The quest for quality in the NHS: refining the NHS reforms

A detailed and authoritative study of health care in the UK.

Quest for quality: refining the NHS reforms is a detailed and authoritative study of health care in the UK by internationally acclaimed academics Professor Sheila Leatherman and Dr Kim Sutherland.

It is the fourth and final report in a series published by the Nuffield Trust to obtain a well-rounded picture of the state of quality of care in the NHS
since 1997.  It combines comparative quantitative information, collected from a variety of UK and international sources, with an insightful policy analysis on the effect to date of the NHS reforms in England. It has two complementary sections – a policy analysis and a data chartbook – and contains recommendations for the Department of Health on how the quality agenda may be more effectively progressed in future.

This book will be of interest to policy-makers, health care leaders, researchers and anyone interested in studying the effect of the NHS reforms since 1997.

Suggested citation

Leatherman S and Sutherland K (2008) The quest for quality in the NHS: refining the NHS reforms. Policy analysis and chartbook. Nuffield Trust.