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Health innovations — more for less in healthcare
Author(s)	Neil Churchill
Corporate Author	Smith Institute
Publisher	The Smith Institute, London, 2014
Pages	118 pp
Source	The Smith Institute, 4th Floor, 30-32 Southampton Street, London WC2E 7RA. Website: www.smith-institute.org.uk
Keywords	Health services ; Needs [elderly] ; Coordination ; Social policy.
Annotation	Named after the late John Smith, Labour Party leader 1992-94, the Smith Institute is an independent think tank that looks at issues arising from the changing relationship between social values and economic imperatives. The ten essays in this book are by people eminent in healthcare, and explore innovations and new approaches that can help meet the productivity and health challenge in a fairer way. The authors identify some significant opportunities for ensuring that recent progress can be carried forward. Although many of these solutions seem feasible, in the current climate of fiscal austerity the biggest challenge may well be gaining the support of health professionals, patients and citizens. Healthcare is a top priority for government and opposition alike; and the pressures of growing demand, rising costs and minimal investment mean that radical reform is no longer a choice but a necessity. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-150508004 B
Classmark	L: IK: QAJ: TM2
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