A guide to enabling the spread of person and community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing

"This guide outlines how behavioural science can help spread the take-up of person- and community- centred approaches to health and wellbeing. It is aimed at people who champion these approaches in health and social care, in other statutory bodies and in community-based organisations."

Spreading change: A guide to enabling the spread of person- and community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing
H Burd, M Hallsworth, The Behavioural Insights Team
Nesta and the Health Foundation
September 2016

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A practical guide to self-management support

"The guide explains what self-management support is and why it is important. It then looks at various aspects of putting it into practice, including planning and commissioning, building knowledge, skills and confidence, and measurement and evaluation"

A practical guide to self-management support: Key components for successful implementation
A de Iongh, P Fagan, J Fenner, L Kidd
The Health Foundation
December 2015

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Transforming our health care system: Ten priorities for commissioners

"We have identified ten priorities for action. A striking feature of all the priorities is the degree to which they call for change within primary care and the way in which primary care relates to the rest of the system. "

Transforming our health care system: Ten priorities for commissioners
C Naylor et al.
The King's Fund
April 2015

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Is the NHS becoming more person-centred?

"This overview examines how the NHS in England has performed over this parliament in relation to indicators that reflect person-centred care. We consider a range of measures including: dignity, respect and compassion; patient involvement in decisions; support for self-management and care planning."

Is the NHS becoming more person-centred?
S Wood, A Collins, A Taylor
The Health Foundation
March 2015

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Person-centred care: from ideas to action

"This report is the product of work which has sought to bring together the evidence on shared decision making and self-management support, with the aim of providing greater coherence and clarity in debates about person-centred care."

Person-centred care: from ideas to action 
N Ahmad, J Ellins, H Krelle, M Lawrie
Health Foundation
October 2014

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National Diabetes Inpatient Audit 2013 national summary

"The National Diabetes Inpatient Audit is a snapshot audit of diabetes inpatient care in England and Wales. The audit is set out to answer the following questions:

• Did diabetes management minimise the risk of avoidable complications?
• Did harm result from the inpatient stay?
• Was patient experience of the inpatient stay favourable?
• Has the quality of care and patient feedback changed...?"

National Diabetes Inpatient Audit 2013 national summary

Health and Social Care Information Centre

2014

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Patient empowerment: for better quality, more sustainable health services globally

"This report highlights some of the lessons and examples from this increasingly global patient empowerment movement. The primary focus is on the role of individuals in their own healthcare, although overlap with the equally important issues of public involvement in health and empowerment in social care are recognised."

Patient empowerment: for better quality, more sustainable health services globally

All Party Parliamentary Groups on Global Health; HIV/AIDs; Population, Development and Reproductive Health; Global Tuberculosis; and Patient and Public Involvement in Health and Social CareMay 2015

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Diabetes: State of the Nation England 2013

"In the best area four times more people get the checks they need than in the worst."

State of the nation England 2013
Diabetes UK
December 2013

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Patient initiated clinics for patients with chronic or recurrent conditions managed in secondary care

"Patient initiated clinics fit the models of care suggested by policy makers and so further research into long term outcomes for patients and service use in this area of practice is both relevant and timely."

Patient initiated clinics for patients with chronic or recurrent conditions managed in secondary care: a systematic review of patient reported outcomes and patient and clinician satisfaction
R Whear, AK Abdul-Rahman, J Thompson-Coon, K Boddy, MG Perry, K Stein
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:501

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Sustaining and spreading self-management support

"Changing the way healthcare is delivered so that patients are supported to more effectively manage their longterm condition is also hard – it involves redefining the role of professionals and patients and putting in place processes and infrastructure that support new ways of working."

Sustaining and spreading self-management support: lessons from Co-creating Health phase 2
Health Foundation
September 2013

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Two new QIPP themed cased studies

NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) has published two new QIPP case studies:

• Self management for chronic knee pain: using group physiotherapy to teach exercises and coping strategies - 
• Wireless working in hospitals: improving efficiency and safety of out-of-hours care 

First steps to improving chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care

"NHS Improvement has over a decade of experience in clinical patient pathway redesign in cancer, diagnostics, heart, lung and stroke and demonstrates some of the most leading edge improvement work in England which supports improved patient experience and outcomes."

First steps to improving chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care
NHS Improvement - Lung
October 2012

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