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Créateur:: Thompson, James, The King's Fund, and Poteliakhoff, Emmi
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: Although its budget was protected in the 2010 Spending Review, the NHS faces the tightest financial settlement in its history. To avoid reducing quality and making significant cuts to services, it needs to find £20 billion in productivity improvements by 2015. Reductions in the prices paid to hospitals for treating ...

Créateur:: Mundle, Claire, Dixon, Anna, The King's Fund, and Harrison, Tony
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: This paper seeks to take a dispassionate look at the potential lessons for the development of economic regulation in health care that can be learned from the experiences of both countries that have already implemented it and those of other market sectors in the United Kingdom. It will be essential ...

Créateur:: Imison, Candace, Goodwin, Nick, The King's Fund, South, Patrick, Dixon, Anna, and Ham, Chris
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: Written as a contribution to the government's current listening exercise, this paper sets out the challenges facing the NHS and identifies the reforms we believe are needed to meet these challenges. We offer suggestions for revisions to the current Health & Social Care Bill and future policy development but we ...

Créateur:: The King's Fund, Curry, Natasha, Weaks, Lisa, Sheil, Fiona, and Mundle, Claire
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: The government’s proposed reforms to the health and social care system include clear aspirations for the voluntary and community sector as a provider of health services, a source of support for commissioning and a partner in tackling health inequalities. However, the reforms also present a number of challenges and risks. ...

Créateur:: Frosini, Francesca, The King's Fund, Lyscom, Tom, Gao, Haiyan, Raleigh, Veena, Appleby, John, and Bevan, Gwyn
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: Variations in health care in the NHS are a persistent and ubiquitous problem. But which variations are acceptable or warranted – for example, variations driven by clinical need and informed patient choice – and which are not? The important question is how to promote ‘good’ variation and minimise ‘bad’ variation. ...

Créateur:: Bourgeault, Ivy, The King's Fund, Curry, Natasha, Rudisill, Caroline, Sadler, Euan, Cooper, Chris, Sandall, Jane, Bewley, Susan, Nelson, Pauline, Cowie, Luke, and Homer, Caroline
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: Maternity services – in common with the rest of the NHS – need to focus on new ways of working to maintain and increase levels of safety and quality of care within the resources available. There are particular pressures on maternity services because of the rise in birth rates and ...

Créateur:: Addicott, Rachael and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: The coalition government wants to encourage health care providers to consider employee ownership, and the development of mutuals, with the aim of creating ‘the largest and most vibrant social enterprise sector in the world’ (Department of Health 2010a, p 36). These plans are part of a broader programme of public ...

Créateur:: 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 ...

Créateur:: 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 ...

Créateur:: The King's Fund and Baker, G. Ross
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: Studies in many industries, including health care, suggest that leadership is a critical element in organisational performance. Collins (2001) suggests that disciplined, hard-working leaders are essential to moving organisations from ‘good’ to ‘great’. Such leaders help companies to recruit the right leadership team, develop an effective strategy and create a ...

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