Health and Care Quality Systems in practice: A guide for local leaders

"This publication is intended as a practical guide for people who have leadership and oversight responsibility for the quality of services in their communities."

Health and Care Quality Systems in practice: A guide for local leaders
Local Government Association, Centre for Public Scrutiny, Think Local Act Personal 
September 2015

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Health Service Journal - Integration

"Integrated care has been a goal for the NHS almost since it was founded. Now that it is finally top of the agenda, can local and national leaders seize the opportunity to deliver it?"

Integration
Health Service Journal supplement
10 April 2015

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Enabling the local implementation of sustainable urgent and emergency care models

"To break the vicious circle resulting in increased pressures on A&Es, and ensure patients have access to the right care, in the right place at the right time, efforts should focus on building an effective community offer. This will require adequate investment to transform primary, community and social care – while ensuring that acute and emergency care remains sustainable."

Rip off the sticking plaster now: Enabling the local implementation of sustainable urgent and emergency care models in 2015/16
NHS Confederation, Urgent and Emergency Care Forum
April 2015

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Rationing in the NHS

"Our second policy briefing in the run up to the General Election 2015 provides an overview of the current difficulties in making decisions about rationing healthcare in England, and sets out some of the challenges faced by policy makers in the future. "

Rationing in the NHS
N Edwards, H Crump, M Dayan
Nuffield Trust
February 2015

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Looking forward: the views of health and social care leaders

"In the run-up to the 2015 General Election, the Nuffield Trust is regularly surveying a panel of 100 health and social care leaders in England for their views on a range of issues, including the state of the NHS and social care system, and what they believe should be the priority areas for reform during the next Parliament."

Looking forward: the views of health and social care leaders
Health and Social Care Leaders’ Panel
Nuffield Trust
March 2015

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Health leaders' survey 2

"Ahead of the 2015 election, we will be regularly surveying a panel of 100 health and social care leaders for their views on a range of issues, including the state of the NHS and social care system and what they believe should be the priority areas for reform during the next Parliament."

Health leaders' survey two: the state of general practice
Nuffield Trust

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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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A system under strain: the views of NHS and social care leaders

"Health and social care leaders are deeply concerned about the financial future of the NHS and social care system. More than four in five respondents said they were concerned about the financial viability of their local NHS or social care provider(s). More than two thirds (70 percent) believed that NHS providers will need to go into deficit in order to maintain high-quality services."

A system under strain: the views of NHS and social care leaders
Health and Social Care Leaders’ Panel, A McKeon
Nuffield Trust
July 2014

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Organizational impact of evidence-informed decision making training initiatives

"factors before, during and after training can influence the extent of skills and knowledge transfer. Our evaluation went further than previous research by revealing the influence—both positive and negative—of specific organizational factors on extending the impact of training programs."

Organizational impact of evidence-informed decision making training initiatives: a case study comparison of two approaches
F Champagne, L Lemieux-Charles, MF Duranceau, G MacKean, T Reay
Implementation Science 2014, 9:53

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