Blog tagged as: NHS reform

10th May 2013
Vijaya Nath reflects on Don Berwick's lecture on clinical leadership and putting the patient at the heart of NHS services.
2nd May 2013
Candace Imison explores what we can learn from early experiments in using a failure regime in the NHS.
3rd April 2013
Are the public’s views about the NHS – in particular their satisfaction with the NHS – shaped, influenced or, in some way, linked to support for or identification with political parties?
1st April 2013 | Comments: 2
The NHS reforms in England will have major implications for all involved in the system, none more so than providers.
25th March 2013
The hard work and long hours put in by GPs and managers in setting up CCGs have, so far, paid off. All 211 CCGs have been authorised to take control of their commissioning budgets from the beginning of April.
21st March 2013 | Comments: 6
Should NHS leaders be more like Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg or Nigel Farage, Leader of the UK Independence Party?
20th March 2013 | Comments: 3
As implementation of the government’s controversial health reforms draws near, Richard Humphries looks at how health and wellbeing boards are shaping up.
14th February 2013 | Comments: 5
While long-term trends in delayed transfers of care might be reducing, our latest quarterly monitoring report revealed some concerns from NHS finance directors. James Thompson explores the figures in his blog.
25th January 2013 | Comments: 2
Andy Burnham’s speech to launch Labour’s health and care policy review was strong on principles but left many questions unanswered.
18th January 2013
Nigel Edwards concludes our look at the relocation of care, considering whether shifting care closer to home is always the best solution.
8th January 2013 | Comments: 2
The NHS Commissioning Board has issued its ‘planning guidance’ to the 211 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) that are to take control of local budgets from April. So what message does it send to CCGs?
3rd January 2013 | Comments: 3
It will be increasingly impossible to duck the big questions about what kind of health and care system we are willing to fund, how this can be achieved and where the money comes from.
18th December 2012 | Comments: 1
In the past few days, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have come several steps closer to taking control of £65 billion of NHS spending.
4th December 2012 | Comments: 1
The NHS Commissioning Board, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and providers need to be held to account, with plaudits if they excel, and consequences if they fall short of expected standards.
28th November 2012 | Comments: 2
Having spent the first half of the Parliament legislating for radical changes to the organisation of the NHS, the government now needs to focus on the mundane but much more important challenge of implementing and executing the service changes on which its record will ultimately depend.
21st November 2012 | Comments: 1
The government has announced that the Public Health Sub-Committee is being done away with. But did it have the potential to challenge the rest of Whitehall on the public health impacts of their policies?
20th November 2012 | Comments: 3
Following a recent roundtable discussion with Norman Lamb MP, Chris Ham looks at the key priorities needed to make integrated care a reality.
15th November 2012
Time to Think Differently is our new programme of work aimed at stimulating debate about the changes needed for the NHS and social care to meet the challenges of the future.
7th November 2012 | Comments: 6
Clinically effective care and good patient experience are universally recognised as key elements of health care quality. But does one always go hand in hand with the other?
19th October 2012 | Comments: 10
What can we learn from service redesign in London? Chris Ham reflects on themes from our conference on progressing health care in the capital.

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