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Hospitals: what do they do and how much does it cost?

14 Mar 2012
John Appleby
The question is not (and never has been) whether hospitals are needed but, rather, what types of hospital, how big, where located, doing what to whom, and how often?

Redesigning wards to support people with dementia in hospital

1 Mar 2012
Sarah Waller CBE
Sarah Waller describes how The King's Fund's EHE programme is bringing staff and patients together to create more inspiring and therapeutic environments.

Patient choice should not force commissioners away from competition

1 Mar 2012
Anna Dixon
A health care market where competition is heavily regulated threatens to restrict commissioners in their goal to secure quality, value for money services.

The other health story

1 Mar 2012
Anna Dixon
As opponents of the Health and Social Care Bill force delays to its timetable, Anna Dixon analyses some of the issues on the ground that should concern the public.

Taking up the Dorrell challenge

23 Feb 2012
John Appleby
There remains a worry that the government's efficiency drive is still focused on short-term savings that may not ultimately deliver the benefits to patients it claims.

John Appleby on risking failure

23 Feb 2012
John Appleby
John Appleby looks at what role trial and error will play in the new NHS in light of Tim Harford's book, Adapt.

The NHS bill is wrong to target managers for cuts

22 Feb 2012
Chris Ham
Chris Ham argues that the health service must retain experienced leaders able to work with doctors, nurses and other clinicians to provide the best possible care.

Why medical leaders need to be proactive in driving culture change

22 Feb 2012
Vijaya Nath, John Clark
Vijaya Nath and John Clark discuss the importance of doctors taking on leadership if improvements in access, quality, safety and productivity are to be realised.

The management of the NHS in England

8 Feb 2012
Chris Ham
Impassioned discussion about competition and new providers of care may make debate about managers unfashionable, but they are essential in a well run health service.

Four things you never knew about social care

3 Feb 2012
Richard Humphries
Richard Humphries discusses four things you may not know about England's social care system in his article for Age UK.

English NHS hospital activity: doing less (with less or the same)?

1 Feb 2012
John Appleby
John Appleby examines the numbers behind recent claims about activity in English hospitals.

A better dementia care environment

1 Feb 2012
Sarah Waller CBE
Sarah Waller looks at past and current work to improve the care environment for people living with dementia.

Reshaping commissioning

1 Feb 2012
Chris Naylor
With authorisation starting in October 2012, Chris Naylor asks how ready are the CCGs to take over the mantle of primary care commissioning.

Championing health and wellbeing

1 Feb 2012
Richard Humphries
Among the many hotly debated measures set out in the Health and Social Care Act one initiative remains uncontroversial: health and wellbeing boards.

A whole system approach to clinical commissioning

1 Feb 2012
GPs in Hertfordshire
We talked to some GPs about the challenges of leading change and our whole systems approach to help with clinical commissioning.

Macmillan Cancer Support: preparing for change

1 Feb 2012
Judy Taylor, Juliet Bouverie
We hear from Macmillan Cancer Support leaders and managers about the benefits of their commissioned programme from The King's Fund.

NHS overhaul would face slow burn

30 Jan 2012
Nick Timmins
Nicholas Timmins suggests that the evidence to date is that if there is going to be a revolution in the private provision of NHS care, it is going to be a slow one.

We need to move on from this polarised debate on the NHS bill

27 Jan 2012
Chris Ham
The time for grandstanding about the bill has passed. The challenge now is to carve out a path to implementing the reforms that brings about necessary improvements in patient care at a realistic pace.

Rooms for improvement

26 Jan 2012
Sarah Waller CBE, Claire Henry
The King's Fund's Sarah Waller and the National End of Life Care Programme's Claire Henry review the need for positive environments for end-of-life patients, carers and visitors.

A case in point

26 Jan 2012
Nick Goodwin
Nick Goodwin, Senior Fellow at The King's Fund, examines the importance of case management and its ability to deliver cost savings and better care.

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