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In defence of box-ticking
Peter Preston, The Guardian, 24/01/2010
Spending alone has failed to cut NHS waiting lists
Jeremy Laurance, The Independent, 20/01/2010
Four countries’ pulses beat to different tunes
Alison Moore, HSJ, 20/01/2010
Scotland's health not as good as England's despite higher proportion of doctors
Daily Telegraph, 20/01/2010
Recent Articles
Beyond practice based commissioning
Judith Smith & Julie Wood, HSJ, 25/11/2009
Wide angle needed on NHS efficiency
Judith Smith, Healthcare Finance, 10/11/2009
Using routine intelligence to target inspection of healthcare providers in England
M Bardsley, D J Spiegelhalter, I Blunt et al, BMJ Journal - Quality and Safety in Health Care, 24/05/2009
Get it together
Chris Ham, The Guardian, 01/04/2009
Recent Publications
Funding and Performance of Healthcare Systems in the Four Countries of the UK Before and After Devolution
Beyond Practice-based Commissioning: the local clinical partnership
Candles in the Dark
NHS Mutual: engaging staff and aligning incentives to achieve higher levels of performance
Now in its second year, our annual summit will bring together UK and international health leaders to share their expertise and insight into how the NHS should respond as it enters a period of unprecedented economic uncertainty. Held in the run up to the expected general election, the conference will examine current areas of priority for the NHS including achieving efficiency gains, integrating health and social care systems and the role of competition in improving health outcomes. Using rich evidence from the UK, Europe and the US, the retreat will explore the strategic, clinical, scientific and managerial issues confronting health leaders working to improve performance. Find out more…
Future of commissioning
Where next for commissioning and integrated care: can the NHS rise to the challenge? 16 March 2010
Commissioning has yet to deliver the significant changes to the quality and efficiency of care that the government hoped. With the 2010/11 Operating Framework emphasising the role of commissioners, The Nuffield Trust, in partnership with The King’s Fund, offers commissioners a valuable opportunity to learn how to rise to the challenge with this half-day conference. It will examine how commissioning can be made more effective and ensure better value for money and, in particular, how it might enhance the integration of care.
Predicting risk in the UK
With health services in the UK facing significant financial challenges, it is vital that people identified as being at high risk of needing health care may be offered targeted, preventive care aimed at keeping them healthy and out of hospital. To do this health services need effective predictive risk modelling. Our summit in January examined the predictive models used in the four countries of the UK and considered future developments. View a narrated slide show of the highlights from the summit and download speaker presentations.
Impact of devolution
Our latest report, Funding and Performance of Healthcare Systems in the Four Countries of the UK Before and After Devolution found striking differences in performance with some countries spending more on health care and employing greater numbers of health staff but performing worse when it comes to a range of indicators, such as waiting times and crude productivity of staff. Our report compares NHS performance across the 10 English regions with the health services of the devolved countries – the first time such an analysis has been conducted. Access our range of resources.
Latest audio
In our latest podcast, Dr Jennifer Dixon discusses the performance of the NHS across the four countries of the UK before and after devolution following the publication of the Trust’s latest report. Dr Dixon discusses the striking differences in performance across indicators such as waiting times and crude productivity of staff. She also examines the possible reasons for the differences in performance that are more pronounced when the devolved nations are compared with certain regions of England.
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