Doctors' vision for change in the NHS

"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."

Caring, supportive, collaborative: Doctors' vision for change in the NHS
BMA
2019

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Emergency general surgery: Challenges and opportunities

"The Nuffield Trust was commissioned by The Royal College of Surgeons of England to explore the challenges facing emergency general surgery (EGS) and to identify opportunities to overcome those challenges."

Emergency general surgery: Challenges and opportunities
R Watson, H Crump, C Imison, C Currie, M Gaskins
Nuffield Trust
April 2016

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Healthy lives, healthy people: A public health workforce strategy

"The strategy sets out actions for various partners in the new public health system to support and develop the public health workforce. It will help embed public health capacity within the wider workforce to support delivery of the public health outcomes framework."

Healthy lives, healthy people: A public health workforce strategy
Department of Health, Health Education England and Public Health England
April 2016

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The state of health care and adult social care in England 2014/15

"The sectors we regulate face significant challenges. Our concerns are amplified by our finding that many services do not yet have the leadership and culture required to deliver safe, high-quality care. To survive and thrive will require resilience, innovation and creativity, supported by great leadership."

The state of health care and adult social care in England 2014/15
Care Quality Commission
October 2015

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Rethinking the public health workforce

"The report highlights the ‘early adopters’ in the wider workforce. These are the occupations who are already engaged with the public’s health, are enthusiastic to do more and should be acknowledged for their part in prevention. Examples include Fire & Rescue Services, Health Trainers, Allied Health Professions (12 distinct professions who make up 6% of the NHS workforce), Community Pharmacy, and Housing Associations. These occupations equate to over three quarters of a million people."

Rethinking the public health workforce
Royal Society for Public Health
July 2015

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Integrated population needs-based planning

"Planning techniques such as the one described here consider the impact of health care policies on service, workforce and expenditure requirements, bringing these together to avoid the roadblocks arising from health-free planning methods."

Improving the fiscal and political sustainability of health systems through integrated population needs-based planning: Seminar briefing 17
S Birch
Office of Health Economics
June 2015

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High performing hospitals

"This review provides insights into methods used to identify high performing hospitals, and yields ideas about the factors important for success."

High performing hospitals: a qualitative systematic review of associated factors and practical strategies for improvement
N Taylor, R Clay-Williams, E Hogden, J Braithwaite, O Groene
BMC Health Services Research, 2015, 15:244

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Shaping the future: A strategic framework for a successful NHS

"Developing and implementing such an emergent strategy will need many things, but most importantly leadership, collaboration and consensus building to develop a shared view of the challenges, the calculated risks and the means and ends."

Shaping the future: A strategic framework for a successful NHS
The Health Foundation
June 2015

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Health and social care priorities for the Government: 2015-2020

"As part of our role to deliver evidence to support better health policy, the Nuffield Trust has produced this briefing, which outlines 10 key health and social care priorities for the new Government."

Health and social care priorities for the Government: 2015-2020
Nuffield Trust
June 2015

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Parliamentary briefing: Building sustainable GP services

"Some key points on English GP funding, workforce, satisfaction and reform."

Parliamentary briefing: Building sustainable GP services
Nuffield Trust
February 2015

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Read the related paper, "Is general practice in crisis?" here.

Is general practice in crisis?

"Not enough GPs are being trained, more trainees now work part-time, and more existing GPs plan to retire early. Numbers are not keeping up with hospital doctors."

Is general practice in crisis?
M Dayan, S Arora, R Rosen, N Curry
Nuffield Trust
November 2014

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Doctors and nurses

"To improve the quality of healthcare and get better value for money from the NHS workforce, employers need the motivation and freedom to be better leaders and employers."

Doctors and nurses
T Cawston, A Haldenby, N Seddon
Reform
November 2012

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