Uncertainty, evidence and irrecoverable costs

"This research was commissioned to inform when NICE should approve health technologies only in research (OIR) or with research (AWR)."

Uncertainty, evidence and irrecoverable costs: Informing approval, pricing and research decisions for health technologies
K Claxton, S Palmer, L Longworth, L Bojke, S Griffin, C McKenna, M Soares, E Spackman, J Youn
Centre for Health Economics
October 2011

Read more here.

Hospitals and care systems of the future

"This report will mobilize hospital senior leadership teams to consider the strategies they must deploy throughout their individual organizations to adapt and succeed in the future."

Hospitals and care systems of the future
American Hospital Association
September 2011

Read more here.

Health datasets for economists

"This Compendium of Health Datasets for Economists (ICoHDE) provides the largest collection of English specific datasets available for researchers interested in the field of economics of health and health care."


The interactive compendium of health datasets for economists
University of Oxford
2011

Access the resource here.

3rd National Annual QIPP Symposium, 10 November 2011

The 3rd annual national QIPP symposium, Improving Outcomes through Innovative Partnerships, Quality, Productivity, and Value will cover:

• Support from GP Commissioners
• Strengthened public and patient, and local authority engagement
• Clarity on the clinical evidence base
• Consistency with current and prospective patient choice
• QIPP, Quality Innovation Productivity and Prevention
• Secondary and Primary Care Integration
• Payment Tariffs and Care Pathway Development
• Transition how, when what, with whom

Date: 10 November 2011
Venue: BT Convention Centre, Liverpool



For full details and registration, visit the Symposium website or download the programme (PDF, 2.12 MB)

The safer management of controlled drugs - Annual report 2010

Annual report published in August 2011 which makes recommendations on how chief executives and accountable officers could better aid the safer management of controlled drugs.

The safer management of controlled drugs - Annual report 2010 
Care Quality Commission
August 2011

Download the full report here (PDF, 622KB) or the summary here.

NICE COPD quality standard

This NICE quality standard defines clinical best practice for assessment, diagnosis and clinical management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adults. It provides specific, concise quality statements, measures and audience descriptors to provide patients and the public, health and social care professionals, commissioners and service providers with definitions of high-quality care. It is based on current NICE guidance and is consistent with the Outcomes Strategy for the areas it covers.

COPD: quality standard
NICE
28 July 2011

Download the full text here (PDF, 249 KB)

Making Shared Decision-making a Reality

Report published by the King's Fund, clarifying the concept of shared decision-making and proposing actions needed to make the aspiration a reality.

Making Shared Decision-making a Reality: No Decision About Me, Without Me
Angela Coulter, Alf Collins
King's Fund
July 2011

Download the full text here (PDF, 790 KB)