Right Care papers

About 'Right Care'

The 'Right Care' workstream is part of the Department of Health's Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) programme, focusing on how to commission the best value healthcare. 

The papers below by Sir Muir Gray are complemented by a dedicated Right Care website.

Horizon scanning

• We are trying to get a robust understanding of existing time-consuming or contentious areas of commissioning, along with predictions of major areas in future.  Take a look at the areas suggested by members so far, and contribute your own, to our regularly updated horizon scanning document.

Plastic surgery policies

• Results of a survey of PHCN members for their PCT's plastic surgery policies (Excel, Nov 2010).  If you would like more info please get in touch

Meeting minutes

• Minutes of QIPP public health working group meeting 9 September 2010 (PDF, Oct 2010)
• Minutes of QIPP public health working group meeting 11 August 2010 (PDF, Sept 2010)

Right Care background papers

• #1  How to get better value by doing the right things (Mar 2010, PDF)
• #2  A glossary of concepts and terminology (Mar 2010, PDF)
• #3  A set of resource links (Mar 2010, PDF)
• #4  Doing the right things for patients (Mar 2010, PDF)
• #5  Medline & PubMed references (Mar 2010, PDF)

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