‘Internal Consultancy’: INSIGHTS from evidence and experience
In this blog, our Head of Policy, Fraser Battye, shares his reflections on a recent ‘SU INSIGHTS’ event on the ‘Internal Consultancy’
Are ‘Internal Consultancies’ a good option for the NHS?
Ahead of a SU INSIGHTS event on the topic, Fraser Battye, our Head of Policy suggests ways the NHS could make better use of consultancy support.
From ‘right drift’ to ‘left shift’?
Our Head of Policy, Fraser Battye, looks at the challenges facing the intention to shift care ‘from hospital to community’. He suggests that we have missed a critical part of the explanation for why this ‘left shift’ hasn’t taken place following previous initiatives.
Charisma
In this long read, which first appeared in the HSJ, Fraser Battye - our Head of Policy – looks at the role of charisma and innovation in the way that NHS resources are allocated.
What are the downsides of digital?
What are the downsides of digital?
The risks of risk stratification
Medical history is full of bizarre and gruesome procedures.
Want to ease pressure in urgent care? Simply cut community services!?!
What should decision makers do with analysis that challenges deeply held assumptions? In this blog, Fraser Battye reflects on a surprising recent finding about community services.
Learning from lockdown: support for people experiencing homelessness
There are few clearer measures of societal health than homelessness.
Health service use in the last two years of life
Health and care services get just one opportunity to support people at the end of their life. When this support is compassionate and appropriate, unnecessary suffering can be avoided and grieving can be eased. When this is not the case, harm and distress can result. The difference in these experiences can be profound.
How can Integrated Care Systems collect and use more ‘person-centred intelligence’?
Working with our partners
Lessons, Evaluation and Learning from the Dudley MCP
Learning from Dudley MCP
Lessons from the Vanguard: Innovation and Evaluation
The problems facing health and care services are so well known as to be documented in the media most days.
Evaluation of the Dudley New Care Models Programme
This is the final system-wide report from the evaluation.
Scoping study: the economics of caring
There is a clear moral case for supporting unpaid carers.
Logic Models for Complex Programmes
Logic models have become a standard tool for planning and evaluation.
Dudley MCP Evaluation of New Schemes
To support the move to the MCP model of care, Dudley's Partnership Board instituted a series of new schemes.
Evaluation of the Dudley Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs) Summary of Final Report
Multi-disciplinary Teams (MDTs) in primary care are a core component of Dudley's care model; they are also widely used elsewhere.
Evaluation of the 'new QOF' for Primary Care in Dudley
Evaluation of Dudley Outcomes for Health
Review of patient reported measures for the MCP
Embedding PROMs and PREMs into Dudley's MCP Contract