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Front cover of The care of frail older people with complex needs: time for a revolution

The care of frail older people with complex needs: time for a revolution

The Sir Roger Bannister Health Summit, Leeds Castle
27 Mar 2012
Jocelyn Cornwell
This paper summarises discussions from the Sir Roger Bannister Health Summit, held at Leeds Castle, which looked at the challenges of caring for frail older people.
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Sustainable health and social care

Connecting environmental and financial performance
22 Mar 2012
Chris Naylor, John Appleby
Our sustainable health and social care paper considers the environmental impact of the NHS, and looks at ways to change health and social care processes to become more environmentally sustainable.
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Long-term conditions and mental health

The cost of co-morbidities
9 Feb 2012
Chris Naylor, Amy Galea, Michael Parsonage, David McDaid, Martin Knapp, Matt Fossey
Our report, published jointly with Centre for Mental Health, reviews the evidence on the interaction between mental health and long-term physical health conditions and offers examples of innovative practice to combat the problems associated with co-existing conditions.
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How is the NHS performing? January 2012

Quarterly monitoring report
28 Jan 2012
John Appleby, James Thompson, Amy Galea
This is the fourth quarterly monitoring report produced by the Fund as we aim to provide a regular update on how the NHS is coping as it grapples with the evolving reform agenda as well as the more significant challenge of making radical improvements in productivity.
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Service-line management

Can it improve quality and efficiency?
26 Jan 2012
Catherine Foot, Lara Sonola, Jo Maybin, Chris Naylor
How successfully are trusts implementing service-line management? This paper considers what helps and what hinders this way of working and the potential benefits of using this approach.
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Integrated care for patients and populations: Improving outcomes by working together

A report to the Department of Health and the NHS Future Forum
5 Jan 2012
Nick Goodwin, Claire Perry, Anna Dixon, Chris Ham, Judith Smith, Alisha Davies, Rebecca Rosen, Jennifer Dixon
This report from The King's Fund and Nuffield Trust is intended to support the Department of Health's development of a national strategy on integrated health and social care.
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Data briefing: Emergency bed use

What the numbers tell us
22 Dec 2011
James Thompson, Emmi Poteliakhoff
Our data briefing looks at the trends emerging in emergency admissions and hospital bed use in the NHS. What do the numbers tell us?
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Improving health and health care in London

Who will take the lead?
13 Dec 2011
John Appleby, Chris Ham, Candace Imison, Tony Harrison, Beccy Ashton, James Thompson, Sean Boyle
This report highlights the particular challenges that health care organisations in London face and suggests ways to facilitate appropriate service change.
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Good governance for clinical commissioning groups: an introductory guide

9 Dec 2011
Candace Imison, Beccy Ashton, Katy Steward, Andrew Willis
Written for the NAPC and KPMG, this introductory guide to good governance for clinical commissioning groups aims to help them take their first steps towards authorisation.
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Case management

What it is and how it can best be implemented
17 Nov 2011
Nick Goodwin, Shilpa Ross, Natasha Curry
This paper looks at the core components of a successful case management programme and considers how it can be used to deliver high-quality integrated care.
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Economic regulation in health care

What can we learn from other regulators?
3 Nov 2011
Anna Dixon, Tony Harrison, Claire Mundle
With the government looking to extend Monitor's powers to act as a regulator for the health care sector, this paper looks at the lessons that can be learned from economic regulation in health care in other countries and from regulation of other market sectors in the UK.
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How is the NHS performing? October 2011

Quarterly monitoring report
14 Oct 2011
John Appleby, James Thompson, Amy Galea
Our third quarterly monitoring report provides a regular update on how the NHS is coping as it grapples with the evolving reform agenda as well as the more significant challenge of making radical improvements in productivity.
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Issues facing commissioners of end-of-life care

29 Sep 2011
Rachael Addicott, Jenny Hiley
This paper, authored by Rachael Addicott and Jenny Hiley, highlights the current barriers to commissioning personalised, integrated services for end of life.
Social care and clinical commissioning for people with long-term conditions | by Richard Humphries, Lisa Bostock

Social care and clinical commissioning for people with long-term conditions

22 Sep 2011
Richard Humphries, Lisa Bostock
Written by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) in conjunction with The King's Fund, this short briefing asks how can clinical commissioners secure best use of social care to maximise outcomes and improve patient experience, while ensuring efficient, affordable care into the future?
Publication:  SCIE
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Integrated care summary: What is it? Does it work? What does it mean for the NHS?

22 Sep 2011
Chris Ham
Chris Ham summarises the different forms of integrated care and their impact so far on the NHS. Based on our 2010 review (Ham and Curry), it has been prepared in the light of the increased interest in integrated care arising out of the work of the NHS Future Forum and the government's response.
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Understanding New Labour's market reforms of the English NHS

13 Sep 2011
Anna Dixon, Nicholas Mays, Lorelei Jones
Understanding New Labour's Market Reforms of the English NHS, a new book from The King's Fund, asks what lessons can be learned for current and future reforms?
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Briefing: Reconfiguring hospital services

6 Sep 2011
Candace Imison
The King's Fund's briefing on reconfiguration calls for radical changes to streamline the process for reorganising hospital services and to prevent politicians from blocking essential changes that would improve the quality and safety of NHS care.
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Environments for care at the end of life

The King's Fund's Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme 2008-2010
18 Aug 2011
Sarah Waller CBE, Hedley Finn
Describing projects in 19 NHS trusts and one HM prison that took part in schemes to improve the environment of care at the end of life, this publication celebrates the completion of the latest phase of the Enhancing the Healing Environment programme.
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Social enterprise in health care

Promoting organisational autonomy and staff engagement
4 Aug 2011
Rachael Addicott
The government is committed to the development of social enterprises to deliver health and social care. But will these new organisations and their leaders have the necessary skills to manage the risks and establish themselves as viable organisations in an increasingly competitive market?
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Making shared decision-making a reality

No decision about me, without me
28 Jul 2011
Angela Coulter, Alf Collins
The government wants to place patients' needs and wishes at the heart of clinical decision-making. Angela Coulter and Alf Collins give evidence for the benefits of shared decision-making and practical support in implementing it for clinicians.

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