Index Catalog // The King's Fund Digital Archive

Author:: The King's Fund and Humphries, Richard
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: The impact of funding cuts to the NHS has been widely reported and discussed, but less attention has been given to social care – and, most importantly, to the inter-relationships of health and social care. Social care funding has increased in real terms for the past decade, but there has ...

Author:: The King's Fund, Humphries, Richard, McMahon, Laurie, and Harvey, Sarah
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: The Routes project was commissioned by The King’s Fund in partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Social Care Institute for Excellence, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and the Local Government Association. and The health and social care system is currently tackling three inter-related challenges: coping with rising demand and reduced funding; handling NHS restructuring; and transforming social care. How can these challenges be seen as an opportunity to achieve fundamental change to the system? The Routes project, a simulation exercise created by ...

Author:: The King's Fund and Humphries, Richard
Publication date:: 2013
Abstract:: The government's recent announcement to introduce a new funding model for adult social care, based on the recommendations of the Dilnot Commission, is the latest development in the long history of many attempts to review the way in which social care is funded and how the costs of these services ...

Author:: The King's Fund, Humphries, Richard, Holder, Holly, Charles, Anna, Nuffield Trust, Thorlby, Ruth, and Hall, Patrick
Publication date:: 2016
Abstract:: This report, published jointly with the Nuffield Trust, looks at the current state of social care services for older people in England, through a combination of national data and interviews with local authorities, NHS and private providers, Healthwatch and other groups. It considers the impact of cuts in local authority ...

Author:: Galea, Amy, The King's Fund, Mundle, Claire, Humphries, Richard, Thompson, James, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2013
Abstract:: This new analysis of data for the final quarter of 2012/13 shows that nearly six per cent of patients waited four hours or longer in A&E departments, the highest level since 2004. It shows that 313,000 patients (5.9 per cent) spent four hours or more in A&E in the period ...

Author:: The King's Fund, Humphries, Richard, Jabbal, Joni, Thompson, James, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2014
Abstract:: The King’s Fund published its first Quarterly monitoring report in April 2011 as part of its work to track, analyse and comment on the changes and challenges the health and social care system is facing. This is the 10th report and aims to take stock of what has happened over ...

Author:: Galea, Amy, The King's Fund, Humphries, Richard, Thompson, James, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2013
Abstract:: The King’s Fund published its first Quarterly Monitoring Report in April 2011 as part of its work to track, analyse and comment on the changes and challenges the health and care system is facing. This is the seventh report and provides an update on how the NHS is coping as ...

Author:: Galea, Amy, The King's Fund, Humphries, Richard, Jabbal, Joni, Thompson, James, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2013
Abstract:: The King’s Fund published its first Quarterly Monitoring Report in April 2011 as part of its work to track, analyse and comment on the changes and challenges the health and care system is facing. This is the ninth report and aims to take stock of what has happened over the ...

Author:: The King's Fund, Humphries, Richard, Foot, Catherine, and Oliver, David
Publication date:: 2014
Abstract:: This paper is designed as a high-level resource and reference guide for local service leaders who want to improve care for older people. Within each component of care we describe the goal that the system should aim for and then present key evidence about what we know can work, selected ...

Author:: The King's Fund, Humphries, Richard, and Bennett, Laura
Publication date:: 2013
Abstract:: The creation of the £3.8 billion Better Care Fund offers a real opportunity to lay the foundations for a much more integrated system of health and care. This paper summarises the evidence from work by The King’s Fund and other research about which approaches are likely to offer commissioners maximum ...

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