Public health interventions may offer society a return on investment

"Each £1 invested in public health interventions could offer an average return on investment to the wider health and social care economy of £14."

Public health interventions may offer society a return on investment of £14 for each £1 spent
NIHR Signal
July 2017

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Delivering the benefits of digital health care

"This report sets out the possibilities to transform health care offered by digital technologies, with important insight about how to grasp those possibilities and benefits from those furthest on in their digital journey."

Delivering the benefits of digital health care
C Imison, S Castle-Clarke, R Watson, N Edwards
Nuffield Trust
February 2016

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Spending Review 2015: what it means for health and social care

"Care services in England remain on the brink of collapse despite the extra investment in social care. None of the measures outlined in the Spending Review will plug the funding gap in social care expected over the course of this Parliament."

Spending Review 2015: what it means for health and social care
Nuffield Trust Parliamentary Briefing
December 2015

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Do NHS healthcare commissioners produce the outcomes they hope to achieve?

"Commissioners made marginal investments in specific health conditions and services with the aim of improving a wide range of outcomes. There was little evidence of impact on the limited number of outcomes measured."

Do marginal investments made by NHS healthcare commissioners in the UK produce the outcomes they hope to achieve? Observational study
A O'Cathain, F Sampson, M Strong, M Pickin, E Goyder, S Dixon
BMJ Open, 2014, 5:e009336

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Foundation trust and NHS trust mergers 2010 to 2015

"Our review paints a picture of a highly centralised and politicised system where providers pursue mergers at the instigation of national bodies, often in pursuit of foundation trust status or in response to financial or clinical failure. Hard-pressed NHS leaders appear to be betting the farm on mergers for severely challenged providers, typically after a range of alternative strategies have been attempted.

This is despite the paucity of evidence that mergers offer lasting solutions for challenged hospitals. Our review has highlighted the length of time, costs and risks involved in mergers. Others have shown that mergers are unlikely to deliver the intended benefits."

Foundation trust and NHS trust mergers 2010 to 2015
B Collins
The King's Fund
September 2015

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Making change possible: a Transformation Fund for the NHS

"A successful health and care system will be one that can adapt and respond to the needs of the population it serves and the environment in which it delivers care. Transformation must not be seen as a one-off project but as a way of operating – part of the DNA of our health service and its funding system."

Making change possible: a Transformation Fund for the NHS
The King's Fund, The Health Foundation
July 2015

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Enabling local implementation of sustainable urgent and emergency care models

“Efforts should focus on building an effective community offer. This will require adequate investment to transform primary, community and social care – while ensuring that acute and emergency care remains sustainable.”

Rip off the sticking plaster now: Enabling the local implementation of sustainable urgent and emergency care models in 2015/16
NHS Confederation
April 2015

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Prioritising health service innovation investments using public preferences

"The findings provide useful information on the public's valuation and acceptability of potential health service innovations."

Prioritising health service innovation investments using public preferences: a discrete choice experiment
S Erdem, C Thompson
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:360

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Investing in recovery

"This report provides the most up-to-date economic evidence to support the business case for investment in effective, recovery-focused services."

Investing in recovery
Rethink Mental Illness, Centre for Mental Health, London School of Economics and Political Science
April 2014

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Read a summary from the Commissioning Elf here.

Focus on: Distance from home for emergency care

"This QualityWatch Focus On report examines the typical distances from home that people travel to receive emergency care, and how this has changed over time."

Focus on: Distance from home for emergency care
A Roberts, I Blunt, M Bardsley
Nuffield Trust, The Health Foundation
February 2014

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Commissioning for value

Commissioning for Value is a collaboration between NHS  Right Care, NHS England and Public Health England. The programme is about identifying priority programmes which offer the best opportunities to improve healthcare for your populations – improving the value that patients receive from their healthcare and improving the value that populations receive from investment in their local health system. Find out more here.

Programmed for improvement

"Analysing programme spend alongside outcomes could be the starting point for clinical commissioning groups keen to get the most out of investments."

Programmed for improvement
S Brown
Healthcare Finance
June 2013

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Innovations in prevention

"There is a need for preventative investment to be more strategic, moving from a part of service delivery, to an explicit, deliberate and integral part of the policymaking and commissioning process, to identify where harm can be prevented and cost savings realised."

Innovations in prevention
R Puttick
NESTA
October 2012

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Standards of evidence for impact investing

"The Standards of Evidence recognise the need to ensure that demand for evidence is appropriate for different stages of product of service development, that it doesn't hamper innovation, and that it is realistic and proportionate."

Standards of evidence for impact investing
R Puttick, J Ludlow
NESTA
October 2012

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Health systems, health, wealth and societal well-being

This book looks at how health systems are part of improving health and achieving better economic growth.

Health systems, health, wealth and societal well-being
Edited by J Figueras, M McKee
May 2012

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Social Impact Bonds: a new way to invest in better healthcare

"Prevention is not only better healthcare but better economics. Can social impact bonds fund a shift to prevention?"

Social Impact Bonds: a new way to invest in better healthcare
P Corrigan
Social Finance
September 2011

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