Demand management for planned care

"This report presents a substantial review of the effectiveness of main strategies designed to alleviate demand pressures in the area of planned care. The study commences with an overview of the key ideas about the genesis of demand and capacity problems for health services."

Demand management for planned care: a realist synthesis
R Pawson, J Greenhalgh, C Brennan
Health Services and Delivery Research 2016;4(2)
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/hsdr04020

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Improving the Quality of Orthotics Services in England

"This document sets out a case for action to tackle the rising demand and variation in access and quality of services experienced by children and adults requiring orthotic care in England. It explains why it is important to improve the commissioning of services in terms of clinical and cost benefits and discusses some of the key issues affecting services currently, along with the experiences that patients and their families have had in using those services "

Improving the Quality of Orthotics Services in England
NHS England

November 2015

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Mobile clinics for chronic stable glaucoma management

"This initiative aims to improve productivity by reducing demand for appointments from low risk patients in hospital eye clinics, allowing the hospital to see more complex cases. The patient experience should improve because the number of appointments required for testing is reduced and the clinic is brought to locations nearer patients’ homes."

Mobile clinics for chronic stable glaucoma management: improving access and alleviating hospital demand
Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group and Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
NICE Quality and Productivity example
January 2015

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Quest for integrated health and social care

"Canterbury provides much food for thought for the many clinicians, funders and managers interested in better demand management in primary care, allied to significant improvements in hospital efficiency that in turn have an impact on the use of social care."

Quest for integrated health and social care: a case study in Canterbury, New Zealand
N Timmins, C Ham
The King's Fund
September 2013

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