Quality accounts are a key mechanism through which health care organisations can demonstrate their focus on improving the quality of their service. The government has recently undertaken an evaluation of the 2009/10 quality accounts and set out their expectations for 2010/11. The King’s Fund undertook an independent analysis of a ...
This response presents a number of reservations about whether the policy objectives behind the introduction of quality accounts – to drive quality improvement and increase public accountability - can be achieved and includes comments about the detail of the proposals.
The King's Fund has produced this briefing ahead of the second reading of the Health Bill in the House of Commons. The briefing examines the measures outlined in the Bill to introduce a Constitution for the NHS; pilot direct payments for patients; require providers of NHS-funded care to produce annual ...
The government is committed to improving the quality of care, and as part of this commitment they aim to make more information available to the public about the performance of trusts. Providers of NHS services are now required to publish quality accounts – reports for the public on the quality ...