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NHS Next Stage Review: what it means for the Third Sector

Published: 12 December 2008

Overview of the Next Stage Review and how the Third Sector can become involved in local service planning and delivery.

• NHS Next Stage Review: what it means for the Third Sector

Framing the contribution of allied health professionals: delivering high-quality healthcare

Published: 21 October 2008

This document sets out the key themes defined in the final report of the NHS Next Stage Review and supporting documents, and highlights the opportunities for allied health professionals to contribute in a meaningful way to transforming the health and social care system. It describes the national work under way to facilitate this, and the particular implications of the service offer.

• Framing the contribution of allied health professionals: delivering high-quality healthcare

Engagement analysis: NHS next stage review. What we heard from the 'Our NHS, our future' process.

Published: 28 July 2008

The 'Our NHS, our future' NHS next stage review actively engaged, involved and solicited the views of patients, public, staff and stakeholders. A variety of mechanisms were used to engage over 60,000 participants. The report sets out a summary of responses received.

• Engagement analysis: NHS next stage review. What we heard from the 'Our NHS, our future' process

High quality care for all: NHS Next Stage Review final report

Published: 30 June 2008

Final report of Lord Darzi's NHS Next Stage Review. It responds to the 10 SHA strategic visions and sets out a vision for an NHS with quality at its heart.

• High quality care for all: NHS Next Stage Review final report

The NHS Constitution

Published: 30 June 2008

The proposed NHS Constitution published to mark 60 years of the NHS, is about safeguarding its core principles and values for the next generation, whilst setting a clear direction for the future. It reaffirms rights to NHS services, free of charge and with equal access for all, and it enshrines patient rights to choice and to NICE-approved drugs recommended by clinicians.

• The National Health Service Constitution

NHS Next Stage Review: Our vision for primary and community care

Published: 3 July 2008

We need to ensure that high-quality care is a consistent part of everyone's experience of primary and community care.  Services need to evolve to reflect changes in healthcare and society. This document sets out a vision for how services will continue to grow and develop over the next ten years.  It is a vision of a continuously improving service, where essential standards are guaranteed and excellence is rewarded.

• NHS Next Stage Review: Our vision for primary and community care

Health informatics review report

Published:  10 July 2008

This report builds on the Next Stage Review by describing how informatics is supporting the delivery of  better, safer care of patients, improving the NHS through better research, planning and management, and empowering patients to make more informed choices about health and care.

• Health informatics review report

A high quality workforce: NHS Next Stage review

Published: 30 June 2008

As part of the Next Stage Review, the future of the NHS workforce has been considered. The main findings are in the final report of the review. This document explains in more detail how each of the findings will be taken forward.

• A high quality workforce: NHS Next Stage review

What matters to staff in the NHS

Published: 19 June 2008

A wide-ranging research study that identifies the major emotional and behaviour drivers contributing to staff engagement and motivation to provide high quality patient care. This work has informed the Next Stage Review and the development of the draft NHS Constitution.

• What matters to staff in the NHS

Strategic Health Authorities'  visions for better healthcare

Published: 11 June 2008

Each of the nine Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) involved in the Review published their visions for better healthcare during May and early June 2008. These vision documents will be the basis of Lord Darzi’s final Our NHS, our future report, which will enable and support their delivery.

• Strategic Health Authorities' visions for better healthcare

NHS Next Stage Review - Leading Local Change

Published: 9 May 2008

National document published ahead of 9 local SHA strategic visions to set them within the wider context of the Next Stage Review, thank the clinicians involved in their development, emphasise the importance of clinician led evidence based change and set out the principles governing local service change. New guidance on local reconfigurations published alongside.

• NHS Next Stage Review - Leading Local Change

Changing for the Better: Guidance when undertaking major changes to NHS services

Published: 9 May 2008

This best practice guidance has been developed in order to provide clear guidance for patients,the public and NHS staff on the processes underpinning changes to acute NHS services.

• Changing for the Better: Guidance when undertaking major changes to NHS services

Our NHS Our future: NHS next stage review - interim report

This interim report, published on 4 October 2007, sets out a 10 year vision for the NHS, reflecting what we’ve heard from patients, staff and the public over the last three months. It looks at how the NHS can become fairer, more personalised, effective and safe, acknowledging progress made so far and setting out immediate and longer term priorities in these areas.

• Our NHS Our future: NHS next stage review - interim report
• Our NHS Our future: NHS next stage review - interim report summary