This report draws on recent research with vanguard sites in England, conducted in partnership with the Royal College of Psychiatrists. It finds that where new models of care have been used to remove the barriers between mental health and other parts of the health system, local professionals saw this as ...
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.
This report finds that access to and quality of care are both being affected in different ways across the NHS. While public attention tends to focus on high-profile examples of rationing such as restricting access to some types of treatment, the report warns that financial and other pressures are also ...
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 ...
Four years ago, we told the story of the quest for integrated health and social care in Canterbury, New Zealand. In this report, we revisit the experience in Canterbury and consider the lessons that the NHS can learn as it embarks on its own journey of transformation. Canterbury's progress in ...
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.