Index Catalog // The King's Fund Digital Archive

Créateur:: King's Fund
Publication date:: 2005
Abstract:: This paper is a formal response by the King's Fund to the Department of Health consultation on the smokefree elements of the Health Improvement and Protection Bill.

Créateur:: Dixon, Jennifer, King's Fund, Le Grand, Julian, and Smith, Peter
Publication date:: 2003
Abstract:: As the government seeks to accelerate change in the NHS and make services more responsive to public demands, the argument for market discipline versus planned provision is being hotly debated: can a highly centralised system sit comfortably alongside a market-led approach?; can market forces provide an effective response to the ...

Créateur:: King's Fund and Heer, Baljinder
Publication date:: 2004
Abstract:: This working paper makes the basic case for supporting and developing advocacy. It explores the advocacy sector in London and the government's growing interest through a literature review, document analysis, and explorative questionnaire to advocacy providers, in-depth interviews with key stakeholders, and focus groups with a range of community leaders. ...

Créateur:: New York University, King's Fund, and Health Dialog
Publication date:: 2005
Abstract:: This is a joint project commissioned by Essex Strategic Health Authority on behalf of the 28 strategic health authorities, the Department of Health and the NHS Modernisation Agency and undertaken by the King's Fund, in partnership with Health Dialog and New York University. This review informed the project to develop ...

Créateur:: Croydon Primary Care Trust and King's Fund
Publication date:: 2006
Abstract:: Croydon Primary Care Trust has been piloting the practical use of the Combined Model on behalf of the King's Fund and Health Dialog since May 2006. It has developed a package of care called virtual wards that is offers solely to people at highest predicted risk. Part of the PARR ...

Créateur:: King's Fund and Dixon, Anna
Publication date:: 2008
Abstract:: This is the fourth paper in a series, Kicking Bad Habits, on how people can be encouraged to adopt healthy behaviour. The paper considers the influence of an individual's motivation and confidence in modifying their health behaviours. While there is good evidence, in theory, that they are two key determinants ...

Créateur:: King's Fund and Maybin, Jo
Publication date:: 2008
Abstract:: In July 2007 Professor Lord Ara Darzi, a surgeon and health minister, started a wide-ranging review of the NHS in England and the final report is due to be published before the 60th anniversary of the NHS on 5 July 2008. This briefing provides the background of the review and ...

Créateur:: King's Fund and Maybin, Jo
Publication date:: 2008
Abstract:: As part of Lord Darzi's review of the NHS, each strategic health authority (SHA) outside London was commissioned to produce a report outlining their 'vision' for care in their region over the coming decade. This briefing provides a thematic summary of some of the key features of the nine SHA ...

Créateur:: Shepherd, Susan, Levenson, Ros, Royal College of Physicians, Dewar, Steve, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 2008
Abstract:: Social and technological changes are challenging doctors, causing many to rethink their role, the way they practise and the nature of their professionalism. What does the future hold? The Royal College of Physicians and the King's Fund convened ten events around England and Wales where doctors and other health professionals ...

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