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Author:: Goodwin, Nick, Dixon, Jennifer, Rosen, Rebecca, Davies, Alisha, Nuffield Trust, Dixon, Anna, Perry, Claire, Ham, Chris, Smith, Judith, and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2012
Abstract:: This paper has been written as a contribution to the work of the NHS Future Forum and in support of the government’s espoused aim of placing integrated care at the heart of the programme of NHS reform. Integrated care is essential to meet the needs of the ageing population, transform ...

Author:: The King's Fund, Foot, Catherine, and Harrison, Tony
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: Cancer survival rates in England are improving, but they still lag behind those in the best-performing countries in the world. The current government has identified cancer survival rates as an area for improvement and the cancer strategy commits to saving an additional 5,000 lives by 2015, but how can these ...

Author:: Frosini, Francesca, The King's Fund, and Raleigh, Veena S.
Publication date:: 2012
Abstract:: Two key elements of the quality of health care provided by GPs are the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), which rewards GP practices for achievement against a range of indicators of clinical quality, and the GP Patient Survey, which asks patients about their experience of using GP services. Using data ...

Author:: The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: This is an overall response and reflection on the White Paper Healthy Lives, Healthy People (Department of Health 2010) and the associated consultations on the outcomes framework and commissioning and funding mechanisms. We welcome the opportunity to respond to the Department’s proposals in the spirit of improving them further and ...

Author:: The King's Fund, Curry, Natasha, and Ham, Chris
Publication date:: 2010
Abstract:: Over the past decade a number of health policies have sought to put the patient first and to improve health outcomes. Choice and competition have been key elements of these policies, but the importance of integrated care was highlighted by Lord Darzi in the final report of the NHS Next ...

Author:: Goodwin, Nick, The King's Fund, Curry, Natasha, and Ross, Shilpa
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: Case management is a well-established way of integrating services around the complex needs of people with long-term conditions. It is a targeted, community-based and pro-active approach that identifies individuals at high risk of hospital admission, assesses their needs, produces a personal care plan, and ensures co-ordination of that plan. However, ...

Author:: Kelly, Elaine, The King's Fund, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Ward, Deborah, Nuffield Trust, Dayan, Mark, Health Foundation, and Gardner, Tim
Publication date:: 2018
Abstract:: To mark the BBC's coverage of the NHS's 70th birthday in July 2018, The King's Fund, the Health Foundation, the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Nuffield Trust have been asked by the BBC to look at five key topics, covering the relative strengths and weaknesses of the health service, ... and This first, main report uses OECD data and a range of other public sources to compare the NHS to health systems in 18 similar developed countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the USA. It looks at three aspects of what we might mean by a good health care system: ...

Author:: The King's Fund and Naylor, Chris
Publication date:: 2019
Abstract:: These essays highlight a number of themes, including the value of taking a place-based approach to population health, the need for specific action on health inequalities, the importance of working closely with communities and the potential to use new places as a test bed for integrated care. The report concludes ...

Author:: The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2010
Abstract:: This paper is a formal response to the Department of Health’s draft guidance on proposals for regulations and guidance in relation to the draft legislation on personal care at home currently before Parliament.

Author:: The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2010
Abstract:: The King's Fund response to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence consultation on new indicators for the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF). The King's Fund broadly supports the introduction of each of the new indicators, particularly the six mental illness indicators as there is strong evidence of the ...

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