Triggers for palliative care: Improving access

"This report explores the evidence around access to palliative care for people with terminal illnesses other than cancer."

Triggers for palliative care:  Improving access to care for people with diseases other than cancer
Marie Curie
June 2015

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Implementing a patient-initiated review system in rheumatoid arthritis

"This study forms part of a service evaluation of a system wide implementation of a patient initiated review appointment system which we have called Direct Access (DA). The aim was to explore the experiences of patients and staff of a DA system in order to understand the process of the implementation and to identify potential improvements."

Implementing a patient-initiated review system in rheumatoid arthritis: a qualitative evaluation
S Child, VA Goodwin, MG Perry, CA Gericke, R Byng
BMC Health Services Research 2015, 15:157  doi:10.1186/s12913-015-0837-9

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Improving mental health services for young people

"The report sets out how much of this can be achieved through better working between the NHS, local authorities, voluntary and community services, schools and other local services. It also makes it clear that many of these changes can be achieved by working differently, rather than needing significant investment."

Improving mental health services for young people
Department of Health
March 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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Improved access to primary care and supply-induced demand

"We examine what supply-induced demand is, distinguishing between demand for services that is stimulated by easier access to new forms of primary care (described as ‘induced demand’) and clinical practice in direct access primary care that stimulates additional use of other services (described as ‘induced utilisation’)."

Meeting need or fuelling demand? improved access to primary care and supply-induced demand 

R Rosen

Nuffield Trust

June 2014

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