Achieving High Quality Care (eBook)

Gillian Leng, Deputy Chief Executive, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, London, UK; Visiting Professor, King's College London, Division of Health and Social Research, London, UK Val Moore, Implementation Programme Director, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, London, UK Sasha Abraham, General Practitioner, Tower Hamlets, London, UK

1 Introduction
Gillian Leng
Example in practice: Using clinical leaders to improve patient care

2 Practical actions for healthcare providers
Val Moore
Example in practice: A hospital wide approach to reduce mortality among acutely ill patients

3. Identifying a high quality evidence base
Paul Chrisp and Sara Twaddle
Example in practice: Finding a way through guidance on pre-hospital care across South West England

4. Key challenges to implementation and effective interventions
Elaine Whitby and Julie Royce
Example in practice: Changing behaviour in primary care to improve the management of children with feverish illness

5. Using financial systems to support improved care
Jennifer Field
Example in practice: Building a business case: To redesign diabetes services

6 Using measurement to support change and improvements in healthcare
Nick Baillie
Example in Practice: Setting up a service for peripheral arterial disease in the North East of England

7. Chapter 7: Conclusion and reflections
Danny Keenan and Sasha Abraham