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Consultation response: Liberating the NHS: an information revolution

14 Jan 2011
Our response to the Department of Health's public consultation on an Information Revolution, which forms part of our analysis of the health White Paper.

Estimate of future social care funding gap following the Spending Review

24 Nov 2010
Richard Humphries, John Appleby
Note prepared for the Health Select Committee Inquiry into public expenditure, giving an estimate of the future social care funding gap following the Spending Review 2010.

Parliamentary briefing: The impact of the Spending Review on the Department of Health

10 Nov 2010
Produced for the Westminster Hall Debate, this briefing considers the impact of the recent Spending Review on the Department of Health.

Submission to the Health Select Committee Inquiry into Commissioning

12 Oct 2010
Chris Naylor
Our evidence submission to the Health Select Committee Inquiry into Commissioning highlighted our concerns for the implementation of the suggested reforms and the lack of clinical expertise currently seen in commissioning.

Response to Liberating the NHS: local democratic legitimacy in health

11 Oct 2010
Find out why we are not convinced that the health and wellbeing boards will be effective in co-ordinating and integrating commissioning of health and social care services in our response to the consultation on local democratic legitimacy in health.

Consultation response: Transparency in outcomes: a framework for the NHS

11 Oct 2010
Response from The King's Fund to the consultation Transparency in outcomes: a framework for the NHS.

Response to Liberating the NHS: commissioning for patients

11 Oct 2010
This paper is a formal response to the Department of Health's public consultation on Commissioning for patients, that sets out information on the intended arrangements for GP commissioning and the NHS Commissioning Board's role in supporting consortia and holding them to account.

Response to Liberating the NHS: regulating health care providers

11 Oct 2010
This is part of our response to the government's consultation on the White Paper. It sets out our view on the need for regulation, the general scope and nature of that regulation and addresses the changes to the powers and freedoms proposed for NHS trusts.

Submission to the Health Select Committee into Public Expenditure

23 Sep 2010
Drawing on three recent publications, this submission focuses on the key issues identified in the preamble to the Inquiry's terms of reference.

The emergency budget: health and social care

20 Jun 2010
This briefing was released prior to the emergency budget on Tuesday 22 June 2010.

Consultation response: the framework for quality accounts

10 Dec 2009
This paper is a response to the Department of Health's consultation on the introduction of quality accounts.

Consultation response: The King's Fund response to the government's Green Paper Shaping the Future of Care together

13 Nov 2009
Read our response to the government's Green paper on funding social care in England.

Consultation response: Health Select Committee call for evidence in commissioning

1 Oct 2009
This paper is a response to the Health Select Committee's call for evidence in their inquiry into commissioning, which is often seen as the weakest link in the NHS.

Constitution response: Health Select Committee inquiry on NHS Next Stage review

15 Jul 2009
This paper responds to the NHS Next Stage review, which aims to improve the quality of care provided by the NHS.

Parliamentary briefing: the Health Bill second reading

2 Jun 2009
The King's Fund has produced this briefing ahead of the second reading of the Health Bill in the House of Commons.

Consultation response: Department of Health consultation on an NHS constitution

17 Oct 2008
This response welcomes plans for an NHS constitution as a potentially viable way of providing clarity on the purpose of the NHS.

Consultation response: Healthcare for London: A framework for action - NHS London consultation

20 Mar 2008
Response to the report published by NHS London, 'A Framework for Action'. The report sets out the need for a focus on individuals and localisation of services.

Consultation response: Department of Health consultation on options for the future of Payment by Results: 2008/9 to 2010/11

22 Jun 2007
This paper supports the challenges set out by the Department of Health for Payments by Results, but asks if its goals are likely to conflict in practice.

Consultation response: Department of Health consultation on the commissioning framework for health and wellbeing

29 May 2007
This paper responds to the Department of Health's consultation on the commissioning framework for health and wellbeing, which is part of wider reforms to change the role of primary care trusts (PCTs) from providers to commissioners.

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