The health care system needs to respond to the growing burden of chronic illness. Many NHS researchers, managers and clinical leaders believe that increased integration within the health service will help to achieve this, and the government has made clear its ambitions that the health reforms should encourage integrated care. ...
In December 2006, the Department of Health issued its second 'operating framework', The NHS in England: The operating framework for 2007/08, which provides a set of rules and guidance for NHS organisations in England for the year ahead. Aimed primarily at managers and clinical staff, the operating framework for 2007/8 ...
The Bill will introduce a step change in the application of market-based principles in the health system, a radical reform of commissioning, and the biggest reorganisation of the NHS since it was established. While ministers are right to stress the need for service change if the NHS is to be ...
The government’s health reforms propose radical changes to the structures and processes within the National Health Service (NHS) in England that have provoked unprecedented debate, protest and opposition. One of the core issues is how providers and commissioners of care will be held to account in the future if many ...
This study commissioned jointly by the Institute for Government and The King’s Fund, explores the fate of one of the central provisions of the Health and Social Care Act, NHS England, established as a statutorily independent board with the aim of distancing politicians from the day-to-day running of the NHS. ...
Our Quarterly Monitoring Report (QMR) reveals the views of NHS trust finance directors and clinical commissioning group finance leads on the productivity challenges they face, and examines some key NHS performance data. and This is the first digital edition of the Quarterly Monitoring Report (QMR). The new QMR still includes a shorter PDF of the headline findings this quarter, but also features digital versions of the survey results, interactive performance data charts and an infographic with the key findings for this quarter.
It is clear that the era of unprecedented investment in health care is over, and prospects for future funding now look bleak. But just how the NHS will respond to this is uncertain. To test how those in the system might respond, we used a behavioural simulation - Windmill 2009, ...
In July 2007 Professor Lord Ara Darzi, a surgeon and health minister, started a wide-ranging review of the NHS in England and the final report is due to be published before the 60th anniversary of the NHS on 5 July 2008. This briefing provides the background of the review and ...
This review assesses how far the investment and accompanying reforms since 1997 have transformed the NHS in England into a high-performing health system. The review focuses on England because health policy has now diverged from that in the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It has drawn on ...
This is the second digital edition of the Quarterly Monitoring Report (QMR). The new QMR still includes a shorter PDF of the headline findings this quarter, but also features digital versions of the survey results, interactive performance data charts and an infographic with the key findings for this quarter. and Our Quarterly Monitoring Report (QMR) reveals the views of NHS trust finance directors and clinical commissioning group finance leads on the productivity challenges they face, and examines some key NHS performance data.