Index Catalog // The King's Fund Digital Archive

Créateur:: 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 ...

Créateur:: Nath, Vijaya and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2016
Abstract:: The King’s Fund was commissioned by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust to work with their quality board to facilitate an assessment of its existing approaches to quality improvement and to develop a strategy for future work. This case study details the approach and philosophy behind this work, which involved working with ...

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:: The King's Fund and Staley, Kristina
Publication date:: 2001
Abstract:: This report summarises the main findings of a project designed by the King's Fund to engage Londoners in a public debate around controversial issues arising from current public health strategies in the capital. The aims of the project were to: identify the means of eliciting values in a public debate; ...

Créateur:: Wenzel, Lillie, The King's Fund, and Jabbal, Joni
Publication date:: 2016
Abstract:: Patient feedback is an important tool for tracking the experience of those who use NHS services and, through this, the quality of care they receive. It also plays a key role in identifying problem areas and shaping service improvements. Maternity services are using a variety of feedback mechanisms, in addition ...

Créateur:: Davey, Vanessa, Netten, Ann, The King's Fund, Darton, Robin, Fernandez, Jose-Luis, Forder, Julien, Knapp, Martin, Kendall, Jeremy, and Williams, Jacquetta
Publication date:: 2005
Abstract:: Most formal care services for older people are funded by the public sector, but they are largely supplied by independent providers. This paper looks at what factors influence the 'mixed economy' of the care market, including what funding is available and from where, and how commissioning works, and the role ...

Créateur:: Baird, Beccy, The King's Fund, Honeyman, Matthew, Maguire, David, Charles, Anna, and Das, Preety
Publication date:: 2016
Abstract:: This report is accompanied by 'A day in the life of a GP'. This typical day in the life of a GP draws on the experiences of several GPs working in different practices who we spoke to as part of the research for this report. It has been reviewed by ... and Increasing demands on general practice over the past five years - not just a heavier workload but the increasing complexity and intensity of work - have led to a feeling of crisis. The NHS is finding it difficult to recruit and retain sufficient GPs who want to do full-time, patient-facing ...

Créateur:: 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 ...

Créateur:: The King's Fund, Hutt, Ruth, and Buchan, James
Publication date:: 2005
Abstract:: The specific dynamics of the London health care labour market, and the challenges they create for recruitment and retention, were highlighted in the 2003 King's Fund report 'In Capital Health?'. In the 18 months since, a number of important and far reaching changes have been initiated across the NHS. This ...

Créateur:: The King's Fund, Edwards, Nigel, Gilburt, Helen, and Murray, Richard
Publication date:: 2014
Abstract:: The government’s mandate for achieving parity of esteem between physical and mental health has put the spotlight on mental health provision. In London, meeting the mental health needs of the large and diverse population poses major challenges, and the London Health Board has identified improving the mental wellbeing of Londoners ...

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