Understanding quality in district nursing services

"This report investigates what ‘good’ district nursing care looks like from the perspective of people receiving this care, unpaid carers and district nursing staff and puts forward a framework for understanding the components involved. It also looks at the growing demand–capacity gap in district nursing and the worrying impact that this is having on services, the workforce and the quality and safety of patient care. The report makes recommendations to policy-makers, regulators, commissioners and provider organisations as to how to start to address these pressures."

Understanding quality in district nursing services: Learning from patients, carers and staff
J Maybin, A Charles, M Honeyman
The King's Fund
September 2016

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The accompanying quality framework for district nursing is available here.

Evaluation of complex health and care interventions

"As policy-makers, commissioners and providers look to innovate and develop new ways of delivering care, there is increasing recognition at both national and local levels about the importance of understanding what works, why it works, and to demonstrate impact on cost and patient outcomes. One of the recurrent problems when evaluating the impact of new care models on outcomes is how to know ‘what would have happened under a different approach to delivering care’."

Evaluation of complex health and care interventions using retrospective matched control methods: A guide for evaluators
A Davies, C Ariti, T Georghiou, M Bardsley
Nuffield Trust
August 2015

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Intra-Action Report: A dynamic tool for emergency managers and policymakers

"In contrast to an After-Action Report, which focuses on recently completed response and recovery for application to a future incident, the IAR is intended for dynamic use to inform and guide ongoing response and recovery efforts, capturing experiences and learning and applying lessons during an emergency that unfolds over a protracted time frame (that is, the IAR is not applicable to an incident for which response requires only hours or days)."

Intra-Action Report: A dynamic tool for emergency managers and policymakers: A proof of concept and illustrative application to the 2014-2015 Ebola Crisis
M Chamberlin, A Okunogbe, M Moore, M Abir
RAND Corporation
February 2015

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The future burden of obesity-related diseases

"Modelling future disease trends is a useful tool for policymakers so that they can allocate resources effectively and implement policies to prevent non-communicable diseases."

The future burden of obesity-related diseases in the 53 WHO European-Region countries and the impact of effective interventions: a modelling study
L Webber, D Divajeva, T Marsh, K McPherson, M Brown, G Galea, J Breda
BMJ Open, 2014, 4:e004787

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ROMA: A guide to policy engagement and influence

"ROMA (RAPID Outcome Mapping Approach) is an approach to improving your policy engagement processes, to influence change."

ROMA: A guide to policy engagement and influence
Overseas Development Unit
2014

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Personal health budgets

"Over the next year, clinical commissioning groups nationally may have to respond to requests for personal health budgets from up to 56,000 people."

Personal health budgets: challenges for commissioners and policy-makers
V Alakeson, B Rumbold
Nuffield Trust
August 2013

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