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Homing in on improved care in the community

20 Sep 2012
Candace Imison
Following research into the use of emergency beds by over-65s, Candace Imison considers what can be done to realise the vision of ‘care closer to home’.

Dealing with financially unsustainable providers: how will the failure regime work?

19 Sep 2012
Tony Harrison, Anna Dixon
This paper explains why a failure regime is required in the NHS, outlines how the failure regime for NHS trusts (currently being applied in South London) works and how the failure regime for foundation trusts introduced by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 will work in future.

Is there equal pay in health care? Not if you are a doctor

19 Sep 2012
John Appleby
The gap may be closing between men and women's pay, but in medicine the gender divide persists. John Appleby explores this gap in an article for the BMJ.

Setting objectives for the NHS Commissioning Board

6 Sep 2012
Chris Ham, Anna Dixon

One of the principal aims of England’s Health and Social Care Act 2012 is to distance politicians from the day to day management of the NHS. This aim is being pursued by the creation of the NHS Commissioning Board, which will take responsibility for allocating resources to clinical commissioning groups and commissioning some services directly.

Fixing the broken system

6 Sep 2012
Chris Ham, Anna Dixon
Chris Ham and Anna Dixon put forward that case that urgent action is needed to change how health and social care are delivered.

We need policies on public health at the centre of government

4 Sep 2012
David Buck
David Buck discusses whether local authorities are well prepared to take on the burden of responsibility for local government.

Health inequalities: an Olympic-size challenge

23 Aug 2012
David Buck
The good news is that government interventions have had a positive impact on healthy living. The bad news is that they’re mainly helping the better-off.

Why is there variation in the NHS?

9 Aug 2012
Candace Imison
Candace Imison discusses why there is variation in the NHS at all – after being asked why the NHS can't be more like Pizza Express.

Moved to the point of tears

3 Aug 2012
Jocelyn Cornwell
Patients can become upset and treatment jeopardised when continuity of care is constantly broken in hospitals, as Jocelyn Cornwell explains.

What do NHS staff think about the NHS?

1 Aug 2012
John Appleby
The government put out some upbeat survey results about NHS staff attitudes towards the health service. But do the figures suggest growing pessimism for the future?

Joint health and wellbeing strategy guide

1 Aug 2012
Richard Humphries, David Buck, Melanie Henwood, Bob Hudson
The King's Fund has contributed to a series of products for health and wellbeing boards, including a strategy guide, self assessment toolkit and briefings.

Beyond inspections

26 Jul 2012
Anna Dixon
Is the health service burdened by the requirements of regulation?

Preparing for the Francis report: how to assure quality in the NHS

26 Jul 2012
Anna Dixon, Catherine Foot, Tony Harrison
With the Francis Inquiry report due in the autumn, we set out our views on how the system of quality assurance needs to evolve and how it should operate.

Commissioning top 10

23 Jul 2012
Chris Naylor
Chris Naylor summarises our ten priorities for commissioners, describing ten areas in which action will be needed to secure a sustainable health system.

Seeking answers to questions about the care system

19 Jul 2012
Richard Humphries
Richard Humphries discusses the government’s progress report on the funding of care and support.

No journey’s end for care funding

12 Jul 2012
Richard Humphries
In the absence of a clear framework for local authorities, NHS partners and private individuals to plan ahead, social care funding pressures will only get worse.

Nicholas Timmins: the aftermath of reform

12 Jul 2012
Nick Timmins
Nicholas Timmins speaks to the Halth Service Journal about his new book: Never Again? The story of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Best foot forward: improving NHS organisations' carbon footprint

12 Jul 2012
Chris Naylor
The NHS’s carbon footprint is massive, so what can be done to improve the environmental sustainability of health care, asks Chris Naylor.

UK healthcare: Poorly prescribed

11 Jul 2012
Nick Timmins
Implementation of reforms to the hallowed health service is likely to prove messy, says Nick Timmins in the Financial Times.

Using patient experience to redesign health care services

5 Jul 2012
Jocelyn Cornwell, Helen Baxter
These slides look at the definition of patient-centred care and the principles and practice of experience-based co-design (ebcd) in England.

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