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Consultation response: Improving dignity in care

3 Oct 2011
Joanna Goodrich
Joanna Goodrich submits our consultation on improving dignity in care to the Partnership on Dignity in Care (Age UK, NHS Confederation and Local Government Group).

Briefing: The Health and Social Care Bill report and third reading

5 Sep 2011
Despite recent amendments to the Bill, following the recommendations from the NHS Future Forum, we are still concerned that the scale of the structural changes set out in the Bill. In this briefing we set out our concerns.

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 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.

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.

Consultation response: NHS Litigation Authority's consultation on pilot maternity clinical risk management standards

7 Oct 2008
This consultation response focuses on the safety of intrapartum care and draws on the findings of a year-long inquiry into the safety of maternity services in England to make some recommendations.

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: the White Paper on care outside hospitals

7 Nov 2005
This paper responds to the government's White Paper that aims to redesign community health and social care services.