Issues and Ideas on Innovation
Informing the NHS Next Stage Review
ResearchPublished Jul 31, 2009
Informing the NHS Next Stage Review
ResearchPublished Jul 31, 2009
This document briefing, prepared for the Department of Health, presents a ‘think piece’ on the key issues and ideas on innovation in the NHS. The objective of the work was to provide a challenge function for the Department of Health on its work around innovation for the NHS Next Stage Review . The issues and ideas are grounded in theory or empirical evidence and, where possible, supported by examples. This report does not purport to be a systematic review of innovation theory, but should be of interest to policymakers in the Department who are concerned with innovation, especially in the context of health systems.
The research described in this report was prepared for the Department of Health (England) and conducted by RAND Europe.
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