First Stage Report
Add comment February 7, 2010
On the brink
A report from the BMA; London’s NHS On The Brink, suggesting healthcare in London heading for crisis.
Something to lift those January spirits.
Add comment January 27, 2010
NHS Operating Framework 2010/11
A collection of resources from King’s fund, with summary and analysis.
Add comment January 10, 2010
Which doctor?
Which doctor?
Putting patients in control of primary care.
From independent think tank Policy Exchange.
Add comment January 10, 2010
Windmill 2009: NHS Response to the financial storm
A simulation run by the King’s Fund. Cheery reading. Read more.
It is clear that the era of unprecedented investment in health care is over, and prospects for future funding now look bleak. But just how the NHS will respond to this is uncertain. To test how those in the system might respond, we used a behavioural simulation – Windmill 2009, designed by Loop2. From this event, and discussions with policy-makers, regulators, commissioners and providers, managers and clinicians, we developed an analysis of what will be required if health and social care systems are to respond effectively to the major challenges that lie ahead. We identify key themes and recommendations for action in each of these.
Add comment December 6, 2009
Academic Health Sciences Centre Meeting
Another meeting coming up on December 9th.
Details here.AHSC 3 flyer-1
Add comment December 3, 2009
Beyond Practice-based Commissioning:
With the future of PbC in the balance, this joint paper by the Nuffield Trust and the NHS Alliance examines how PBC can be developed. While there may be many ways this could happen, this paper considers one broad model – that of multi-specialty groups of clinicians – for example GPs as well as hospital-based specialists – taking responsibility for the provision and commissioning of local healthcare.
Could it be called a poly…?
Add comment November 28, 2009
London Regional Innovation Fund
£1.94 million up for grabs for bright ideas in the next couple of weeks.
More details from NHS London
The RIF will be used to support innovation meaning that existing resources will not be diverted from patient care. The RIF will be the catalyst to support, incentivise and reward innovative work that has the potential to transform services in the whole region. This year NHS London will be targeting the fund at some of the main challenges the capital faces in delivering the vision of better and more local healthcare:
- Developing integrated care models that deliver the polysystem vision;
- Developing sustainable diagnostics in polysystems;
- Transforming the patient experience; and
- Designing and testing models for the rapid and sustainable spread of successful innovations.
Closing date 11 12 09
Add comment November 25, 2009
Quality Alerts To Go Live
Quality alerts via this site will officially go live on 1st December 2009.
Thanks to those who have used already and for feedback.
Discussions have been had in all the appropriate places, I think.
Please use the quality alerts to report on things that are not good enough.
This is not intended as a replacement for existing significant event reporting via Sentinel, or where complaint procedures are more appropriate.
The aggregated reports will be fed back to providers and commissioners, as well as reporting practices.
Add comment November 23, 2009
