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Our projects combine original research with objective analysis to influence health and social care policy, support managers in health care and generate informed debate.

A review of leadership in the NHS

This year's leadership review examined the concept of leadership for engagement in health care, promoting engagement within teams, organisations and across the system to drive improvement.

British Social Attitudes survey 2012: public satisfaction with the NHS and its services

Topline results and satisfaction trends relating to the NHS from the British Social Attitudes survey 2012.

Clinicians' use of cost and quality information: the role of service-line management

This project looks at how clinicians, working alongside general management and finance colleagues, use data on cost and quality to help them to manage their services.

Co-ordinated care for people with complex chronic conditions

This project involves an in-depth examination of approaches to care co-ordination undertaken in primary care settings in different parts of the UK.

Enhancing the Healing Environment

The Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE) programme encourages and enables nurse-led teams to work in partnership with patients to improve the environment in which they deliver care.

Environmental sustainability in health and social care

We worked with the NHS Sustainable Development Unit to establish what evidence is needed to support health and social care services to become more environmentally sustainable.

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

The King's Fund is working with the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies to take on the role as national lead institute for England.

GSK IMPACT Awards

The GSK IMPACT Awards are designed to recognise and reward charities that are doing excellent work to improve people's health in the UK.

Health and wellbeing boards: making them work

This project worked with two local authorities and their health partners to gain insight into how they are implementing health and wellbeing boards in the context of the NHS reforms.

Learning from other health systems

As part of our work to improve health care in England, we also look to learn from international evidence. Here is a selection of our internationally focused work, plus links to resources.

Making integrated care a reality

The King's Fund and Nuffield Trust were asked by the Department of Health to support the development of a national strategy for the promotion of integrated care.

Mental health and long-term conditions: the cost of co-morbidity

We are working with partners to review the research evidence on the extent of co-morbidities and their impact on the quality and cost of care.

Patient and Family-centred Care

Breaking new ground in improving the experience of hospital care for patients and their families, and the working lives of staff.

Quarterly monitoring report

Our quarterly monitoring report examines the views of finance directors on the productivity challenges they face, as well as some key NHS performance data.

Safer Births project

The Safer Births programme enabled frontline professionals working in maternity units to improve the safety of the services they deliver to women and their babies.

Schwartz Center Rounds®

Schwartz Center Rounds® provide a monthly, one-hour session for staff from all disciplines to discuss difficult emotional and social issues arising from patient care.

The evolution of clinical commissioning: learning from local experience

We are working with the Nuffield Trust to understand the development of CCGs and the challenges they face. We will be following the evolution of clinical commissioning in six case study sites.

The Francis Inquiry report

Following the publication of the Francis Inquiry report, we consider the factors that characterise high-quality care, while a number of experts from The King's Fund have considered what the report will mean for the NHS.

Time to Think Differently

It is time to think differently about health and social care. We will be looking at the medium-to longer-term drivers of change, assessing the long-term funding requirements and exploring different models of care to help to deliver the transformation in services needed.

Vision for volunteering in health

This project looks at the role, size, scope and value of volunteering in the health and social care sector, and at how the health reforms will impact on volunteering.