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Author:: Naylor, Chris, Charles, Anna, Taggart, Holly, and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2017
Abstract:: 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 ...

Author:: Dixon, Anna, Ham, Chris, South, Patrick, Imison, Candace, Goodwin, Nick, and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: Written as a contribution to the government's current listening exercise, this paper sets out the challenges facing the NHS and identifies the reforms we believe are needed to meet these challenges. We offer suggestions for revisions to the current Health & Social Care Bill and future policy development but we ...

Author:: Sheil, Fiona, Curry, Natasha, Weaks, Lisa, Mundle, Claire, and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: The government’s proposed reforms to the health and social care system include clear aspirations for the voluntary and community sector as a provider of health services, a source of support for commissioning and a partner in tackling health inequalities. However, the reforms also present a number of challenges and risks. ...

Author:: Gao, Haiyan, Raleigh, Veena, Frosini, Francesca, Appleby, John, Lyscom, Tom, Bevan, Gwyn, and The King's Fund
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. ...

Author:: 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 ...

Author:: Curry, Natasha, Cowie, Luke, Nelson, Pauline, Sadler, Euan, Bewley, Susan, Cooper, Chris, Bourgeault, Ivy, Rudisill, Caroline, Homer, Caroline, The King's Fund, and Sandall, Jane
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: Maternity services – in common with the rest of the NHS – need to focus on new ways of working to maintain and increase levels of safety and quality of care within the resources available. There are particular pressures on maternity services because of the rise in birth rates and ...

Author:: Addicott, Rachael and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: The coalition government wants to encourage health care providers to consider employee ownership, and the development of mutuals, with the aim of creating ‘the largest and most vibrant social enterprise sector in the world’ (Department of Health 2010a, p 36). These plans are part of a broader programme of public ...

Author:: Humphries, Richard and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: The impact of funding cuts to the NHS has been widely reported and discussed, but less attention has been given to social care – and, most importantly, to the inter-relationships of health and social care. Social care funding has increased in real terms for the past decade, but there has ...

Author:: Foot, Catherine, Naylor, Chris, Maybin, Jo, The King's Fund, and Sonola, Lara
Publication date:: 2012
Abstract:: First introduced into health care in the 1980s in the United States, and later developed and championed by Monitor in England as part of its function to support good financial and performance governance in foundation trusts, service-line reporting (SLR) and service-line management (SLM) are one approach to informed clinical leadership ...

Author:: Humphries, Richard, Harvey, Sarah, McMahon, Laurie, and The King's Fund
Publication date:: 2011
Abstract:: The health and social care system is currently tackling three inter-related challenges: coping with rising demand and reduced funding; handling NHS restructuring; and transforming social care. How can these challenges be seen as an opportunity to achieve fundamental change to the system? The Routes project, a simulation exercise created by ... and The Routes project was commissioned by The King’s Fund in partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Social Care Institute for Excellence, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and the Local Government Association.

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