Efficiency and health care in Europe

The latest issue of Eurohealth Observer focuses on the possibilities and challenges of obtaining a workable model of efficiency in health care.

Efficiency and health care
Eurohealth, incorporating Euro Observer
2012, volume 18, number 3

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Applying the health and social care reforms to improve outcomes for people with neurological conditions

"This report is intended to illustrate how the levers of the new NHS can be applied to improving outcomes for this group of patients, addressing the legacy of neglect which has resulted in unacceptable variations in outcomes and higher than necessary costs."

Intelligent outcomes: applying the health and social care reforms to improve outcomes for people with neurological conditions
The Neurological Alliance
August 2012

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Never Again? The story of the Health and Social Care Act 2012

"‘Never Again?’ tells the story of how and why the Health and Social Care Act 2012 – by far the most controversial piece of NHS legislation in more than two decades – became law."

Never Again? The story of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
Nicholas Timmins
The King's Fund
July 2012

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Improving health and social care in London

"A strong emphasis of the government’s health and social care reforms has been on supporting integration across health, public health, social care and other support."

Improving health and social care in London: supporting integrated commissioning
London Councils
January 2012

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The Health and Social Care Bill: where next?

Briefing from the Nuffield Trust providing the Nuffield Trust response to the Government’s NHS ‘listening exercise’, in which Ministers will consider options for reform before the Health and Social Care Bill returns to Parliament.


The Health and Social Care Bill: where next?
Nuffield Trust
May 2011

View summary, listen to briefing and download documentation from the Nuffield Trust website.

Accountability in the NHS: Implications of the Government’s Health Reform Programme

A report from the King’s Fund which seeks to inform the debate around the nature of accountability relationships in the NHS and how these will change under the reforms.


Accountability in the NHS: Implications of the Government’s Health Reform Programme
King's Fund
2011

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NHS reforms in England: managing the transition

"This Nuffield Trust sets out the key challenges associated with managing the transition to a reformed NHS, as envisaged in the White Paper Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS (Department of Health 2010a) and proposes ways in which the risks associated with transition might be mitigated."

NHS reforms in England: managing the transition
J Smith, A Charlesworth
Nuffield Trust
March 2011

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