Public health and prevention (Quality Watch)

"Against a backdrop of substantial changes to the way public health services in England are commissioned and increasing funding constraints on local government, this QualityWatch report provides an overview of public health outcomes in recent years."

Focus on: Public health and prevention (Quality Watch)
A Davies, E Keeble, T Bhatia, E Fisher
The Health Foundation, Nuffield Trust
April 2016

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Cause for concern: QualityWatch annual statement 2014

"The past year has seen an increasing number of signs that historic improvements in quality are not being sustained in some areas, or have even reversed. Stress signals we first identified in 2013 are now becoming even stronger and apparent in a wider range of services."

Cause for concern: QualityWatch annual statement 2014
The Health Foundation, Nuffield Trust
October 2014

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QualityWatch

"Our programme [QualityWatch] will aim to provide an independent picture of the quality of care and, in so doing, both augment and inform the work of other statutory national bodies and initiatives.

More specifically, we will: 

• provide an authoritative resource on the overall quality of health and social care; 
• monitor and comment on changes over time, independently of government and the statutory bodies; 
• highlight where there are clear and compelling gaps between what is being achieved and what is possible in order to incite action and improvement; 
• and contribute to improving measures of quality."

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