To make a meaningful impact and meet the needs of citizens, policies and practices in healthcare should be informed by the best evidence. That’s why we’re dedicated to using evidence to shape global health policy in areas in need of transformation.
Our work in this sphere is spearheaded by our Centre for Health Policy, which exists to develop, implement and distribute innovative, evidence-based health policies around the world.
Find out how our Institute is uniting world-leading experts and policy-makers to tackle real-world health problems; promoting learning and support; and generating and sharing evidence-based knowledge on a range of pressing health issues.
Highlights from our health policy work
National State of Patient Safety
The “National State of Patient Safety 2024" report involves a review of published performance data, analysis of Healthcare Trusts’ patient safety incident response plans, and a survey on the patient safety priorities of staff and the public. It aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of the situation across England.
Produced by the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London, and commissioned by the charity Patient Safety Watch, the National State of Patient Safety 2024 Report (NSPS) calls for a renewed focus on key patient safety priorities. The report’s authors call on national organisations to urgently agree a focused set of patient safety improvement priorities.
Technology solutions for mental health needs
The Shout crisis text message service is a new innovation catering for those with urgent mental health needs that may not be able to access more traditional services. Since its launch in May 2019 over 3 million text conversations have taken place with over 1 million unique users. The Shout 24/7 crisis text messaging service is powered by Mental Health Innovations
We are working with Mental Health Innovations, which runs Shout, to further develop the evidence base for their work. We will be publishing four reports over a two year period. Read the first report, 'Help is just a text away'.
NHS Data - Maximising its impact for all
The NHS owns long-term health data for the majority of the UK population and this unique asset is poised to be transformative for health, scientific and economic benefit.
Our White Paper, "NHS data: Maximising its impact for all" identifies strategic and technical recommendations to move towards developing a health data policy ecosystem tat is designed so that value, either clinical, societal or financial, is more readily extracted from patient data.
Read more in our news piece.
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World Innovation Summit for Health
Peter Howitt, Managing Director, Centre for Health Policy
National State of Patient Safety
Melanie Leis, Director of Policy and Analysis
Mental Health Technology
Melanie Leis, Director of Policy and Analysis
Health data
Dr Saira Ghafur, Digital Health Lead