Nigel Edwards

Nov 22, 2024 | bmj.com | Nigel Edwards |Mark Dayan |Nuffield Trust

Nigel Edwards, honorary visiting professor1, Mark Dayan, head of public affairs2 1Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 2Nuffield Trust, London, UK Correspondence to: N Edwards nigel_edwards{at}btopenworld.com Measures of performance need to be meaningful The secretary of state for health and social care, Wes Streeting, has announced NHS league tables to guarantee “no more rewards for failure” in UK healthcare.1 Under the plan, the worst performing...

Nov 19, 2024 | hsj.co.uk | Nigel Edwards

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Oct 11, 2024 | healthcareleadernews.com | Nigel Edwards

The NHS Confederation report The case for neighbourhood health and care highlights the importance of building on the assets of neighbourhoods and communities for a sustainable health service. Nigel Edwards, senior advisor at PPL, who wrote the report with Local Trust, explains further The new government has an ambition to create a ‘neighbourhood health’ service.

Dec 7, 2023 | bmj.com | Louella Vaughan |Nigel Edwards |Nuffield Trust

Louella Vaughan, senior clinical fellow1, Nigel Edwards, honorary visiting professor2 1Nuffield Trust, London, UK 2London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK Correspondence to: L Vaughan louella.vaughan{at}nuffieldtrust.org.uk Health leaders must take action to prevent contagion The world has faced a shortage of medical workforce for decades.1 Failure to tackle problems of recruitment and retention, accelerated by the covid-19 pandemic, is now manifesting in the closure of...

Sep 5, 2023 | qualitysafety.bmj.com | Nigel Edwards |Steve Black |Nuffield Trust

Making targets workGiven that targets seem to be here to stay and indeed can sometimes be useful for ensuring accountability or supporting improvement,11 it is important to understand how to minimise their worst effects and maximise their effectiveness. One of the important purposes of well-designed targets is to provide clarity about the most important goal of the target system. Good targets focus the system’s attention on a desired outcome.