Based on interviews with eight of the 'first wave' integrated care systems, this report seeks to understand how they are developing and to identify lessons for local systems and national policy-makers.
The King's Fund's vision for population health is to reduce inequalities and achieve health outcomes on a par with the best in the world. We have developed a framework for population health based on four pillars: the wider determinants of health; our health behaviours and lifestyles; the places and communities ...
This report, commissioned by the Mayor of London, reviews the progress made over the past year by the capital’s five sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs), new bodies established to implement local plans for the future of health and care services. It finds evidence of improvements in services for patients in ...
The Montefiore Health System in the Bronx, New York, has found ways of helping even the most deprived by stepping beyond the bounds of conventional health services. This commissioned report builds on the overview of the Montefiore Health System we published in April 2018 and explores building primary and community ... and This independent report was commissioned by 3M. The King’s Fund carried out interviews with Montefiore’s staff and relied on information provided to compile this case study. It did not itself evaluate Montefiore’s performance. The views in the report are those of the author and all conclusions are the author’s own.
This short report, supported by the National Housing Federation, is intended to help those leading and contributing to sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) and emerging integrated care systems (ICSs) to make the most of the contribution that housing can make to health as they deliver and continue to develop. Behind ...
This independent report was commissioned by NHS England as part of a package of support provided to primary and acute care system (PACS) vanguard sites by The King’s Fund. The PACS model is an attempt to bring about closer working between GPs, hospitals, community health professionals, social care and others.
This research sought to understand the current state of community services and to explore how the health and care system needs to change to enable these services to meet the needs of the population now and in the future.