Good practice in ambulance commissioning

"Ambulance commissioners recognise the importance of working in partnership across the whole health and care sector to relieve the pressures that emergency care faces. All of the case studies drew on successful partnership working between commissioners and providers of ambulance services."

Good practice in ambulance commissioning
The National Ambulance Commissioners Network
NHS Clinical Commissioners
June 2015

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Making it better together: A call to action on the future of health and wellbeing boards

"This publication is a challenge and a call to action to local commissioners, Government and national bodies to support health and wellbeing boards in bringing about a radical transformation in the health of our communities."

A call to action on the future of health and wellbeing boards
Local Government Association
June 2015

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Effects of alternative tax structures on public health systems

"Progressive tax policies within a pro-poor framework might accelerate progress toward achieving major international health goals."

Financing universal health coverage - effects of alternative tax structures on public health systems: cross-national modelling in 89 low-income and middle-income countries
A Reeves, Y Gourtsoyannis, S Basu, D McCoy, M McKee, D Stuckler
The Lancet
Published online: May 14, 2015

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Transforming our health care system: Ten priorities for commissioners

"Commissioners require a high level of technical competence to undertake the 'transactional' elements of commissioning."

Transforming our health care system: Ten priorities for commissioners
C Naylor, et al.
The King's Fund
June 2015

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Options for integrated commissioning

"A single national outcomes framework for integrated care should be agreed to ensure there is joint accountability between the NHS and local government."

Options for integrated commissioning: Beyond Barker
R Humphries, L Wenzel
The King's Fund
June 2015

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Transforming general practice: What are the levers for change?

"This report sets out the thinking and conclusions of a workshop held by the Nuffield Trust to consider how general practice might change as part of a wider transformation of the NHS."

Transforming general practice: What are the levers for change?
R Rosen
The Nuffield Trust
June 2015

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Flare frequency, healthcare resource utilisation and costs

"Gout-related costs and resource use were lower for those with infrequent flares, suggesting significant cost benefit to a gout management plan that has a goal of reducing flare frequency."

Flare frequency, healthcare resource utilisation and costs among patients with gout in a managed care setting: a retrospective medical claims-based analysis
R Jackson, A Shiozawa, EK Buysman, A Altan, S Korrer, H Choi
BMJ Open, 2015, 5:e007214

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The many meanings of 'quality' in healthcare

This is a collection of articles about different perspectives of quality in healthcare.

The many meanings of 'quality' in healthcare: Interdisciplinary perspectives
D Swinglehurst (ed.)
BMC Health Services Research
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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Useful approaches for teaching about quality improvement

"This study provides guidance for future organisers and participants of quality improvement collaboratives about which learning approaches will best suit the participants and enhance improvement work."

Do quality improvement collaboratives’ educational components match the dominant learning style preferences of the participants?
AM Weggelaar-Jansen, J van Wijngaarden, SS Slaghuis
BMC Health Services Research, 2015, 15:239

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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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Diffusing healthcare innovation at pace and scale

"The diffusion of healthcare innovation is essential for any well-functioning and high-performing healthcare system."

Cracking the innovation nut: Diffusing healthcare innovation at pace and scale
NHS Confederation
June 2015, Issue 285

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How do third sector organisations use research and other knowledge?

"Third sector organisations (TSOs) are a well-established component of health care provision in the UK’s NHS and other health systems, but little is known about how they use research and other forms of knowledge in their work."

How do third sector organisations use research and other knowledge? A systematic scoping review
R Hardwick, R Anderson, C Cooper
Implementation Science, 2015, 10:84

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Talent management: Developing leadership not just leaders

"A wealth of recent reports have argued that health services must adapt to deliver continually improving, high-quality and compassionate care, but today’s leaders know that these demands are made against the backdrop of tighter financial restraints and slower projected financial growth in the public sector."

Talent management: Developing leadership not just leaders
S Massie
The King's Fund
June 2015

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Access to healthcare for people facing multiple health vulnerabilities

"European stakeholders increasingly recognise the impacts that the economic crisis and austerity measures have had on the accessibility of national healthcare services."

Access to healthcare for people facing multiple health vulnerabilities in 26 cities across 11 countries: Report on the social and medical data gathered in 2014 in nine European countries, Turkey and Canada
Medecins Du Monde
May 2015

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30 years of equalities practice in Birmingham

"In recent years, a number of cities have established Fairness Commissions. Prompted in part by Wilkinson and Pickett’s seminal work The Spirit Level, these Commissions have sought to address growing inequalities in society and ameliorate the damaging effects of public spending cuts and austerity."

From benign neglect to citizen khan: 30 years of equalities practice in Birmingham
brap, Barrow Cadbury Trust
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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