A simple prioritisation system to improve the electronic handover

"Overall the introduction of an uncomplicated traffic light system provided an effective addition to the electronic handover structure aimed to allow patient prioritisation and improved efficiency during weekend hours."

A simple prioritisation system to improve the electronic handover
L Ah-kye, M Moore
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u205385.w4127

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Investing in prevention and early intervention

"These documents aim to raise awareness of the prioritisation frameworks and associated tools and resources which are used by the NHS and local authorities. They help to make the case for investment in prevention or early intervention, to prioritise investment (and disinvestment) or to improve the use of existing resources invested."

Investing in prevention and early intervention
Public Health England
October 2015

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Using clinical practice variations as a method for commissioners and clinicians to identify and prioritise opportunities for disinvestment

"We aimed to explore if geographical variation in procedure rates is a marker of clinical uncertainty and might be used by local commissioners to identify procedures that are potential candidates for disinvestment."

Using clinical practice variations as a method for commissioners and clinicians to identify and prioritise opportunities for disinvestment in health care: a cross-sectional study, systematic reviews and qualitative study
W Hollingworth et al.
Health Services Delivery and Research, 3(13), April 2015

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Prioritising health service innovation investments using public preferences

"Discrete choice approaches can help policy makers, those designing innovations, and decision-makers in health services make more of the public’s views on how services invest their money."

Prioritising health service innovation investments using public preferences: a discrete choice experiment
S Erdem, C Thompson
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:360

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Priority setting - NHS Right Care reading list

"Priority-setting is by no means clear-cut, in part because it involves values as well as evidence. People who are responsible for resources, whether those resources be financial or time related, have to make priority decisions. They either have to allocate new resources or reallocate existing resources."

Right Care essential reading: priority-setting/prioritisation
N Pearce-Smith, M Gray
NHS Right Care
May 2014

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