Published 1 July 2008, doi:10.1136/bmj.a646
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a646

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Darzi review: Annual "quality accounts" will help improve services and increase choice for patients, says Lord Darzi

Zosia Kmietowicz

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A complex and wide ranging network of information gathering systems is being developed to support the drive to improve quality across the NHS—the backbone of Ara Darzi’s next stage review.

From April 2010 all healthcare providers working for the NHS will be legally obliged to publish "quality accounts" on safety, patients’ experience, and clinical outcomes, in the same way that they publish financial accounts.

The accounts will augment the government’s agenda on choice by giving patients information—accessible through NHS websites—on all health services in England, to help them decide where to be treated.

"By measuring this quality across the service and publishing that information for the first time, both staff and patients can work together to make better informed choices about their care," said Lord Darzi.

Hospitals and general practices that perform best will received extra funding, says the review. The payment by results tariff, by which hospitals are paid . . . [Full text of this article]


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