Two reports on shifting care outside hospital

Date Published

28/08/2007

Resource Links
	Link to DoH letter
	Link to ‘Getting the basics right’
	Link to ‘beyond projects’

Abstract

The reports have been prepared by the Health Services Management Centre (HSMC) at Birmingham University on behalf of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. They draw from fourteen change projects, across five local health communities, which were supported by the Institute over the past year. ‘Getting the basics right’ identifies the key factors that affect the ability of local bodies to deliver shifts in care and sets out the conditions that have to be met if such service improvements are to occur. ‘Beyond projects’ explores five of the projects in detail, highlighting these factors and conditions in a practical context. The five cases are: • Birmingham back pain care • Derbyshire COPD care • Derbyshire end of life care • Manchester gynaecology care • Torbay diabetes care