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.
(Department
of Health bulletin)