King's Fund publications
Our reports, papers and guides on policy and practice in health and social care are listed below.
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Understanding Doctors: Harnessing professionalism
Presents the views of doctors and other health professionals on the many challenges to their roles, the way they practise and the nature of their professionalism.
Authors: Ros Levenson, Steve Dewar, Susan ShepherdDate: May 2008 | Price: £10
Improving Environments for Care at End of Life
Shares the lessons from a pilot programme launched in 2006 to improve environments for care at end of life. Includes photographs and experience from the eight pilot sites.
Authors: Sarah Waller, Steve Dewar, Abigail Masterson, Hedley FinnDate: April 2008 | Price: £15
Improving Choice at End of Life
This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the impact and costs of new services as part of the Marie Curie Delivering Choice Programme, which was launched in 2004.
Authors: Rachael Addicott, Steve DewarDate: April 2008 | Price: £10
Should Primary Care Trusts be Made More Accountable?
Primary care trusts are in the main accountable to the centre, however there have been calls to review the current system. This paper discusses a range of opinions for reforming the relationships between PCTs and their public.
Authors: Ruth Thorlby, Richard Lewis, Jennifer DixonDate: April 2008 | Price: £8.50
Regulating Complementary Medical Practitioners
This report reviews the experiences of 16 countries in regards to the issue of regulating the practice, education, training and licensing of complementary medicine.
Author: Anna DixonDate: March 2008 | Price: £5.00
Safe Births: Everybody's business
How safe are maternity services in England? This report presents the findings of an independent inquiry into the safety of maternity services in England, offering a number of practical recommendations for change.
Author: Onora O'NeillDate: February 2008 | Price: £30.00
Governing the NHS: Alternatives to an independent board
Would an independent NHS board reduce micromanagement and day-to-day political interference in the running of the health service? This paper suggests limitations to this option and proposes several alternatives.
Authors: Anna Dixon, Arturo Alvarez-RoseteDate: January 2008 | Price: £8.50
The Future of Care Funding: Time for a change
Bringing together the findings from the Caring Choices events and website, this report looks at possible solutions to the problem of funding long-term care.
Author: Caring Choices coalitionDate: January 2008
Improving Chronic Disease Management
Taking case studies of chronic disease improvement programmes from England and the United States, this paper explores the issues surrounding chronic disease management and how to improve it.
Authors: Rebecca Rosen, Perviz Asaria, Anna DixonDate: November 2007 | Price: £5.00
Our Future Health Secured? A review of NHS funding and performance
Since the Wanless review of 2002, Securing our Future Health, NHS spending has increased by nearly 50 per cent. Our report looks at where that money has been spent, what it has achieved, whether government policy has promoted effective use of the resources, and what needs to happen next.
Authors: Sir Derek Wanless, John Appleby, Anthony Harrison, Darshan PatelDate: September 2007 | Price: £50.00
