Scaling Up Improvement - applications for funding

The Health Foundation are looking for health care improvement projects in which to invest up to £3 million. Successful projects will demonstrate how improvements have been made on both a small and large scale, with the aim to promote wider adoption across the UK.

Find out more here.

5000 safety fellows initiative

"Together with NHS England, we are working to develop an ambitious initiative that will connect and support people with safety and wider quality improvement expertise across the UK.
The initiative will help share effective improvement ideas throughout the health care system
We are working with organisations connected to those at the forefront of safety and quality improvement to launch the initiative in early 2015."

5000 safety fellows initiative

The Health Foundation
December 2014

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Building capability to improve safety

"On 14 May 2014, the Health Foundation hosted a workshop to discuss building capability for improving safety. The event was developed in collaboration with NHS Improving Quality and was attended by leaders from across the NHS. The aim was to produce a useful overview of what capability for safety improvement organisations need, and the best ways to go about developing this capability."

Building capability to improve safety: Event report
The Health Foundation
August 2014

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Funding opportunity: Innovating for Improvement programme

The Health Foundation are making 1.5 million pounds available to fund innovative quality improvement projects.

Find out more and make your application here.

Health Foundation Research Scan June 2014

The Health Foundation have published their latest research scan summarising 60 of June's most interesting studies on healthcare improvement, covering the topics of patient-centred care, patient safety, value for money and approaches to improvement.

Access the scan here.

Closing the gap through changing relationships

"The evaluation drew on the principles of the ‘realistic evaluation’ approach, focusing on clarifying the ‘context – mechanism – outcome’ dynamics underpinning the various interventions. The linkages between interventions, changing relationships and quality improvement are complex and multi-directional." 

Closing the gap through changing relationships: an independent evaluation of the programme
C Hoong Sin, H Heathfield, K Fitzpatrick, L Benson
The Health Foundation
June 2014

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Twelve tips for measuring improvement

"Understanding what works to improve health care is vital in order to share and spread success and to ensure we learn from our mistakes. These tips will help you embed effective measurement into your project and avoid some of the pitfalls that lie on the route to successful health care improvement."

Twelve tips for measuring improvement (blog post)

T Woodcock

The Health Foundation

April 2014

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Ten challenges in improving quality in healthcare

"The Health Foundation’s evaluation reports offer a rich resource of learning for those who undertake improvement work in healthcare."

Ten challenges in improving quality in healthcare: lessons from the Health Foundation's programme evaluations and relevant literature
M Dixon-Woods, S McNicol, G Martin
BMJ Quality and Safety, 2012, 21:876-884

Read more here.