00:002017-12-08T12:57:18.525+00:00Evidence use in decision-making on introducing innovations"<i>The synthesis of results from primary qualitative studies showed that evidence use in decision-making on innovation is influenced by processes at multiple levels.</i>"<br />
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<b>Evidence use in decision-making on introducing innovations: a systematic scoping review with stakeholder feedback</b><br />
S Turner, et al.<br />
Implementation Science, 2017, 12:145<br />
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Read more <a href="https://implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13012-017-0669-6" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-91009874519061470322017-12-08T12:56:00.000+00:002017-12-08T12:56:18.822+00:00Challenging health inequalities: Support for CCGs"<i>Health inequalities are currently estimated to cost the NHS a total of at least £20 billion each year so it is imperative to harness the influence of each CCG to challenge where health inequalities can be reduced and greater equality established.</i>"<br />
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<b>Challenging health inequalities: Support for CCGs</b><br />
NHS England<br />
October 2017<br />
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Read more <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/challenging-health-inequalities-report.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-36659909144329078912017-12-08T12:54:00.003+00:002017-12-08T12:54:54.810+00:00Reaching out: Influencing the wider determinants of health<i>"This report focuses on the different ways in which public health in local</i><br />
<i>government is influencing the wider determinants of health, what the</i><br />
<i>challenges are, and where there is potential to go further." </i><br />
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<b>Reaching out: Influencing the wider determinants of health</b><br />
New Local Government Network<br />
November 2017<br />
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Read more <a href="http://www.nlgn.org.uk/public/wp-content/uploads/Reaching-Out_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-31689714138401765022017-11-30T12:50:00.001+00:002017-11-30T12:50:20.173+00:00Local authorities: Prevention in action"<i>Since our last report, there have also been some significant changes to the way health and social care services are planned. Every locality in England now has a sustainability and transformation partnership (STP) and plan, which are critical to transforming health and social care at a local level. For this year’s report, we have taken the new opportunity to assess prevention in STPs as well as repeating a review of joint health and wellbeing strategies and local authority Freedom of Information (FOI) responses.</i>"<br />
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<b>Prevention in action: How prevention and integration are being understood and prioritised locally in England</b><br />
O Field<br />
British Red Cross<br />
September 2017<br />
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Read more <a href="http://www.redcross.org.uk/~/media/BritishRedCross/Documents/About%20us/Research%20reports%20by%20advocacy%20dept/PreventioninAction_2017_WEB.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-71010841160266191522017-11-30T12:32:00.005+00:002017-11-30T12:32:49.735+00:00Making the case for quality improvement: lessons for NHS boards and leaders"<i>In this briefing, we outline 10 lessons for NHS leaders. These provide a starting point for leaders seeking to embed quality improvement in their work.</i>"<br />
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<b>Making the case for quality improvement: lessons for NHS boards and leaders</b><br />
The King's Fund<br />
October 2017<br />
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Read more <a href="https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/making-case-quality-improvement" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-45972469529222300272017-11-29T14:28:00.000+00:002017-11-29T14:28:11.349+00:00How non-health charities address the social determinants of health"<i>This report aims to support non-health charities to better understand and use the evidence about the social factors that impact on people’s health and well-being</i>."<br />
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<b>Keeping us well: How non-health charities address the social determinants of health</b><br />
C Lamb, I Joy, K Boswell<br />
New Philanthropy Capital<br />
November 2017<br />
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Read more <a href="http://www.thinknpc.org/publications/keeping-us-well/" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-78455991832536914092017-11-29T11:07:00.001+00:002017-11-29T11:07:24.744+00:00Psychosocial pathways and health outcomes"<i>This report highlights the current evidence that exists about the relationships between social determinants, psychosocial factors and health outcomes.</i>"<br />
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<b>Psychosocial pathways and health outcomes: Informing action on health inequalities</b><br />
R Bell<br />
Institute of Health Equity<br />
October 2017<br />
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Read more <a href="http://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-reports/psychosocial-pathways-and-health-outcomes-informing-action-on-health-inequalities" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-48420610291057607412017-11-29T11:06:00.000+00:002017-11-29T11:06:12.705+00:00Voluntary sector action on the social determinants of health"<i>This report aims to provide the most relevant evidence to enable the voluntary sector to expand and develop its action on the social determinants of health. It has been developed with small- to medium-sized charities, who may only just be starting to engage with the issue.</i>"<br />
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<b>Voluntary sector action on the social determinants of health</b><br />
S Daly, J Allen<br />
UCL Institute of Health Equity<br />
2017<br />
<br />
Read more <a href="http://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-reports/voluntary-sector-action-on-the-social-determinants-of-health/voluntary-sector-action-on-the-sdoh-evidence-review.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-54218116901083690732017-11-13T11:27:00.001+00:002017-11-13T11:27:55.936+00:00Embedding a culture of quality improvement"<i>This report explores the
factors that have helped organisations to launch a quality improvement strategy,
and the key enablers for sustaining a focus on continuous quality improvement.</i>"<br />
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<b>Embedding a culture of quality improvement</b><br />
J Jabbal<br />
The King's Fund<br />
November 2017<br />
<br />
Read more <a href="https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/default/files/2017-11/Embedding-culture-QI-Kings-Fund-November-2017.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-88578950927821471562017-09-25T17:15:00.003+01:002017-09-25T17:15:44.663+01:00Health economics: evidence resourceThe "<i>Health economics evidence resource</i>" provides a summary of economic evidence underpinning public health interventions.The tool shows the key cost-effectiveness and return on investment evidence on activities in the public health grant.<br />
<br />
Access the tool <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-economics-evidence-resource" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-91281215700688673922017-09-25T17:14:00.003+01:002017-09-25T17:14:58.936+01:00NHS efficiency mapThe HFMA and NHS Improvement have worked in partnership to update and revise the NHS efficiency map. The map is a tool that promotes best practice in identifying, delivering and monitoring cost improvement programmes (CIPs) in the NHS. The map contains links to a range of tools and guidance to help NHS bodies improve their efficiency. The map is split into three sections: enablers for efficiency, provider efficiency and system efficiency.<br />
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Access the map <a href="https://www.hfma.org.uk/publications/details/nhs-efficiency-map" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393966592602517266.post-16933812301590138012017-07-28T12:43:00.000+01:002017-07-28T12:43:02.818+01:00Public health interventions may offer society a return on investment"<i>Each £1 invested in public health interventions could offer an average return on investment to the wider health and social care economy of £14.</i>"<br />
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<b>Public health interventions may offer society a return on investment of £14 for each £1 spent</b><br />
NIHR Signal<br />
July 2017<br />
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Read more <a href="https://discover.dc.nihr.ac.uk/portal/article/4000718/public-health-interventions-may-offer-society-a-return-on-investment-of-14-for-each-1-spent" target="_blank">here</a>.Caroline De Brúnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381530210402729141noreply@blogger.com0