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Author:: 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 ...

Author:: The King's Fund and Timmins, Nick
Publication date:: 2013
Abstract:: This paper aims to probe what it sees as a woefully under-explored area: the differences between the United Kingdom's four separate health systems. These systems, it argues, are diverging in terms of structures, management approaches, and the way social care relates to health.

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 ...

Author:: The King's Fund, Humphries, Richard, Foot, Catherine, and Oliver, David
Publication date:: 2014
Abstract:: This paper is designed as a high-level resource and reference guide for local service leaders who want to improve care for older people. Within each component of care we describe the goal that the system should aim for and then present key evidence about what we know can work, selected ...

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, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Stoye, George, Nuffield Trust, and Health Foundation
Publication date:: 2018
Abstract:: The UK government spends £150 billion every year on health. This includes day-to-day funding for frontline NHS services, in addition to capital investments, staff training and public health activities. Even after taking account of inflation, this spending is twice what we spent less than 20 years ago at the start ... and 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, ...

Author:: McKenna, Helen, The King's Fund, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Nuffield Trust, and Health Foundation
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, ...

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