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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:: Ross, Shilpa, The King's Fund, Machaqueiro, Sílvia, Holder, Holly, Nuffield Trust, Robertson, Ruth, and Naylor, Chris
Publication date:: 2016
Abstract:: This slide deck presents the fourth and final year of results from an annual survey of GPs and practice managers in six CCGs across the country. The survey explores how GP attitudes towards clinical commissioning have evolved since their launch in 2013. The results show that over the past three ...

Author:: The King's Fund, Curry, Natasha, and Humphries, Richard
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: The coalition government has made clear its commitment to the integration of health and social care in its proposals for reform. In the context of the intense financial and demographic challenges facing both health and social care, this paper offers a fresh assessment of the prospects for integrating health and ...

Author:: 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. ...

Author:: The King's Fund and Nuffield Trust
Publication date:: 2013
Abstract:: In November and December 2012, The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust held a series of events in Parliament, to look beyond recent reforms and discuss the next wave of challenges facing the health and social care system. This Viewpoint features personal reflections by eight of the parliamentarian speakers, based ...

Author:: The King's Fund, Shepherd, Susan, Levenson, Ros, and Atkinson, Stephen
Publication date:: 2010
Abstract:: This report summarises the discussions of 11 consultation events, ‘21st Century Doctor: Your future, your choices’, run from October 2009 to April 2010. An earlier series of events, ‘Do Doctors Have a Future?’ ran from May 2006 to April 2007 and looked at the way that doctors viewed the challenges ... and Acquiring and ensuring a professional approach is a key part of becoming a doctor. But how can doctors define and adopt this professional attitude and ensure that it is kept up to date in the same way as their clinical skills? And how should professionalism adapt and change to reflect ...

Author:: Nath, Vijaya and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2013
Abstract:: This paper summarises the results of a small research study designed to capture the experiences of and reflections on revalidation of responsible officers (ROs) in London. The results provide a snapshot of what the implementation of revalidation has meant for the new ROs six months in. The paper also draws ...

Author:: The King's Fund, Foot, Catherine, Harrison, Tony, and Dixon, Anna
Publication date:: 2012
Abstract:: In this paper we set out our views on how the system of quality assurance, including regulation, needs to evolve, the principles on which it should be built and how it should operate. We argue that the system of quality assurance must support the actions and effectiveness of those working ...

Author:: The King's Fund, Walsh, Nicola, and Ham, Chris
Publication date:: 2013
Abstract:: The aim of this paper is to support the process of ‘making it happen’ by summarising the steps that need to be taken to make integrated care a reality; we have drawn on our own work and that of others in areas where local leaders have identified integrated care as ...

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