Value-based healthcare in the NHS aims to reduce unwarranted variations, improve patient outcomes, optimise resource use and allocation, and minimise costs. Mary Muir provides an insight into the key considerations required to ensure equitable and sustainable healthcare, while improving the experience and outcomes for patients.
Hospitals play a crucial role in supporting the most vulnerable members of our society, and their importance will continue to grow with our ageing population. In recent years, the acute care setting has witnessed a paradigm shift in how value is perceived and measured. In this new paradigm, value-based healthcare is defined as the equitable, sustainable, and transparent use of the available resources to achieve better outcomes and experiences for every person.1
Value-based healthcare prioritises outcomes and cost-effectiveness, ensuring that patients receive high-quality care. This aligns with the CQC Single Assessment Framework that focuses on care that is safe, effective, caring, responsive to people's needs and well-led.2,3
This framework is guided by the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 (Part 3),4 and Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations 20095 as part of their current inspection process.6
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