Building capability to improve safety

"On 14 May 2014, the Health Foundation hosted a workshop to discuss building capability for improving safety. The event was developed in collaboration with NHS Improving Quality and was attended by leaders from across the NHS. The aim was to produce a useful overview of what capability for safety improvement organisations need, and the best ways to go about developing this capability."

Building capability to improve safety: Event report
The Health Foundation
August 2014

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Organizational impact of evidence-informed decision making training initiatives

"factors before, during and after training can influence the extent of skills and knowledge transfer. Our evaluation went further than previous research by revealing the influence—both positive and negative—of specific organizational factors on extending the impact of training programs."

Organizational impact of evidence-informed decision making training initiatives: a case study comparison of two approaches
F Champagne, L Lemieux-Charles, MF Duranceau, G MacKean, T Reay
Implementation Science 2014, 9:53

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Developing the right people with the right skills and the right values

"Demonstrating improved value for money will require greater clarity and transparency in relation to the measurement of the quality of education and training programmes and the costs of those programmes."

Delivering high quality, effective, compassionate care: developing the right people with the right skills and the right values. A mandate from the Government to Health Education England: April 2014 to March 2015
Department of Health
April 2014

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A guide to nursing, midwifery and care staffing capacity and capability

"Nursing, midwifery and care staff, working as part of wider multidisciplinary teams, play a critical role in securing high quality care and excellent outcomes for patients. There are established and evidenced links between patient outcomes and whether organisations have the right people, with the right skills, in the right place at the right time." 

How to ensure the right people, with the right skills, are in the right place at the right time: A guide to nursing, midwifery and care staffing capacity and capability
NHS England
November 2013

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Learning communities and the skills needed to improve care

"Part of the reason why quality improvement is so hard to achieve may be that those involved in leading QI programmes need to deploy three different but interrelated types of improvement skills: technical, soft and learning skills. A lack of skills in one area will constrain progress, irrespective of the team’s strengths in other skill areas."

Skilled for improvement? Learning communities and the skills needed to improve care: an evaluative service development
J Gabbay, A le May, C Connell, JH Klein
The Health Foundation
March 2014

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Ensuring education reform enhances patient outcome

"The creation of Health Education England (HEE) and Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs) provides the opportunity for employers to ensure that the £5 billion annual national investment in education and training delivers the maximum benefits for patients."

Ensuring education reform enhances patient outcome: providers' planning and driving a workforce budget of £5bn
NHS Employers
June 2012

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