Topics

01. Leadership

Find out how the leaders we invest in are bringing about lasting improvements to patient care

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02. Patient safety

Latest results from The Health Foundation’s Safer Patients Initiative sites demonstrate what it takes to make hospitals safer for patients

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03. International comparisons

Chronic disease management programmes in the United States are providing lessons for how to improve healthcare in Scotland.

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04. Patient engagement

Nearly half of all people living with chronic diseases don’t feel able to take effective action to improve their own health.

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05. Clinical measurement

Forty mental health trusts across the UK are taking part in a clinical audit scheme to improve the prescribing of anti-psychotic medicines.

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Latest news

  • NHS first for Foundation award holder

    Health Foundation award holder Jane Cumming has been appointed the first lead consultant physiotherapist for prosthetics in the NHS at South Tees NHS Trust.

  • WHO Honour Foundation Fellow

    Health Foundation Clinician Scientist Fellow Dr Anna Gilmore has received a World Health Organization Award in recognition of her research into tobacco control and tobacco industry strategies in Europe.

  • Darzi report hits the right buttons

    Stephen Thornton welcomes Lord Darzi's final report as hitting "all the right buttons".

In focus

Open for applications

Research: Safer Clinical Systems

The Health Foundation is looking for a team to research: What is the nature, type, extent and variation of defects in healthcare system reliability that have the potential to cause harm to patients?

Leaflet

Improving maternal and newborn care in Malawi

The Health Foundation’s ground-breaking programme in Malawi aims to save the lives of women and newborn babies and provide real and sustainable changes to maternity and newborn care.

Case study

Learning international lessons in quality improvement

Jason Leitch was a Quality Improvement Fellow in 2005. He is now helping lead the Scottish Patient Safety Alliance in overseeing Scotland’s first national patient safety programme.

 

Open for applications

Quality Improvement Fellowships

This USA-based fellowship aims to equip clinically-qualified senior NHS professionals with the tools and techniques of quality improvement.