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Leadership survey 2013

Informing our third leadership report, we surveyed NHS professionals to understand their views on the quality of patient care and leadership in delivering improvements.
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Patient-centred leadership: Rediscovering our purpose

Patient-centred leadership

Rediscovering our purpose
This report summarises the main findings of the Francis Inquiry into the failings of care at Mid Staffordshire in relation to NHS leadership and culture. It sets out what needs to be done to avoid similar failures in future.
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A short history of social care funding

This timeline shows developments in the social care funding system in England from 1996 to 2013.
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Richard Humphries

Beyond Dilnot: the need for wider reform

The new Care Bill is a breakthrough for social care funding, as for the first time, there will be a limit on how much people have to pay for their care. But there are still dangers in the proposed system.
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Briefing: The Care Bill: Second reading in the House of Lords

The King's Fund welcome the Care Bill as a significant stepping stone to wider reform of care and support and the new duties on local authorities to promote wellbeing.
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Paying for social care: Beyond Dilnot front cover

Paying for social care

Beyond Dilnot
Our new paper calls for health and social care services to be considered as a single system with a new framework being put in place for planning and cost-sharing.