Index Catalog // The King's Fund Digital Archive

Author:: Ross, Shilpa, The King's Fund, Curry, Natasha, Naylor, Chris, Holder, Holly, Nuffield Trust, Bennett, Laura, and Robertson, Ruth
Publication date:: 2015
Abstract:: Since their formation in 2012, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have already faced formidable challenges, tasked with managing substantial commissioning budgets amid increasing financial pressure. In a further development from 1 April 2015, CCGs will now also be given the option to take up more devolved powers to co-commission primary care ...

Author:: Addicott, Rachael, The King's Fund, Honeyman, Matthew, Maguire, David, and Jabbal, Joni
Publication date:: 2015
Abstract:: The NHS workforce is the primary driver of future health costs. Given the substantial changes in population demographics and health care needs, the workforce needs to be fit for purpose. That means responding to immediate needs and financial pressures while adapting to deliver the future care models outlined in the ...

Author:: Baird, Beccy, Alderwick, Hugh, The King's Fund, Jabbal, Joni, Gregory, Sarah, and Ham, Chris
Publication date:: 2015
Abstract:: This paper explores the coalition government’s record on NHS reform by describing the situation it inherited when it came to power in 2010, the policies it has pursued, and (where available) evidence of their impact. It takes the stated aims of the reforms as the starting point and reviews progress ...

Author:: Baird, Beccy, The King's Fund, Jabbal, Joni, Thompson, James, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2015
Abstract:: This report, the second part of 'The NHS under the coalition government', looks at how well the NHS has performed under the coalition government. The report acknowledges that assessing the performance of any health service is an inexact science for many reasons, but using routinely available data, the report creates ...

Author:: The King's Fund and Massie, Sarah
Publication date:: 2015
Abstract:: In light of the high number of board-level vacancies in the NHS and an increasing reliance on expensive locum and agency staff, NHS organisations need to have effective strategies in place to develop future leaders. This paper helps boards and other NHS leaders to decide which processes and systems need ...

Author:: The King's Fund and Timmins, Nicholas
Publication date:: 2015
Abstract:: This report draws on the experiences of ten senior leaders to look in depth at the skills needed to be a system leader. The ten individuals are from different backgrounds and work in different contexts, and give some very candid reflections on their successes and failures. There was consensus among ...

Author:: The King's Fund and Collins, Ben
Publication date:: 2015
Abstract:: This paper encourages boards and other leaders to focus on staff engagement and suggests a number of questions boards can ask to assess their organisation’s level of staff engagement.

Author:: The King's Fund, Nuffield Trust, and Health Foundation
Publication date:: 2015
Abstract:: The King’s Fund has come together with the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation to publish a briefing on the impact of the Spending Review on health and social care. The briefing aims to ensure that the debate is informed by a clear and objective analysis of the funding position ...

Author:: The King's Fund and Collins, Ben
Publication date:: 2015
Abstract:: In this briefing, The King’s Fund seeks to clarify whether a new government could extract the NHS from European Union procurement and competition rules.

Author:: Alderwick, Hugh, The King's Fund, Buck, Dave, and Ham, Chris
Publication date:: 2015
Abstract:: This paper aims to challenge those involved in integrated care and public health to ‘join up the dots’, seeing integrated care as part of a broader shift away from fragmentation towards an approach focused on improving population health. Using examples from organisations and systems in other countries that are making ...

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