Making integrated care happen at scale and pace

"The aim of this paper is to support the process of ‘making it happen’ by summarising the steps that need to be taken to make integrated care a reality ..."

Making integrated care happen at scale and pace
C Ham, N Walsh
March 2013

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Developing a specification for lifestyle weight management services

"The guidance has been developed by the Department of Health, working closely with public health commissioners, weight management providers, and includes input from academics with expertise in weight management."

Developing a specification for lifestyle weight management services: best practice guidance for tier 2 services
Obesity and Food Policy Branch, Department of Health
March 2013

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Child health profiles

"Child Health Profiles provide a snapshot of child health and well-being for each local authority in England using key health indicators, which enables comparison locally, regionally and nationally. By using the profiles local organisations can work in partnership to plan and commission evidence-based services based on local need."

Child health profiles
Child and Maternal Health Observatory (from 01/04/13 part of Public Health England)
March 2013

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Being open and honest about NHS finance

"The NHS Confederation has published a report that lays out the choices we face to guarantee the delivery of safe, effective and sustainable health services in the years to come."

Tough times, tough choices: being open and honest about NHS finance
NHS Confederation
March 2013


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A summary is available here.

Resource modelling to inform decision making and service planning

"Resource modelling of this type complements conventional cost-effectiveness analyses and can help inform policy making and service planning."

Using resource modelling to inform decision making and service planning: the case of colorectal cancer screening in Ireland
L Sharp, et al.
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:105

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Challenges in health care financing and provision

The Nordic Economic Policy review has produced a special issue about challenges in health care financing and provision. Articles include:

• Ageing populations: more care or just later care?
• Lifestyle, health and costs - what does available evidence suggest?
• The economics of long-term care: a survey
• The role of primary health care in controlling the cost of specialist health care
• Payments in support of effective primary care for chronic conditions
• An economic assessment of price rationing versus non-price rationing of health care
• Should pharmaceutical costs be curbed?
• Productivity differences in Nordic hospitals: Can we learn from Finland?

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Systems innovation

This discussion paper is made up of two essays which outline how systems innovation works, and concludes with ten tips describing how to become an effective systems innovator.

Systems innovation discussion paper
G Mulgan, C Leadbeater
Nesta
January 2013

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