• BMJ quality & safety · Jun 2012

    Is the new NHS outcomes framework fit for purpose?

    • Myura Nagendran, Mahiben Maruthappu, and Veena S Raleigh.
    • Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Woodstock Road, Oxford, UK.
    • BMJ Qual Saf. 2012 Jun 1; 21 (6): 524-7.

    AbstractThe coalition government's new NHS outcomes framework aims to refocus the NHS on improving outcomes for patients, avoiding the 'bureaucracy' and 'clinical distortions' of previous target-based approaches. The authors argue that its implementation will need a wider focus than on outcomes alone if the underlying goals of the NHS reforms--improving healthcare quality and outcomes in England--are to be achieved.

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