Efficiency and health care in Europe

The latest issue of Eurohealth Observer focuses on the possibilities and challenges of obtaining a workable model of efficiency in health care.

Efficiency and health care
Eurohealth, incorporating Euro Observer
2012, volume 18, number 3

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Applying the health and social care reforms to improve outcomes for people with neurological conditions

"This report is intended to illustrate how the levers of the new NHS can be applied to improving outcomes for this group of patients, addressing the legacy of neglect which has resulted in unacceptable variations in outcomes and higher than necessary costs."

Intelligent outcomes: applying the health and social care reforms to improve outcomes for people with neurological conditions
The Neurological Alliance
August 2012

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Never Again? The story of the Health and Social Care Act 2012

"‘Never Again?’ tells the story of how and why the Health and Social Care Act 2012 – by far the most controversial piece of NHS legislation in more than two decades – became law."


Never Again? The story of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
Nicholas Timmins
The King's Fund
July 2012


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Improving health and social care in London

"A strong emphasis of the government’s health and social care reforms has been on supporting integration across health, public health, social care and other support."

Improving health and social care in London: supporting integrated commissioning
London Councils
January 2012

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Accountability in the NHS

"This paper gives an overview of how providers and commissioners of NHS funded care are currently held to account, and considers how this would change under the government’s reform programme."

Accountability in the NHS: implications of the government's reform programme
J Maybin, R Addicott, A Dixon, J Storey
The King's Fund
2011

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The voluntary and community sector in health

This document considers the main opportunities facing the sector and discusses what needs to happen to ensure the sector can flourish in the new system and what it needs to do to grasp new opportunities.

The voluntary and community sector in health: implications of the proposed NHS reforms
N Curry, C Mundle, F Sheil, L Weaks
The King's Fund
2011

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Liberating the NHS: orders of change?

This policy paper aims to develop current discussions and thinking about the new reform programme by presenting a policy analysis of the change and continuity associated with its key proposals.

Liberating the NHS: orders of change?
R Millar, I Snelling, H Brown
University of Birmingham Health Services Management Centre
April 2011

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English NHS embarks on controversial and risky market-style reforms

"Successive governments have sought to improve the quality, cost-effectiveness, and equity of the care provided by the English National Health Service (NHS)."

English NHS embarks on controversial and risky market-style reforms in health care
M Roland, R Rosen
New England Journal of Medicine, 2011, 6th April

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NHS reforms in England: managing the transition

"This Nuffield Trust sets out the key challenges associated with managing the transition to a reformed NHS, as envisaged in the White Paper Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS (Department of Health 2010a) and proposes ways in which the risks associated with transition might be mitigated."

NHS reforms in England: managing the transition
J Smith, A Charlesworth
Nuffield Trust
March 2011

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