Index Catalog // The King's Fund Digital Archive

Créateur:: Wood, Victoria and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2008
Abstract:: Produced as part of the Point of Care: Seeing the Person in the Patient report. It contains interviews and focus groups, and the transcripts from the recordings which were analysed to produce this final document.

Créateur:: The King's Fund, Finn, Hedley, Stanley, Eleanor, and Waller, Sarah
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: This publication describes projects in 19 NHS trusts and one HM prison that took part in schemes to improve the environment of care at the end of life. It describes the broader Enhancing the Healing Environment programme, which has been supported by the Department of Health in a series of ...

Créateur:: The King's Fund, Mundle, Claire, Naylor, Chris, Weaks, Lisa, and Buck, David
Publication date:: 2013
Abstract:: This report considers the role and value of volunteers in health and social care. It looks at the important part that volunteers play in improving patient experience, addressing health inequalities, and building a closer relationship between services and communities.

Créateur:: 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 ...

Créateur:: The King's Fund, Maybin, Jo, Charles, Anna, and Honeyman, Matthew
Publication date:: 2016
Abstract:: This report investigates what ‘good’ district nursing care looks like from the perspective of people receiving this care, unpaid carers and district nursing staff and puts forward a framework for understanding the components involved. It also looks at the growing demand–capacity gap in district nursing and the worrying impact that ...

Créateur:: The King's Fund, Graham, Chris, Jabbal, Joni, Thompson, James, Raleigh, Veena, Sizmur, Steve, Picker Institute Europe, and Coulter, Alice
Publication date:: 2015
Abstract:: Patient surveys - recognised internationally as a key marker of the quality of care, and an important tool for improvement in the NHS - provide a unique perspective, complementing the wealth of other data on hospital performance gathered by trusts and regulators. Now, for the first time, The King’s Fund ...

Créateur:: 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 ...

Créateur:: Fitzsimons, Bev, The King's Fund, and Wright, Karen
Publication date:: 2012
Abstract:: This article tells the story of the Hospital Pathways Programme (HPP), a collaborative programme in which five acute trusts worked with The King’s Fund and the Health Foundation to apply techniques, not widely used in the NHS, to improve both processes of care and interactions between staff and patients.

Créateur:: Soljak, Michael, Millett, Christopher, The King's Fund, Tian, Yang, Thompson, James, Dixon, Anna, Goodwin, Nick, Imperial College London, and Raleigh, Veena
Publication date:: 2012
Abstract:: This report outlines the challenges faced by general practice in London and the improvements needed in order to address them. The report is aimed at those who have a role in leading quality improvement in primary care, namely GPs working in London and leaders of primary care providers, clinical commissioning ...

Créateur:: The King's Fund, Cornwell, Jocelyn, and Goodrich, Joanna
Publication date:: 2012
Abstract:: The King’s Fund Point of Care programme aims to improve the experience of patients in hospital and to support staff to provide high-quality, patient-centred care. Hospital staff are working in highly pressurised environments and the nature of their work is complex, intense and emotionally challenging. This has an impact on ...

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