This research paper was commissioned by The King's Fund to inform the panel of the Inquiry into the Quality of General Practice in England. The views expressed are those of the authors and not of the panel. and Recent government guidance, "End of Life Care Strategy: Promoting High Quality Care for All Adults at the End of Life" and "Guidance on Cancer Services: Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Cancer", has raised the profile of end-of-life-care (EOLC). However, historically care has been poorly organised, with large ...
In early 2009 The King’s Fund conducted a survey of primary care trusts (PCTs) in England, examining the use of external support for commissioning, and eliciting views on the world class commissioning programme. The survey revealed that PCTs are increasingly turning to external organisations, and the private sector in particular, ...
In response to the commitment to clinical leadership, The King’s Fund instigated a project to determine the impact leadership programmes have on individuals and the system. Junior doctors who had completed or were currently on leadership programmes were interviewed in order to determine their experiences and aspirations for the future. and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS.
This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS. and One of the major consequences of the failures in quality of care and patient safety in the NHS, exposed by the public inquiries such as those relating to Bristol Royal Infirmary and Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, has been the Department of Health’s initiatives to improve the governance and leadership ...
It has long been recognised that engagement of employees with their work and organisation is a factor in their job performance, but the research evidence for this has been steadily increasing over recent years. In this article we summarise this evidence along with the theories underlying it,
paying special attention ... and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS.
The challenges facing the NHS at present are the same core challenges that face all organisations, commercial or otherwise: the delivery of an effective and efficient service with limited resources. While commercial organisations may additionally seek to make profit from this process, the differences in ownership, objectives and structure between ...