Index Catalog // The King's Fund Digital Archive

Schöpfer:: 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. ...

Schöpfer:: 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 ...

Schöpfer:: Imison, Candace and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2012
Abstract:: The King’s Fund’s Time to Think Differently programme of work aims to stimulate debate about the changes needed for health and social care to meet the challenges of the future. It aims to generate new thinking about how to address these challenges and deliver a transformation in services for patients. ...

Schöpfer:: The King's Fund and Gilburt, Helen
Publication date:: 2016
Abstract:: This report looks at the evidence on new roles and ways of spanning organisational workforce boundaries to deliver integrated health and social care. It finds increasing focus on roles which facilitate co-ordination and management of care, development of existing roles to increase the skill-mix and enable the provision of more ... and This report was commissioned by NHS Employers and the Local Government Association.

Schöpfer:: Sonola, Lara, The King's Fund, Honeyman, Matthew, Kothari, Suruchi, Robertson, Ruth, and Brooke, Beatrice
Publication date:: 2014
Abstract:: The King’s Fund visited six services where consultants are delivering or facilitating care outside hospital. This report presents the findings from those visits as case studies. It identifies key characteristics and challenges to this way of working and seeks out evidence of the benefits to patients and the NHS more ...

Schöpfer:: Alderwick, Hugh, The King's Fund, Foot, Catherine, Raleigh, Veena, Robertson, Ruth, and Ham, Chris
Publication date:: 2015
Abstract:: In June 2015, The King’s Fund was commissioned by the Department of Health to review how the performance of local health systems could be assessed. Our review looks at how to measure the performance of health services within CCG areas, including how well these services work with social care and ...

Schöpfer:: 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 ...

Schöpfer:: Galea, Amy, The King's Fund, and Humphries, Richard
Publication date:: 2013
Abstract:: Health and wellbeing boards are an important feature of the reforms introduced by the government in the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Unlike other aspects of the changes, the creation of these new bodies has been widely welcomed and enjoys cross-party support. All upper-tier local authorities set up boards ...

Schöpfer:: Imison, Candace and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: NHS hospitals face mounting financial and workforce pressures. Reconfiguration of hospital services can provide a powerful means of improving quality in an environment where money and skilled health care workers are scarce. In some places, reconfiguration is needed urgently, in order to protect patient safety. However, the current reconfiguration process ...

Schöpfer:: The King's Fund and Purdy, Sarah
Publication date:: 2010
Abstract:: Emergency admissions to hospital are costly to the NHS and also cause disruption to planned health care. Considerable efforts have been made within the health service to reduce emergency admissions, but few primary care trusts have been successful, with some primary care trusts recording an increase. In order to successfully ...

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