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Schöpfer:: Rosen, Rebecca, Dixon, Anna, Dixon, Jennifer, Perry, Claire, Smith, Judith, Goodwin, Nick, Davies, Alisha, The King's Fund, Nuffield Trust, and Ham, Chris
Publication date:: 2012
Abstract:: This paper has been written as a contribution to the work of the NHS Future Forum and in support of the government’s espoused aim of placing integrated care at the heart of the programme of NHS reform. Integrated care is essential to meet the needs of the ageing population, transform ...

Schöpfer:: Lewis, Richard, Dixon, Jennifer, Thorlby, Ruth, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 2008
Abstract:: Local accountability has been a significant policy issue within the NHS generally. However, primary care trusts are in the main accountable to the centre and there have been calls to review this. This paper discusses a range of options for reforming the relationships between PCTs and their public. It explores ...

Schöpfer:: Lewis, Richard, Rosen, Rebecca, Finlayson, Belinda, Dixon, Jennifer, King's Fund, and Gray, Diane
Publication date:: 2004
Abstract:: Chronic medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes, heart failure and hypertension affect large numbers of people, including patients, carers, families and friends. As the population in England ages, growing numbers of patients will need help with managing complex, multiple conditions over sustained periods. Apart from the burden of ill-health, treating ...

Schöpfer:: Dixon, Jennifer and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2005
Abstract:: Reforms of the NHS are changing the role of the state in the provision of health care. Competition within the NHS (and with private providers) and the introduction of foundation trusts change the way in which providers should be regulated. This paper explores the impact of market incentives in the ...

Schöpfer:: Lewis, Richard, Dixon, Jennifer, and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2005
Abstract:: Despite initially rejecting the notion of an internal NHS market when it came to power in 1997, the Labour government has reintroduced competition to health services over the last three years. But, as it is the product of a series of separate policy developments, including extending choice of provider, expanding ...

Schöpfer:: Dixon, Jennifer, Damiani, Michael, and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2002
Abstract:: This is a summary of a report on emergency hospital admissions in London, funded by the former London Regional Office of the NHS Executive. It examines the nature of emergency admissions in London, pointing out that the main peaks in demand appear to be due to respiratory disease during the ...

Schöpfer:: Lewis, Richard, Rosen, Rebecca, Finlayson, Belinda, Dixon, Jennifer, King's Fund, and Gray, Diane
Publication date:: 2004
Abstract:: Chronic medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes, heart failure and hypertension affect large numbers of people, including patients, carers, families and friends. As the population in England ages, growing numbers of patients will need help with managing complex, multiple conditions over sustained periods. Apart from the burden of ill-health, treating ...

Schöpfer:: Berwick, Don, Ham, Chris, The King's Fund, and Dixon, Jennifer
Publication date:: 2016
Abstract:: This paper argues that the NHS in England cannot meet the health care needs of the population without a sustained and comprehensive commitment to quality improvement as its principal strategy. Despite a succession of well-meaning policy initiatives over the past two decades, the paper argues that the NHS in England ...

Schöpfer:: Lewis, Richard, Dixon, Jennifer, and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2005
Abstract:: Primary care has been the subject of a quiet revolution in recent years, with the ending of the monopoly of provision by independently contracted GPs and the introduction of a range of new targets and new forms of first contact care. Now it is poised for further radical change with ...

Schöpfer:: Lewis, Richard, Gillam, Stephen, Dixon, Jennifer, and King's Fund
Publication date:: 2003
Abstract:: Primary care trusts (PCTs) are struggling to deliver the demanding modernisation agenda set for them by ministers. In consequence, two new policy themes - stronger market incentives and the decentralisation of budgetary power - have been introduced to strengthen the commissioning role of PCTs. This discussion paper looks at how ...

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