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New BCF rules to safeguard CCG finances – Health Service Journal Protracted negotiations between NHS and social care leaders have resulted in a new set of rules governing the £3.9bn fund for integrated care. New rules will still divert better care fund cash to acute sector Much delayed guidance comes…

Improving quality in the English NHS: A strategy for action – The King’s Fund This paper argues that the NHS in England cannot meet the health care needs of the population without a sustained and comprehensive commitment to quality improvement as its principal strategy.  It describes key features of a…

Out Now! BMJ Quality & Safety – March 2016, Volume 25, Issue 3 This issue includes: (all available full text with your NHS Athens Account or by requesting articles from the Library & Knowledge Service) Editorials: Assessing patient-centred care through direct observation of clinical encounters Swimming ‘upstream’ to tackle the…

Building a Knowledge Enabled NHS for the Future – NHS England This report identifies the successful characteristics of a knowledge-enabled organisation and how and why these can encourage knowledge sharing behaviours. In the context of describing how KM was adopted in the NHS from the business world, it identifies the…

Did you know? You can access the Health Management Information Consortium (HMIC) database with your NHS Athens Account. It contacins information, mostly with a UK focus, on health management and services, service development, NHS organisation and administration. Contact the Library for further details or assistance. The impact of clinical librarian…