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Rapid response to:

Analysis

Can quality and productivity improve in a financially poorer NHS?

BMJ 2009; 339 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b4638 (Published 16 November 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b4638

Rapid Response:

Re: Gross savings and net savings are different

I agree with these comments in that only a small proportion of the
published studies of improvement are clear as to the costs of the
intervention and the opportunity cost for participants. In our own efforts
to support teams and organisations setting out on an improvement project
we have recently strengthened our advice and support on how to capture
these data.

Competing interests:
as stated in the original article

Competing interests: No competing interests

02 December 2009
Bernard J Crump
CEO, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
Coventry, UK CV4 7AL