Index Catalog // The King's Fund Digital Archive

How is the NHS performing? : quarterly monitoring report July 2014.

Author:: The King's Fund, Jabbal, Joni, Thompson, James, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2014
Abstract:: 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.

Celebrating the NHS at 60.

Author:: The King's Fund, Appleby, John, and Thorlby, Ruth
Publication date:: 2008
Abstract:: In 2008 the NHS celebrates its 60th birthday. This briefing looks at key health care issues over the last 60 years and forward to its 120th birthday. [Introduction]

How cold will it be? : prospects for NHS funding 2011 - 2017.

Author:: The King's Fund, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Appleby, John, Crawford, Rowena, and Emmerson, Carl
Publication date:: 2009
Abstract:: NHS spending in England may have more than doubled in real terms since 1999/2000, but the prospects for future funding now look bleak. Although there is consensus that the NHS faces a tough financial future, there is no agreement about just how cold the financial climate will be. Starting with ...

Patient choice : how patients choose and how providers respond.

Author:: Burge, Peter, The King's Fund, Office of Health Economics, Devlin, Nancy, Dixon, Anna, Magee, Helen, Appleby, John, Robertson, Ruth, RAND Europe, and Picker Institute Europe
Publication date:: 2010
Abstract:: The policy of offering patients a choice in where they receive hospital treatment was intended to create competition between providers, encouraging efficiency and responsiveness to patients’ preferences and ultimately to drive up the quality of care. So has the policy met those aims? Since January 2006, patients requiring a referral ...

How is the NHS performing? : quarterly monitoring report April 2014.

Author:: The King's Fund, Humphries, Richard, Jabbal, Joni, Thompson, James, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2014
Abstract:: 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.

Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2017 : results and trends from the British Social Attitudes survey.

Author:: The King's Fund, Evans, Harry, Nuffield Trust, Appleby, John, and Robertson, Ruth
Publication date:: 2018
Abstract:: Since 1983, NatCen Social Research’s British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey has asked members of the public about their views on, and feelings towards, the NHS and health and care issues generally. The latest survey was carried out between July and October 2017 and asked a nationally representative sample of 3,004 ...

Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2018 : results from the British Social Attitudes survey.

Author:: The King's Fund, Evans, Harry, Hemmings, Nina, Nuffield Trust, Appleby, John, and Robertson, Ruth
Publication date:: 2019
Abstract:: This report shows that public satisfaction with the NHS overall continued to fall in 2018. The four main reasons people gave for being satisfied with the NHS overall were: the quality of care; the fact that the NHS is free at the point of use; the range of services and ...

Public satisfaction with the NHS in 2015 : results and trends from the British Social Attitudes survey.

Author:: The King's Fund, Appleby, John, and Robertson, Ruth
Publication date:: 2016
Abstract:: Since 1983, NatCen Social Research’s British Social Attitudes survey has asked members of the public about their views on, and feelings towards, the NHS and health and care issues generally. The latest survey was carried out between July and October 2015 and asked a nationally representative sample of more than ...

Explaining variations in primary care trusts’ spending on cancer services.

Author:: Smith, Alex, Foot, Catherine, Harrison, Tony, Appleby, John, Gilmour, Stuart, and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: Given the wide and persistent variation in spending on cancer services, this project aimed to identify and quantify sources of variation in primary care trust (PCT) cancer spending and provide PCTs and cancer networks with a systematic way of framing decisions about the appropriate share of their total budgets to ...

A rapid view of access to care.

Author:: Boyle, Seán, Harrison, Anthony, The King's Fund, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2010
Abstract:: A range of factors contribute to whether patients feel they have good access to general practice care, including practice location, opening times, ease of arranging appointments, and speed of access. Performance by access criteria is now part of the quality-monitoring system for general practice. But patients still complain of trade-offs, ... and This paper was commissioned by The King's Fund to inform the Inquiry into the Quality of General Practice in England. The views expressed are those of the authors and not of the panel.

Better value in the NHS : the role of changes in clinical practice.

Author:: Alderwick, Hugh, The King's Fund, Dunn, Phoebe, Maguire, David, Appleby, John, and Robertson, Ruth
Publication date:: 2015
Abstract:: This report looks back at past trends in NHS productivity to help us to understand how this has been done in the past and also identifies a number of opportunities for the future. The authors consider three areas - generic prescribing, length of stay and day case surgery – in ...

Health policy priorities for a new parliament.

Author:: All Party Parliamentary Health Group, The King's Fund, Oliver, David, Appleby, John, and Ham, Chris
Publication date:: 2015
Abstract:: This collection of essays, published jointly by the All-Party Parliamentary Health Group (APHG) and The King’s Fund, maps out health priorities for the next parliament, as seen from the perspective of key stakeholders in the world of health.

How is the NHS performing? : quarterly monitoring report September 2012.

Author:: Galea, Amy, The King's Fund, Thompson, James, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2012
Abstract:: The King’s Fund published its first Quarterly Monitoring Report in April 2011 as part of its work to track, analyse and comment on the changes and challenges the NHS is facing. This is the sixth report and aims to take stock of what is happening on the ground, 18 months ...

Improving NHS productivity : more with the same not more of the same.

Author:: Imison, Candace, The King's Fund, Jennings, Mark, Appleby, John, and Ham, Chris
Publication date:: 2010
Abstract:: Although the coalition government has pledged to protect funding for the NHS, the pressures to meet rising demand will put a strain on spending. Building on a previous analysis produced in association with the Institute for Fiscal Studies, this paper examines the gap between the likely available funding and the ...

Payment by Results : how can payment systems help to deliver better care?

Author:: The King's Fund, Harrison, Tony, Dixon, Anna, Appleby, John, and Hawkins, Loraine
Publication date:: 2012
Abstract:: Based on a review of the English NHS experience of Payment by Results (PbR) and international experience of similar, activity-based payment systems, this report identifies five general lessons about payment systems, draws some conclusions about whether our current Payment by Results system is fit for purpose in view of current ...

How is the health and social care system performing? : quarterly monitoring report September 2013.

Author:: Galea, Amy, The King's Fund, Humphries, Richard, Jabbal, Joni, Thompson, James, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2013
Abstract:: The King’s Fund published its first Quarterly Monitoring Report in April 2011 as part of its work to track, analyse and comment on the changes and challenges the health and care system is facing. This is the ninth report and aims to take stock of what has happened over the ...

How is the health and social care system performing? : quarterly monitoring report February 2013.

Author:: Galea, Amy, The King's Fund, Humphries, Richard, Thompson, James, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2013
Abstract:: The King’s Fund published its first Quarterly Monitoring Report in April 2011 as part of its work to track, analyse and comment on the changes and challenges the health and care system is facing. This is the seventh report and provides an update on how the NHS is coping as ...

How is the health and social care system performing? : quarterly monitoring report January 2014.

Author:: The King's Fund, Humphries, Richard, Jabbal, Joni, Thompson, James, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2014
Abstract:: The King’s Fund published its first Quarterly monitoring report in April 2011 as part of its work to track, analyse and comment on the changes and challenges the health and social care system is facing. This is the 10th report and aims to take stock of what has happened over ...

How is the health and social care system performing? : quarterly monitoring report June 2013.

Author:: Galea, Amy, The King's Fund, Mundle, Claire, Humphries, Richard, Thompson, James, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2013
Abstract:: This new analysis of data for the final quarter of 2012/13 shows that nearly six per cent of patients waited four hours or longer in A&E departments, the highest level since 2004. It shows that 313,000 patients (5.9 per cent) spent four hours or more in A&E in the period ...

How is the NHS performing? : quarterly monitoring report May 2012.

Author:: Galea, Amy, The King's Fund, Thompson, James, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2012
Abstract:: As part of our work tracking, analysing and commentating on the changes and challenges facing the NHS, The King’s Fund published its first Quarterly Monitoring Report in April 2011. Just over a year on, this fifth report aims to take stock of what has happened over the past year – ...

Spending on health care : how much is enough?

Author:: Harrison, Anthony, The King's Fund, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2006
Abstract:: Investment in the NHS has increased significantly under the Blair government. Spending will soon reach the EU average, but when we catch up with our European neighbours, what then? Assuming that pressures to spend more will continue, but that marginal health returns on extra investment are likely to diminish, this ...

Spending on health and social care over the next 50 years : why think long term?

Author:: The King's Fund and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2013
Abstract:: In the past 50 years, spending on the NHS in the United Kingdom has increased from 3.4 per cent to 8.2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). If the next 50 years follow the same trajectory, the United Kingdom could be spending nearly one-fifth of its entire GDP on ...

Sustainable health and social care : connecting environmental and financial performance.

Author:: The King's Fund, Naylor, Chris, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2012
Abstract:: This report is based on a literature review and stakeholder consultation carried out by The King’s Fund on behalf of the National Institute for Health Research and the Social Care Institute for Excellence. The report provides an overview of current knowledge about the environmental impacts of health and social care ...

The NHS productivity challenge : experience from the front line.

Author:: Galea, Amy, The King's Fund, Appleby, John, and Murray, Richard
Publication date:: 2014
Abstract:: The unprecedented slowdown in the growth of NHS funding in England since 2010 has meant that the NHS has had to pursue the most ambitious programme of productivity improvement since its foundation in order to close the gap between need and available funding. This report describes how six trusts have been ...

The NHS under the coalition government.

Author:: Baird, Beccy, The King's Fund, Jabbal, Joni, Thompson, James, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2015
Abstract:: This report, the second part of 'The NHS under the coalition government', looks at how well the NHS has performed under the coalition government. The report acknowledges that assessing the performance of any health service is an inexact science for many reasons, but using routinely available data, the report creates ...

Where's the money going?

Author:: The King's Fund and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2006
Abstract:: In March 2005, the King's Fund published An Independent Audit of the NHS under Labour (1997-2005), which included an analysis of where extra NHS funding had been spent. This briefing provides an update to the question "where's the money going?" It analyses new data recently released by the Department of ...

How is the NHS performing? : quarterly monitoring report April 2011.

Author:: Poteliakhoff, Emmi, The King's Fund, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: Over the next few years the NHS faces two unprecedented challenges: coping with the tightest funding settlement for decades and implementing top-to-bottom reforms of the system. The broad goal of both the productivity and reform challenges is to improve NHS performance and hence the quality of patient care. But both ...

How is the NHS performing? : quarterly monitoring report July 2011.

Author:: Poteliakhoff, Emmi, The King's Fund, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2011.
Abstract:: Many NHS hospitals will struggle to deliver productivity improvements essential to maintaining quality and avoiding significant cuts to services, according to our latest quarterly monitoring report. This is the second quarterly monitoring report produced by the Fund as we aim to provide a regular update on how the NHS is ...

How is the NHS performing? : quarterly monitoring report October 2011.

Author:: Galea, Amy, The King's Fund, Thompson, James, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: As part of its work on the pressures faced by the NHS, The King’s Fund published its first Quarterly Monitoring Report in April this year. This is the third report and it aims to provide a regular update on how the NHS is coping as it tackles the evolving reform ...

How is the NHS performing? : quarterly monitoring report January 2012.

Author:: Galea, Amy, The King's Fund, Thompson, James, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2012
Abstract:: As part of its work looking at the pressures being faced by the NHS, The King’s Fund published its first Quarterly Monitoring Report in April 2011. This is the fourth report, and it aims to provide a real-time update on how the NHS is coping as it tackles the evolving ...

Variations in health care : the good, the bad and the inexplicable

Author:: Frosini, Francesca, The King's Fund, Lyscom, Tom, Gao, Haiyan, Raleigh, Veena, Appleby, John, and Bevan, Gwyn
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: Variations in health care in the NHS are a persistent and ubiquitous problem. But which variations are acceptable or warranted – for example, variations driven by clinical need and informed patient choice – and which are not? The important question is how to promote ‘good’ variation and minimise ‘bad’ variation. ...

Getting the most out of PROMs : putting health outcomes at the heart of NHS decision-making.

Author:: Devlin, Nancy J., The King's Fund, and Appleby, John
Publication date:: 2010
Abstract:: The aim of this report is to provoke and encourage thinking about the wide range of ways in which patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) data can be used to inform decisions. It draws on Bupa’s example to discuss how providers can use PROMs data to improve clinical performance. It also offers ...

How is the NHS performing? : quarterly monitoring report July 2014.

Celebrating the NHS at 60.

How cold will it be? : prospects for NHS funding 2011 - 2017.

Patient choice : how patients choose and how providers respond.

How is the NHS performing? : quarterly monitoring report April 2014.

Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2017 : results and trends from the British Social Attitudes survey.

Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2018 : results from the British Social Attitudes survey.

Public satisfaction with the NHS in 2015 : results and trends from the British Social Attitudes survey.

Explaining variations in primary care trusts’ spending on cancer services.

A rapid view of access to care.

Better value in the NHS : the role of changes in clinical practice.

Health policy priorities for a new parliament.

How is the NHS performing? : quarterly monitoring report September 2012.

Improving NHS productivity : more with the same not more of the same.

Payment by Results : how can payment systems help to deliver better care?

How is the health and social care system performing? : quarterly monitoring report September 2013.

How is the health and social care system performing? : quarterly monitoring report February 2013.

How is the health and social care system performing? : quarterly monitoring report January 2014.

How is the health and social care system performing? : quarterly monitoring report June 2013.

How is the NHS performing? : quarterly monitoring report May 2012.

Spending on health care : how much is enough?

Spending on health and social care over the next 50 years : why think long term?

Sustainable health and social care : connecting environmental and financial performance.

The NHS productivity challenge : experience from the front line.

The NHS under the coalition government.

Where's the money going?

How is the NHS performing? : quarterly monitoring report April 2011.

How is the NHS performing? : quarterly monitoring report July 2011.

How is the NHS performing? : quarterly monitoring report October 2011.

How is the NHS performing? : quarterly monitoring report January 2012.

Variations in health care : the good, the bad and the inexplicable

Getting the most out of PROMs : putting health outcomes at the heart of NHS decision-making.

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