HEALTH TOPIC

Primary care

Publications | News | Articles |

Current project

  • NHS reform in England
    Our programme of work puts the new NHS market under the microscope, examining incentives, commissioning, providers and regulation.

Publications

  • Shifting the Balance of Care to Local Settings
    How can the health and social care system best undertake the shift of care to local services? Based on a simulation event and subsequent discussions, this report identifies ways to encourage this shift.
    Date: June 2008
  • Under One Roof: Will polyclinics deliver integrated care?
    Drawing on published information and original research, this report asks whether the polyclinic model will improve the quality and accessibility of health care and deliver costs savings?
    Date: June 2008
  • Should Primary Care Trusts be Made More Accountable?
    Primary care trusts are in the main accountable to the centre, however there have been calls to review the current system. This paper discusses a range of opinions for reforming the relationships between PCTs and their public.
    Date: April 2008
| Other Primary care publications

News

| Other news

Articles

  • Nice details, shame about the bigger picture external site
    King's Fund's director of health policy responds to Lord Darzi's interim report, Our NHS, Our Future.
    Date: October 2007 Journal ref: The Guardian, 10 October 2007
  • Is it the end for district general hospitals? external site
    Will more care at home and new 'polyclinics' spell the end of district general hospitals? Patient benefit must drive services, says Ian Gilmore of the Royal College of Physicians, while the King's Fund's Anthony Harrison suggests local hospitals still have a place.
    Date: August 2007 Journal ref: Health Service Journal, 15 August 2007
  • Health for London: showing England the way? external site
    The King's Fund comments on the review Healthcare for London: a framework for action, concluding that if the review is to succeed where others have failed it must empower local commissioners and clinicians to use the incentives that have been built into the NHS.
    Date: July 2007 Journal ref: British Medical Journal 2007; 335 (7611): 108-109 (21 July 2007)
  • Is the British National Health Service equitable? The evidence on socioeconomic differences in utilization external site
    Anna Dixon, Julian Le Grand and colleagues review the recent research into how the NHS is used by different socioeconomic groups.
    Date: June 2007 Journal ref: Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, Volume 12, Number 2, April 2007, pp. 104-109(6)
  • So where are the alternative providers in primary care?
    A recent study by the King's Fund reveals that the volume of alternative types of provider in primary care remains small and the use of APMS contracts limited.
    Date: February 2007 Journal ref: 2007, vol 13, no 2, pp 43–46
| Other Primary care articles