Making best use of the Better Care Fund

"This paper summarises the evidence from work by The King’s Fund and other research about which approaches are likely to offer commissioners maximum impact in a way that will benefit both the NHS and social care."

Making best use of the Better Care Fund
R Humphries, L Bennett
The King's Fund
January 2014

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NHS co-payments: how popular are they among healthcare users?

"A survey of patients and their opinions on the use of co-payments and top-up fees in the NHS."

NHS co-payments: how popular are they among healthcare users?
The Patients Association
January 2014

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Patient reports of the outcomes of treatment: a structured review of approaches

"The purpose of this was to identify suitable candidate questions for a short instrument to tap patient evaluations of in-patient hospital interventions."

Patient reports of the outcomes of treatment: a structured review of approaches
H Lloyd, C Jenkinson, M Hadi, E Gibbons, R Fitzpatrick
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2014, 12:5

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Quality of reporting in systematic reviews of adverse events

"Improving reporting of adverse events in systematic reviews is an important step towards a balanced assessment of an intervention."

Quality of reporting in systematic reviews of adverse events: systematic review
L Zorzela, S Golder, Y Liu, K Pilkington, L Hartling, A Joffe, Y Loke, S Vohra
British Medical Journal, 2014, 348 (8th January)

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Capturing value from health technologies in lean times

"The adoption of new health technologies brings potential improvements to quality of life as well as new costs for provincial healthcare systems."

Capturing value from health technologies in lean times
Commentary no.396
A Blomqvist, C Busby, D Husereau
C.D. Howe Institute
December 2013

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Variations in outcome and costs among NHS providers for common surgical procedures

"We identify variation in patient-reported outcomes (PROs) across hospitals, assess the relationship between the cost and outcomes among NHS hospitals for these procedures, and determine the extent to which variations in outcomes and costs are due to differences in hospital performance."

Variations in outcome and costs among NHS providers for common surgical procedures: econometric analyses of routinely collected data
A Street, N Gutacker, C Bojke, N Devlin, S Daidone
National Institute of Health Research
Health Services and Delivery Research, 2014, 2(1)

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New evidence on management and leadership

"Public concern about patient care has highlighted uncertainties about the current role and nature of managers in today’s NHS. This digest presents key findings from fourteen new studies on leadership and management practice."

New evidence on management and leadership
Health Services and Delivery Research Programme
National Institute for Health Research
December 2013

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Evidence-based de-implementation for contradicted, unproven, and aspiring healthcare practices

"De-implementing practices reflects a recommitment to evidence-based healthcare. This is important for medications, devices, procedures, behavioral or psychological interventions, screening and diagnostic tests, and any other intervention undertaken by people in the health professions."

Evidence-based de-implementation for contradicted, unproven, and aspiring healthcare practices
V Prasad, JPA Ioannidis
Implementation Science, 2014, 9:1

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Everyone counts: planning for patients 2014/15 to 2018/19

"Last year’s guidance identified stronger commissioning as a key theme for driving change. This section has set out those things which local commissioners need to include in their plans which will deliver the change they want to see."

Everyone counts: planning for patients 2014/15 to 2018/19
NHS England
December 2013

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Planning and delivering service changes for patients

"This guidance is designed to support CCGs and NHS England with the planning, development and assurance of proposals for major service change and reconfiguration. It provides a high level process, sets out good practice, and explains how to assess proposals against the Government’s ‘four tests’."

Planning and delivering service changes for patients
Strategy Unit - NHS England
December 2013

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QIPP case study: Home administration of intravenous diuretics to heart failure patients

This case study "summarises a two-year pilot programme to assess safe and effective ways for specialist nursing teams to administer intravenous (IV) diuretics to people at home or in a day-care setting preventing hospital admissions and improving patient experience."

Home administration of intravenous diuretics to heart failure patients: Increasing productivity and improving quality of care
British Heart Foundation
December 2013

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Unlocking the power of information

"Part of the Smart Guides to Engagement series, this guide helps clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and service providers understand how information is the foundation for effective engagement with patients so that they can become partners in decision-making about their own health and care."

Smart guides to engagement: Unlocking the power of information
M Duman
NHS Networks
December 2013

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Engaging with individual patients

"Part of the Smart Guides to Engagement series, this guide helps clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and service providers to enable and support the engagement of individuals with healthcare services."

Smart guides to engagement: Engaging with individual patients
D Redding
NHS Networks
December 2013

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The power of partnership: how to seize the potential

"This report aims to promote the use of partnership arrangements and to offer practical advice and useful case studies of partnership working."

The power of partnership: how to seize the potential: A practical guide to forming and maintaining cross-sector partnerships in healthcare
November 2013
Sodexo

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Health and care integration: making the case from a public health perspective

"Integration must be as much about keeping people well and independent as it is about ensuring they receive the services they need if they become unwell."

Health and care integration: making the case from a public health perspective
Public Health England
December 2013

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