In this report, we focus on what needs to be done to strengthen commissioning in the NHS, through an analysis of the problems with current commissioning arrangements. We begin by examining what is meant by ‘commissioning’ in the English NHS.
The aim of this paper is to describe the different forms of integrated care and to summarise evidence on their impact. The paper is based on a major review published by The King’s Fund and has been prepared in the light of the increased interest in integrated care arising out ...
Health care commissioners will need to deliver a sustainable system in the face of the most challenging financial and organisational environment seen in decades. They must shift the current emphasis on acute and episodic care towards prevention, self-care and integrated and well co-ordinated care to cope with an aging population ...
The reforms set out in the coalition government’s White Paper have wide ramifications, particularly for GPs. NHS Lincolnshire decided to help GPs to understand the issues and behaviours that might emerge as a result of the reforms by running a simulation exercise with This report offers observations about individual and ...