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Our submission to the call for evidence on the future funding of care and support

28 Jan 2011
We give our response to the Dilnot Commission's call for evidence on social care funding.

Briefing: The Health and Social Care Bill - summary

18 Jan 2011
This briefing offers a summary of The King's Fund's views on the Health and Social Care Bill.

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.

Consultation response: Liberating the NHS: greater choice and control

14 Jan 2011
The King's Fund response to the Department of Health's public consultation on Greater Choice and Control - this is part of our work on 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: 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.

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.

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: potential new indicators for Quality and Outcomes Framework

11 Apr 2010
The King's Fund response to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence consultation: Potential new indicators for Quality and Outcomes Framework.

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.

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.

Parliamentary briefing: Forthcoming Green Paper on funding social care in England

1 May 2009
This briefing from The King's Fund looks ahead to the Green Paper on social care, expected in June, and sets out the key tests that any new settlement will need to meet.

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