NHS what?

NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (www.institute.nhs.uk) closed on 31 March and the new organisation NHS Improving Quality started on 1 April. So yet another organisation and website shut down.

What does it mean -- the NHS 'is' improving quality, the institute for improving quality, the improving quality department?

NHS Improvement (www.improvement.nhs.uk) has also closed (so what was that?)
On the website it says: "Part of NHS Improvement's work have come to a close, while some continue with NHS Improving Quality."

Was that written by the same illiterate person who came up with NHS Improving Quality?


"NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ) now exists to bring together the wealth of knowledge, expertise and experience of a number of former NHS improvement organisations.
NHS IQ is hosted by NHS England, previously known as the NHS Commissioning Board."
Yet another change of name AND website, before it had even officially formed (and it still hasn't made up its mind exactly what it is doing).

There is, however some logic to the new organisation:
"As well as continually looking at best practice from both across the NHS and around the world, NHS IQ draws on the experience of previous successful improvement programmes established by legacy organisations"

• National Cancer Action Team
• National End of Life Care Programme
• NHS Diabetes and Kidney Care
• NHS Improvement
• NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.

You can find the phoenix at this catchy URL:
http://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/qual-clin-lead/nhsiq/