When the 2014 Care Act was introduced, the inclusion of co-production in its statutory guidance was much-needed - we were starting to see a shift in how service users were involved in shaping their care, but its implementation was patchy and sometimes surface-level.
By Jessica Jenkins, Senior Policy Advisor (Health) at Nesta In the world of healthcare, there’s an old saying: “Happy staff, happy patients.” It’s a simple idea, but one that’s often...
I was recently part of a panel at Nesta’s Policy Live event discussing the topic, ‘How can we save the NHS?’. It was perfectly timed, coinciding with the publication of...
Hannah Campbell, Head of Partnerships, discusses redefining ‘Improvement’ to foster public-private partnerships in healthcare
In July 2024, Skills for Care – the strategic workforce development and planning body for adult social care in England – published a Workforce Strategy. It’s the first time the...
Efficiency and productivity are words that are being used in relation to healthcare systems across the world – many are struggling with a shortage of clinical staff combined with an...
Shortly after he was appointed, Ian Hogarth, the UK’s AI tsar, stated that alongside the risk of AI being used to carry out a biological attack on the UK, the...
The case for staff engagement in healthcare is clear; high-engagement organisations show an 18% increase in productivity, a 23% increase in profitability, a 58% decrease in patient incidents and an...
The NHS Constitution states “all staff should have rewarding and worthwhile jobs, with the freedom and confidence to act in the interest of patients. To do this, they need to...
A look at how health and care organisations can maintain and spread momentum with new Quality Improvement initiatives.
