From here you can download – free of charge – some project reports and models we have undertaken which illustrate the variety of work undertaken by the Group.

 Identifying Alternatives to Hospital for People with Dementia (2007)

Report of the survey undertaken by the Group in Lincolnshire for the National Audit Office report ‘Improving Services and Support for People with Dementia’

Download [Balance of Care - NAO - Dementia Report of Findings v1.0.3.doc]

Acute Hospital Bed Review (2007)

Undertaken with PA Consulting (Ireland) for the Health Service Executive, Ireland.

Download [Full Report]

Download [Summary Report]

Download [Appendices]

 Telecare Business Case Planning Model (2005)

This was developed in 2005 for the Department of Health. It is designed to support councils in their planning for local telecare projects by enabling them to explore the resource consequences of care strategies incorporating telecare for different client groups.

More information on the project, and an associated financial planning model, is available from the Department of Health website. Here we provide the model and documentation for the Balance of Care telecare model only.

Download [Balance of Care documentation v1.1.pdf]

Download [Balance of Care telecare model v1.1.xls]

The Balance of Care Project: Commissioning Alternatives to Hospital Care (North Hampshire, 2005)

This report highlights key results from a survey of 444 adult inpatients in community and acute hospital beds across North Hampshire using the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP) survey instrument. In addition, separate surveys were undertaken of day surgery cases and intensive care settings. The main survey also included acute old-age psychiatric patients.

Download [North Hants Final Report v1.1.doc]

Commissioning Integrated Care for Older People (Department of Health Integrated Care Network, 2006)

Slide set for five regional workshops in England. The workshops included definitions and context of commissioning and integrated care and an introduction to the Balance of Care model.

Download [Commissioning Integrated Care for Older People slides v1.1.ppt]

Whole System Models of Care for Older People: Occasional Paper 1-05 (2005)

This paper was presented at the Euro Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services in Stockholm, 2004 and summarises finding from several bed usage surveys undertaken by the Group. Although there are differences in the scope of the surveys there are consistent features which arise in terms of clinical practice and the potential for reconfiguration of services.

Download [BRG Occasional Paper 1-05]

Who’s in the Beds: Surveying and the Aftermath: Occasional Paper 2-05 (2005)

This paper was presented at the Euro Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services in Stockholm, 2004. It describes a typical bed usage survey undertaken on several recent Balance of Care projects, and typical implications for strategic capacity changes which emerge. These, in turn, provide the basis for modelling and quantifying operational workforce requirements, illustrated by an example from a recent project.

Download [BRG Occasional Paper 2-05]

Paediatric gastroenterology planning model (2004)

Another version of the Balance of Care model, this time applied to specific issues around workforce commissioning across the Partners in Paediatrics collaborative network in the north Midlands.

Download [file – gastroplan v1.0.xls]

Identifying demand for intermediate care and community hospital provision in Oxfordshire (2003)

This report highlights key results from a survey of over 1000 adult inpatients in community and acute hospital beds across Oxfordshire using the Appropriateness Evaluation Protocol (AEP) survey instrument. It was done to support local discussions around service capacity issues and how these should be taken forward. The report was raised in a House of Commons debate in 2004

Download [Oxford final report]

Intermediate care – Getting the Balance Right: Occasional Paper 1-02 (2002)

This is a general discussion paper by Group members on Intermediate Care issues and questions to be addressed such as identifying who intermediate care services are for and what they comprise.

Download [BRG occasional paper 1-02]

Renal dialysis planning model (1999)

The Balance of Care approach lends itself to a potentially wide range of adaptations to different client groups. This model was developed for use in planning services for end-stage renal failure patients. It enables users to explore the potential resource implications of providing different forms of dialysis care, including alternatives to hospital-based care and workforce requirements.

Download [file – renal planning model v1.1.doc]

Download [file – rendemo.xls]