Making connections with the challenges of unscheduled care

"Integrated care is what the NHS, social care and the voluntary sector thrive for, however in reality it stretches many organisations, and is not easy to achieve."

Making connections with the challenges of unscheduled care
NHS Improvement
November 2012

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Spread and Adoption Tool

Developed by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, this tool helps health professionals increase the scale and pace of the spread and adoption of innovation in the NHS.

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Compassion in practice

"This strategy sets out our shared purpose as nurses, midwives and care staff to deliver high quality, compassionate care, and to achieve excellent health and wellbeing outcomes."

Compassion in practice
Commissioning Board Chief Nursing Officer, DH Chief Nursing Adviser
Department of Health
December 2012

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Cumbria Partnership Journal of Research, Practice and Learning

The Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust publishes an academic journal, the Cumbria Partnership Journal of Research, Practice and Learning, in both print and electronic format. The electronic version is freely available on their website at this link:

The content is grouped under the following headings:

• Research reports
• Education and learning
• Quality/organisational change
• Reflective practice/case studies

Cost comparison of MRSA screening and management

"It was shown that universal MRSA screening strategies are far more cost-intensive than the targeted screening approaches."

Cost comparison of MRSA screening and management: a decision tree analysis
A Tubbicke, C Hubner, NO Hubner, C Wegner, A Kramer, S Flessa
BMC Health Services Research, 2012, 12:438

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Care for older people

"This research summary sets out projections of public expenditure on social care and continuing health care for people aged 65 or over in England from 2010 to 2022."

Care for older people
R Wittenberg, B Hu, A Comas-Herrera, JL Fernandez
Nuffield Trust
December 2012

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A decade of austerity?

"This research attempts to quantify the funding pressures facing the NHS in England over the decade to 2021/22."

A decade of austerity?
A Roberts, L Marshall, A Charlesworth
Nuffield Trust
December 2012

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