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  • Getting the measure of quality : opportunities and challenges.

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    Raleigh, Veena S., The King's Fund, and Foot, Catherine
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    Quality has been at the centre of recent NHS policy, and the NHS Next Stage Review highlighted the role of information and measurement in supporting quality improvement, particularly in relation to patient safety, clinical effectiveness and patient experience. It is therefore important to be clear how quality can be measured ...

  • Quality improvement in general practice.

    Author:
    Dawda, Paresh, Jenkins, Richard, The King's Fund, and Varnam, Robert
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    This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform the GP Inquiry panel. The views expressed are those of the authors and not of the panel. and Over the past 20 years there has been a growing awareness of the need to improve quality across health care and general practice, driven by a need to reduce inequalities in health care and the need to effectively translate evidence into practice and by the changing expectations of patients and ...

  • Tackling inequalities in general practice.

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    The King's Fund, Hutt, Patrick, and Gilmour, Stuart
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    This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform the Inquiry panel. The views expressed are those of the authors and not of the panel. and In March 2010 the Inquiry held a seminar on inequalities with participants including GPs, practice nurses, NHS executives, health academics and patient representatives. Key issues raised in discussion include: what measures would enable general practice to be more proactive in identifying population sub-groups who are not seeking care or not ...

  • The King's Fund response to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence consultation : potential new indicators for QOF.

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    The King's Fund
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    The King's Fund response to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence consultation on new indicators for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF). The King's Fund broadly supports the introduction of each of the new indicators, particularly the six mental illness indicators as there is strong evidence of the ...