Briefings and responses

The submission evaluated progress in meeting the so-called Nicholson Challenge and assessed the impact of wider financial pressures in health and care.

We welcomed the prospect of new legislation as an opportunity to establish a single modern statute and bank of statutory guidance. But we noted limits of what could be achieved through legislation alone - particularly in connection with the delivery of integrated care.

This document sets out our thoughts on the Department of Health’s consultation on the draft mandate for the National Health Service Commissioning Board.

In this briefing for the Debate in the House of Commons, we set out our thoughts on the future of social care, the Dilnot Commission and how the integration of health and social care could be implemented.

In this briefing for the Second Reading in the House of Lords we set out our views on suggested reforms from the Health and Social Care Bill, including regulation, choice of provider and clinical commissioning.

We welcomed the Health Select Committee's Inquiry into Public Expenditure in September 2011.

The current social care system is widely regarded as inadequate, unfair and unsustainable. The Dilnot Commission was established to help the government to deliver a fair, affordable and sustainable funding system for social care in England. In this briefing we reflect on the Dilnot Commission's findings.

This submission sets out our views on the key principles of the reforms under the Health Select Committee's core questions on public health.

We respond to the Department of Health's consultation on Liberating the NHS: Developing the healthcare workforce