Blog tagged as: NHS reform
Using a personal experience of emergency surgery, Candace Imison makes the case for hospital reconfiguration in her blog.
Richard Humphries asks whether the political momentum can be found to carry through Dilnot's suggestions for social care funding in England.
Anna Dixon asks what lessons should the coalition government learn from New Labour's NHS reforms?
Chris Ham argues that as the NHS is facing growing demands from an ageing population, clinicians and organisations must work together to meet the needs of patients.
Chris Ham examines how to reconfigure hospital services to improve the quality and safety of health care.
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Sarah Jonas asks what effect will large scale cuts to local authority social care budgets have on child and adolescent mental health services.
Early indications show that while waiting times are still historically low, they are beginning to increase under the coalition government.
David Buck argues that the real question about NHS funding lies not in whether it increases, but in how it is allocated.
Will amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill affecting the role of the Co-operation and Competition Panel and Monitor truly affect competition in the NHS?
Rachael Addicott asks if social enterprises will be able to compete with the big players in health care in her blog.
At this time of tight budgets and organisational restructure, Al Mulley, our International Fellow, explores the implications of practice variation for the NHS.
The recent public health Command Paper, Healthy lives, healthy people: Update & way forward, was underwhelming in its recommendations, according to David Buck.
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According to The Future Forum, integrated care is integral to the future delivery of health and social care. Nick Goodwin asks if we know what this truly means.
While David Cameron announced public services reform, Anna Dixon says the real challenge is translating them into practice in a service as diverse as the NHS.
John Appleby champions the need to keep improving NHS productivity, even if we decide to spend more on health care in his blog.
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Chris Naylor asks if the NHS Commissioning Board will succeed in liberating NHS workers or is it simply reinventing existing structures.
The new-look Health and Social Care Bill: what are the next steps for clinical commissioning groups?
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Paul Zollinger-Read asks if the pause in the Health and Social Care Bill is welcomed by clinical commissioning groups or do they want to get on with the NHS reforms?
Will the health reforms and the formation of Public Health England help to address health inequalities in England? David Buck investigates in our blog.
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With announced revisions of the NHS reforms, hospital doctors are being given an opportunity to become involved in clinical commissioning.
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Richard Humphries asks, when it comes to health and social care reforms, can a simulation exercise help us deal with the challenges we might face?