Neurology services: outpatient analysis

"The resources will help clinicians and commissioners to assess if they comply with recommendations by the Royal College of Physicians that scheduled outpatient care should achieve national access targets and be close to the patient's home to ensure accurate diagnosis of symptoms and long term care for conditions ranging from migraine to motor neuron disease."

Neurology services: outpatient analysis
Public Health England
August 2015

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Does integrated care deliver the benefits expected?

"A two-year initiative by the Department of Health explored new ways of integrating patient care from different local providers."

Does integrated care deliver the benefits expected? Findings from 16 integrated care pilot initiatives in England
RAND Europe
May 2013

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Choosing the place of care

"This report has described how locations of outpatient attendance and inpatient admission have changed since the introduction of patient choice in 2006 and the expansion of independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) from 2007 onwards."

Choosing the place of care: the effect of patient choice on treatment location in England, 2003-2011
E Kelly, G Tetlow
Nuffield Trust
November 2012

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