Improving quality in the English NHS : a strategy for action.
by Ham, Chris; Berwick, Don; Dixon, Jennifer.The King's Fund.
Publisher: The King's Fund, London : 2016.Description: 35p.ISBN: 9781909029590.Summary: This paper argues that the NHS in England cannot meet the health care needs of the population without a sustained and comprehensive commitment to quality improvement as its principal strategy. Despite a succession of well-meaning policy initiatives over the past two decades, the paper argues that the NHS in England has lacked a coherent approach to improving quality of care. It describes key features of a quality improvement strategy and the role of organisations at different levels in realising it, offering ten design principles to guide its development. A quality improvement strategy of this kind has never been implemented at such a scale and the challenge in doing so is immense – yet the paper argues that the NHS has no real alternative..Subject(s): NHS | quality improvement | strategic planning | views | EnglandDigital copyAvailability: Online access List(s) this item appears in: Patient safety in the NHS [September 2023] | Improving patients' experience June 2023]
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This paper argues that the NHS in England cannot meet the health care needs of the population without a sustained and comprehensive commitment to quality improvement as its principal strategy. Despite a succession of well-meaning policy initiatives over the past two decades, the paper argues that the NHS in England has lacked a coherent approach to improving quality of care. It describes key features of a quality improvement strategy and the role of organisations at different levels in realising it, offering ten design principles to guide its development. A quality improvement strategy of this kind has never been implemented at such a scale and the challenge in doing so is immense – yet the paper argues that the NHS has no real alternative.
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