About the funders

Elements of Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare is funded by THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute). THIS Institute is strengthening the evidence base for improving the quality and safety of healthcare. The institute is founded on the guiding principle that efforts to improve care should be based on the highest quality evidence, and address the real concerns of the people who use and work in the NHS. 

THIS Institute is supported by a grant to the University of Cambridge from the Health Foundation – an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and healthcare for people in the UK.