News
This section features the latest news from The Health Foundation and from the broader world of healthcare quality improvement. It also contains feature articles from key opinion leaders and experts in the field, our bi-monthly e-newsletter and our media centre for journalists.
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NHS urged to prioritise safety
The Health Foundation's response to the Health Committee’s inquiry into patient safety urges the NHS to make patient safety its top priority.
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Safer Clinical Systems initiative launched
The Health Foundation has launched a programme to test and demonstrate ways to improve healthcare systems and processes to systematically improve patient safety.
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COPD treatment fails quality standards despite five-year improvement
The Royal College of Physicians has reported that NHS services for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have improved over the past five years but the quality of services offered varies considerably and often falls short of national quality standards.
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The Health Foundation celebrates 10 years as a charitable trust
The Health Foundation has celebrated its 10th anniversary with a reception that featured an address by Don Berwick, President of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
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Risk and Patient Safety Conference 2008
Clinical risk and patient safety are the subject of a conference being held in November. The 9th annual Risk and Patient Safety conference will examine their effective management in every day practice.
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Does paying the patient work, asks a new report
Patient-targeted healthcare incentives – potentially powerful instruments that at the right level can secure significant behaviour change – are the subject of a new report by The Health Foundation.
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Foundation media focus
The Health Foundation has been busy promoting its work in the media.
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Marshall made ethics chair
Martin Marshall, Health Foundation Director of Clinical Quality, has been appointed the new chair of the Royal College of General Practice Ethics Committee.
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Public reports influence providers not patients
A new Health Foundation report has called into question the link between public reporting of hospital performance and increased consumer choice by patients. The report demonstrates that public reporting can have a major impact on improving hospitals’ quality of care following poor results.
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Foundation chair receives national honour
Cam Donaldson, Health Foundation Chair in Health Economics at Newcastle University, has been chosen as one of the first National Institute for Health Research Senior Investigators. .