Into the red? The state of the NHS' finances

"Commissioners found it harder to balance their budgets in 2013/14 than the previous financial year."

Into the red? The state of the NHS' finances: An analysis of NHS expenditure between 2010 and 2014
S Lafond, S Arora, A Charlesworth, A McKeon
Nuffield Trust
July 2014

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Integrated care value case toolkit

"The toolkit should enable Health and Wellbeing Boards and local partners to understand the evidence and impact of different integrated care models on service users, as well as the associated impact on activity and cost to different parts of the health and care system."

Integrated care value case toolkit
Local Government Association
January 2014

Access the toolkit here.

Value based health care: an introduction

Monitor, in partnership with HFMA, are holding a series of webinars on the theme of value based health care. The first of these, Delivering value based health care - an introduction, took place on Wednesday 1 May 2013. Watch a recording here.

Health care lessons from Sweden

"The Swedish health care system provides some of the best outcomes when compared with other developed nations that maintain universal approaches to health care insurance."

Lessons from abroad: health care lessons from Sweden
N Esmail
May 2013

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Show me the evidence

Show Me The Evidence  is a new publication showcasing some of the innovative research supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The first issue presents three stories about initiatives that have the potential to improve the delivery of health services to Canadians, but perhaps these lessons can also be shared further afield.

Read more here.