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Date: 18/4/2012
A guide to service design and productivity improvement for commissioners, clinicians and managers in primary care, secondary care and mental health. more
Date: 25/1/2012
In mental health there has not been a consistent set of definitions that describe what is meant by an inpatient bed. This has led to difficulty in benchmarking and understanding patterns of performance. more
Date: 20/12/2011
This report highlights the key findings and recommendations from an event held in September 2011 to discuss the key priorities for child health. more
Date: 15/12/2011
This paper examines a pioneering approach to the provision of integrated healthcare through public-private partnership; the Alzira model from the region of Valencia, Spain. more
Date: 8/12/2011
This report outlines the priorities for child health as the NHS and local government reforms are implemented. more
Date: 23/11/2011
The development of a Payment by Results approach to provider reimbursement in mental health services has been going on for a number of years. more
Date: 18/10/2011
At an event held in July 2011, a number of national organisations developed a set of operating principles to support the effective establishment of health and wellbeing boards. more
Date: 11/8/2011
Completing our series of studies into what key groups in the NHS think of personal health budgets, this report examines the views of mental health service users and carers. more
Date: 7/7/2011
This paper sets out an assessment of the performance of PCTs since their establishment. It examines how effective they have been, and how their role has changed since they were initially established. more
Date: 6/7/2011
The five ways to wellbeing is a set of evidence-based public mental health messages aimed at improving the mental health and wellbeing of the whole population. more
Date: 25/5/2011
This paper sets out the NHS Confederation's response to the Government's listening exercise on the Health and Social Care Bill 2011. more
Date: 24/3/2011
This report examines attitudes and motivations to personal health budgets amongst frontline professionals working with mental health service users. more
Date: 10/3/2011
A number of national reports have raised concerns about pre-hospital care for seriously ill and injured patients and recognised that more lives could be saved. more
Date: 9/3/2011
Government programmes, policies and national projects in the last three years have given increasing emphasis to public mental health and well-being. more
Date: 20/1/2011
Many local health systems see new technology as an integral part of their service redesign in the coming years. more
Date: 17/1/2011
The Government’s health reform proposals, announced in July 2010, undoubtedly represent the biggest shake-up of the NHS in its history. more
Date: 6/1/2011
A report on what is known about improving patient experiences in hospital, includes examples of good practice from England and USA. more
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