Leading in a crisis: the power of transparency

"Leaders who promote and model transparent behaviours and instil a transparent culture in their organisations can use crises as learning and improvement opportunities." 

Leading in a crisis: the power of transparency
B Sadler, K Stewart
The Health Foundation
December 2015

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Infection prevention and control: lessons from acute care in England

"This learning report is based on the findings of a large research study that identified and consolidated published evidence about infection prevention and control initiatives...The report considers what has been learned from the infection prevention and control work carried out over the last 15 years in hospitals in England. It looks at the lessons learned and outlines future directions for effective infection prevention and control." 

Infection prevention and control: lessons from acute care in England: Towards a whole health economy approach
The Health Foundation
November 2015

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Outcome-based payment schemes: government’s use of payment by results

"This report highlights lessons on the selection and implementation of PbR in the UK public sector. Its intended main audience is commissioners and senior decision-makers within departments, as well as officials at the centre of government with an interest in public service delivery models."

Outcome-based payment schemes: government’s use of payment by results
National Audit Office
June 2015

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How five UK trusts built quality improvement capability at scale within their organisations

"The report provides an insight into how and why the trusts embarked on their improvement journeys; the steps they took at each stage; the impact they achieved; and the challenges they encountered along the way." 

Building the foundations for improvement: How five UK trusts built quality improvement capability at scale within their organisations
B Jones, T Woodhead
The Health Foundation
February 2015

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Mortality meetings in geriatric medicine: strategies for improvement

"Mortality meetings are an essential part of junior doctor training and hospital clinical governance. There is a tendency for these meetings to be poorly organised, poorly focused and poorly attended, especially by disciplines other than doctors. In this improvement project we were able to make our mortality meetings more multidisciplinary and a better learning experience for staff."

Mortality meetings in geriatric medicine: strategies for improvement
J Dunbar, J George
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u202625.w3247

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Commissioning and contracting for integrated care

"Many clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have started to develop novel contracting and commissioning tools to drive more transformational and sustainable service integration. There is a range of contractual models being discussed and implemented across England. In this paper, we describe two broad frameworks that are currently being developed in five areas of the country to stimulate more integrated models of care – a prime contract and an alliance contract."

Commissioning and contracting for integrated care
R Addicott
The King's Fund
November 2014

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What does the future hold for the NHS

"The contributions gathered here address some of the most complex or controversial debates in healthcare – such as decommissioning, integration, engagement, and leadership." 

This collection from Birmingham University's Health Services Management Centre contains the following articles:

• Decommissioning and the leadership challenge in health care
• System leadership in a fragmented system
• Strengthening Communities to Deliver the Better Care Fund
• The role of leadership and collaboration in the development of a social impact measurement system for use in healthcare
• The NHS and Diversity: research on the real lives behind the differences
• Moving upstream: The case for prevention
• Telehealth and the NHS: are we asking the right questions?
• Learning lessons from other countries 
• A Health Workforce that’s fit for the Twenty-First Century
• Keep schtum or whistle: what makes some health and care managers resist corruptions to practices
• Nursing is hard emotional work - why is that ignored?
• Developing a culture of compassionate care: lost in translation
• Evaluating the future of healthcare: where does the truth lie?

What does the future hold for the NHS
Health Services Management Centre
University of Birmingham
June 2014

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Solving the NHS care and cash crisis

“We have, in short, a health and care system that is both unnecessarily expensive and poorly designed to meet modern needs.”

Solving the NHS care and cash crisis: routes to health and care renewal
N Warner, J O’Sullivan
Reform
March 2014

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Leeds children’s heart surgery services review

"The Leeds children’s heart surgery services review was undertaken to issues raised regarding the safety and quality of care at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. A significant amount of work has been undertaken to establish an accurate picture of the services provided by the Trust, including a detailed review of cases and interviews with families to understand their experiences."

The review contains two papers:

• Mortality Case Review for the period 2009- 2013
• Family Experience Report

Children’s Congenital Cardiac Surgery Services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
NHS England
March 2014

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Service transformation: Lessons from mental health

"Some commentators have drawn parallels between the process of transformation in mental health services and what is now desired in other parts of the health system. However, there has been little detailed exploration of how far that comparison is valid or of the lessons that can be learnt. This report takes mental health services for adults in England as a case study and examines the relevance of this experience to current policy."

Service transformation: Lessons from mental health
Helen Gilburt, Edward Peck, Beccy Ashton, Nigel Edwards, Chris Naylor
The King's Fund
February 2014

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New models of primary care: practical lessons from early implementers

"This event report summarises three Nuffield Trust seminars that took place to discuss three of the new organisational models described in Securing the Future of General Practice (Smith and others, 2013). These models aim to balance the benefits of small and local organisations with the scale and capacity to improve quality and deliver a wider range of services."

New models of primary care: practical lessons from early implementers
R Rosen, H Parker
Nuffield Trust
December 2013

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Read Securing the future of general practice here.

Caring for an ageing population

"We looked beyond our own system to examine how Japan has tried to address the conundrum of providing sufficient and appropriate services for an increasing number of frail older people in an affordable and equitable way."

Caring for an ageing population
N Curry, H Holder, L Patterson
November 2013

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Co-ordinated care for people with complex chronic conditions

"Based on a comparative analysis of five UK-based case studies of care co-ordination programmes for people with long-term and complex chronic conditions, this report examines key lessons and markers for success in the ‘how’ of care co-ordination that might be transferable to different contexts and settings."

Co-ordinated care for people with complex chronic conditions: key lessons and markers for success
N Goodwin, L Sonola, V Thiel, DL Kodner
The King's Fund
October 2013

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Lessons from Europe: the value of tariff design

"Payment systems are an important policy tool for improving quality and efficiency, but they have limitations."

Lessons from Europe: the value of tariff design
Health Services Research Network
NHS Confederation
October 2013

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NICE QIPP Shared Learning Examples

Two new QIPP Shared Learning Examples have been published on the NICE website:

1. Using quality and productivity to enhance heart failure pathway in primary care
2. Implementing and evaluating training for health visiting teams as part of the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative Community award

To find out more about submitting a shared learning example visit here.

Lessons for England: integrated care in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

"The aim of this report is to describe the approach taken to integrated care in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales with a view to drawing out the lessons for England."

Integrated care in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales: lessons for England
C Ham, D Heenan, M Longley, DR Steel
The King's Fund
July 2013

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Reflections on a decade of NHS commissioning

"This report captures critical lessons from the past, and translates these into messages that are relevant to new commissioners."

Ambition, challenge, transition: reflections on a decade of NHS commissioning
NHS Confederation
April 2013

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Lessons for the new NHS from departing health leaders

"Time. Time and transparency, and clinical engagement. These are the three issues that come roaring out of these interviews with ‘the dear departed’ – a clutch of recent NHS chief executives and other health leaders who were asked what advice they would deliver to their successors as the new NHS structures go live in April 2013."

Changing of the guard: lessons for the new NHS from departing health leaders
Edited by Nicholas Timmins
Nuffield Trust
Issue 3 - March 2013

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Adoption of digital health between the US VHA and England’s NHS

"This second report builds on "Telehealth: what can the NHS learn from experience at the US Veterans Health Administration" reflecting on the impressive use of technology currently provided by the VHA, and drawing on the innovative progress that has been made in the NHS through their experience of telehealth."

Making connections A transatlantic exchange to support the adoption of digital health between the US VHA and England’s NHS
J Cruickshank, J Harding, J Paxman, C Morris
2020health
March 2013

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The Hospitals Pathways Programme - lessons learned

"This article tells the story of the Hospital Pathways Programme (HPP), a collaborative programme in which five acute trusts worked with The King’s Fund and the Health Foundation to apply techniques, not widely used in the NHS, to improve both processes of care and interactions between staff and patients."

The Hospitals Pathways Programme - lessons learned
The King's Fund
December 2012

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