Health and Social Care Bill

"This briefing focuses on several major amendments agreed during the Lords’ report stage relating to ministerial responsibility for the NHS, economic regulation and CCG conflicts of interest."

Parliamentary briefing: Health and Social Care Bill: Commons' consideration of Lords amendments
Nuffield Trust
March 2012

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Producing synergy in collaborations

"This paper describes a Norwegian hospital’s nutrition innovation that enhanced collaboration across and within the hospital hierarchy."

Producing synergy in collaborations: a successful hospital innovation
L Corwin, JH Corbin, MB Mittelmark
The Innovation Journal: The Public Sector Innovation Journal, 2012, 17(1):5

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Guideline-based development of quality indicators

"For the efficient development of high-quality quality indicators, rigorous, approved, and evidence-based development methods are needed."

Methods for the guideline-based development of quality indicators - a systematic review
T Kotter, E Blozik, M Scherer
Implementation Science, 2012, 7:21

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Putting people first through shared decision-making and collective involvement

"This paper explores what it really means to put people first when commissioning and providing services, and sets out what we know about the benefits."

Putting people first through shared decision-making and collective involvement
NHS Confederation
March 2012

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Self-management of diabetes in hospital

"The aim of the document is to improve the safety of the in hospital management of diabetes."

Self-management of diabetes in hospital
Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care Group
March 2012

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Assessing how much confidence to place in the research evidence

In the third paper in a three-part series on health systems guidance, Simon Lewin and colleagues explore the importance of assessing how much confidence to place in different types of research evidence with regards to informing judgements regarding policy options to address health systems problems.

Guidance for evidence-informed policies about health systems: Assessing how much confidence to place in the research evidence
S Lewin, et al.
PLoS Medicine, 9(3):e1001187

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National evaluation of the Department of Health's integrated care pilots

"This report is the final output of a two-year, real-time evaluation of the Department of Health (DH) Integrated Care Pilots (ICPs)."

National evaluation of the Department of Health's integrated care pilots
RAND Europe, Ernst & Young LLP
March 2012

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