Index Catalog // The King's Fund Digital Archive

O Criador:: Harrison, Anthony, King's Fund, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2005
Abstract:: The need to wait for health care has been a feature of the NHS since its inception. When Labour came to power in 1997, total numbers of patients waiting stood at 1.3 million: the highest since the NHS began in 1948. The government announced its 'war on waiting' and pledged ...

O Criador:: The King's Fund and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2006
Abstract:: In March 2005, the King's Fund published An Independent Audit of the NHS under Labour (1997-2005), which included an analysis of where extra NHS funding had been spent. This briefing provides an update to the question "where's the money going?" It analyses new data recently released by the Department of ...

O Criador:: Harrison, Anthony, King's Fund, Devlin, Nancy, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2003
Abstract:: This publication lays out the questions the government must answer if it wants to place patient choice at the heart of a taxpayer-funded health care system, including how extra costs will be met, whether patients are willing and able to exercise choice in their own best interests, and what kinds ...

O Criador:: Harrison, Anthony, The King's Fund, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2006
Abstract:: Investment in the NHS has increased significantly under the Blair government. Spending will soon reach the EU average, but when we catch up with our European neighbours, what then? Assuming that pressures to spend more will continue, but that marginal health returns on extra investment are likely to diminish, this ...

O Criador:: Harrison, Anthony, Wanless, Derek, King's Fund, Patel, Darshan, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2007
Abstract:: The Wanless review Securing our Future Health, published by the Treasury in 2002, concluded that the United Kingdom would need to spend substantially more on health care and that fundamental reform would be needed to enable those resources to be used effectively. Five years on, The King's Fund has commissioned ...

O Criador:: Dr Foster. Ethics Committee, King's Fund, Devlin, Nancy, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2005
Abstract:: The primary task of the health service is to improve people's health. A fundamental goal within this is to improve patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL). But, while measuring and monitoring many aspects of its performance, the NHS does not routinely measure the impact of its care on patients' HRQoL. ...

O Criador:: Gough, Pippa, Robinson, Janice, Appleby, John, Dewar, Steve, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 2004
Abstract:: This briefing provides a review of progress made since the BBC's 2002 'Your NHS' day on the five top priorities voted for by the public as the issues that mattered most in the NHS. These priorities were: free long-term care for older people; better pay for NHS staff; shorter waiting ...

O Criador:: King's Fund and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2005
Abstract:: This research summary outlines recent King's Fund work on waiting times, supported by the Department of Health. The research set out to learn from three groups of hospitals: those that have proved able to sustain reductions in waiting times; those with variable performance and those with a poor record on ...

O Criador:: Harrison, Anthony, Harley, Mike, King's Fund, Devlin, Nancy, Great Britain. Department of Health, Appleby, John, Thorlby, Ruth, Locock, Louise, and Boyle, Sean
Publication date:: 2005
Abstract:: This report brings together the findings and conclusions from three strands of research that addressed different aspects of the main research topic, which is the identification of successful strategies for sustaining reductions in waiting times. They are: identifying successful strategies for sustaining reductions in waiting times; the impact of waiting ...

O Criador:: King's Fund, Appleby, John, and Gregory, Sarah
Publication date:: 2008
Abstract:: Primary care trusts (PCTs) spend around 75 per cent of the NHS budget in England. How do they decide on their spending priorities? This paper examines the data collected by the Department of Health on the amounts PCTs spend on the 23 programmes of care based on medical conditions such ... and An update to the briefing "Local variations in NHS spending priorities" published in 2006.

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