I hate to think of myself as prejudiced, but a night out at a Cheesecake Factory chain restaurant is not my idea of fine dining. I’ll go there if I have to, of course, and in the end I did. Once a month, the doctors from the Graham Headache Center (where I work when not […]
Tag: quality
David Pencheon: Saving money can save lives and improve quality, if we know what quality is…
It’s easy to say that the NHS should do better, not more – but what does that actually mean? Well, it means investing resources (money, people, buildings…) in healthcare which delivers outcomes that people both want and need. Unlike many private organisations whose objectives may be a little simpler (e.g. maximising shareholder value, obeying the […]
David Pencheon: We face a SSTEEEP learning curve
If the health service takes environmental, social and economic sustainability seriously, it is amazing how many co-benefits there are – for the health of individuals, for the health of the population, and for the cost and quality of the health care system – genuine win-wins – win now, win later. You might think therefore that […]