Case study shows how service users can play a vital role in improvements

This case study from Bradford District Care Trust demonstrates how involving service users in the process of improvement has led to a 10% reduction in falls and improved staff well-being levels to 97%.

Report on transition to adult services for young people with diabetes

NHS Diabetes has published Diabetes Transition - Assessment of Current Best Practice and Development of a Future Work Programme to Improve Transition Processes for Young People.  It summarises the work of groups looking at transition in diabetes care and includes examples of good practice.

Better services for patients with learning disabilities

A guide by the Royal College of General Practitioners to help CCGs commission the most appropriate and effective services. It includes all of the recommendations from the interim Winterbourne View report.

Driving improvements in A&E services

This benchmarking study found that while A&E departments are seeing more patients and improving their efficiency, seven out of ten trusts were shown to lose money on A&E patients. Using comparable and validated information on their services 11 acute trusts with A&E services share best practice and action plans used to improve their services.

Clinical commissioners need clear thinking on urgent care

This Primary Care Foundation report highlights how some urgent care centres do not provide a rapid response, and urges a move to a “see and treat” model that is more effective at providing a rapid response.

Ten challenges in improving quality in healthcare: lessons from the Health Foundation’s programme evaluations and relevant literature

This article provides some important messages about what is likely to work in improving the quality of health services and the risks to watch out for.

NICE-appraised medicines: variation in use across NHS

This report, commissioned by the Department of Health found that in its study of 25 treatment groups there were apparent variations in the use of medicines in several of them.

Asthma case studies

This publication draws together the evidence and learning from the work undertaken by the national asthma improvement projects over a 12 month period in 2011/12.