Quality of care One of our aims is to improve the quality of health and social care in the UK

We provide constructive commentary and evidence-based insight into pressing quality of care challenges. We draw on a broad range of expertise and combine policy and data analysis together with learning from our commissioned research and improvement activity.

Our recent work and content on this topic is listed below.

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Increasing handover delays contributing to growing ambulance waiting times

Press release

4 November 2022

New analysis by the Health Foundation on ambulance service performance in England has found that the percentage of handover times exceeding 60 minutes was seven times higher in July 2022 than in 2019.

Learning health systems: how to get started

Article

19 December 2023

This graphic explains how to get started with a learning health system.

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Learning and improving across systems

Blog

11 December 2023

Matthew Taylor and Penny Pereira highlight a new partnership between NHS Confederation, the Health Foundation and the Q community to support health and care systems across the UK.

Blog

3 October 2023

Achieving net zero emissions while delivering quality healthcare requires integrating environmental sustainability with core care priorities, engaging staff, and reshaping policies, write Luke McGeoch...

Long read

27 September 2023

This long read presents findings from the fourth wave of our polling with Ipsos that tracks the public’s views on health and social care in the UK.

Ten teams to be part of new innovation programme exploring how technology can enable care at home and in the community

Press release

20 September 2023

The Health Foundation has selected 10 teams to be part of its exciting new £2 million innovation programme that will explore how technology can enable new approaches to care at home and in the communi...

Event

Thursday 12 October 2023, 14.15–15.30

This webinar brought together different perspectives to explore ways that NHS Impact can be implemented effectively.

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How do the public and NHS staff feel about virtual wards?

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29 July 2023

This long read looks at our polling on what the public and NHS staff think of virtual wards, and what policymakers can do to increase support for their rollout.

Longer hospital stays and fewer admissions

Long read

23 June 2023

In this analysis, we explore patterns in hospital admissions between 2019 and 2022, drivers of recent falls in admission numbers and implications for policy.

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Partnering to support sustainable improvement in local health systems

News

13 June 2023

NHS Confederation and the Health Foundation are partnering with the Q community to support local health systems to learn and improve.

Invitation to tender

26 May 2023

We are seeking a supplier to develop case studies of integrated models of chronic disease care at the primary-secondary care interface in non-UK OECD countries that offer potentially valuable learning...

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Quality of care One of our aims is to improve the quality of health and social care in the UK

Increasing handover delays contributing to growing ambulance waiting times

Learning health systems: how to get started

Learning and improving across systems

The crucial target that most NHS staff don’t know about

Public perceptions of health and social care: what are the priorities ahead of a general election?

Ten teams to be part of new innovation programme exploring how technology can enable care at home and in the community

Webinar: What will it take to bring improvement from the margins into the mainstream?

How do the public and NHS staff feel about virtual wards?

Longer hospital stays and fewer admissions

Partnering to support sustainable improvement in local health systems

ITT: International case studies of integrated models of chronic disease care at the primary-secondary care interface that deliver improved health care quality and efficiency

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