Publications

Bringing you the latest independent views on health and social care from The King's Fund, all of our reports and findings from our projects are available to buy or download.

To order printed copies of our publications, please purchase online or contact publications@kingsfund.org.uk or 020 7307 2568.

Commissioning and behaviour change: Kicking Bad Habits final report publication cover

Commissioning and Behaviour Change

Kicking Bad Habits final report
Anna Dixon, Tammy Boyce, Ruth Robertson
Draws on a series of working papers and seminars to assesses existing and innovative methods the health service can use to persuade people to live healthier lifestyles.
Seeing the person in the patient: The Point of Care review paper publication cover

Seeing the Person in the Patient

The Point of Care review paper
Assesses patients' experiences of hospital care and suggests that staff at all levels help to shape that experience. Proposes two initiatives that have the potential to promote compassion in care.
Practice-based commissioning: Reinvigroate, replace or abandon? publication cover

Practice-based commissioning

Reinvigorate, replace or abandon?
Nick Goodwin, Chris Naylor, Natasha Curry, Ruth Robertson
Through in-depth interviews with GPs, hospital and primary care trust staff in four sites, this report assesses the progress of practice-based commissioning (PBC) and identifies the barriers that are limiting success.
Regulation of Health Care Provision in England | by Jo Maybin, Tony Harrison

Regulation of Health Care Provision in England

This briefing examines the recent history of the quality and safety, financial and economic regulation of health care providers in England.
Technology in the NHS: Transforming the patient's experience of care publication cover

Technology in the NHS

Transforming the patient's experience of care
Alasdair Liddell, Stephen Adshead, Ellen Burgess
How can technology be used to improve care for patients? This report gives examples of how technology could be used and suggests ways to overcome the obstacles to its adoption.
Engaging patients in their health publication cover

Engaging patients in their health: How the NHS needs to change

Report from the Sir Roger Bannister Health Summit, Leeds Castle, 17-18 May 2007
How can we encourage patients to become more engaged in their own health care and what impact will that have on the NHS? This report presents discussions from an expert seminar.
Top-up payments for drugs in England briefing cover

Top-up payments for drugs in England

This briefing gives some background on the relevant legislation and guidance in this area.
NHS spending: Local variations in priorities publication cover

NHS spending

Local variations in priorities: an update
This update examines how PCTs allocate their spending to different programmes of care, and considers the true effect of the different needs of local populations.
High quality care for all briefing cover

Briefing: High Quality Care for All: the NHS Next Stage Review final report

Jo Maybin, Ruth Thorlby
This briefing provides The King's Fund's analysis of the key themes explored in High Quality Care For All, the final report from Lord Darzi's NHS Next Stage Review.
Healthcare-associated infections briefing cover

Healthcare-associated infections

Rachel Turner
Rachel Turner looks at the rise of healthcare-associated infections across the NHS, including the policies and strategies put in place to combat these infections.
Celebrating the NHS at 60 briefing cover

Briefing: Celebrating the NHS at 60

John Appleby, Ruth Thorlby
In this briefing, John Appleby and Ruth Thorlby explore the early years of the NHS and look forward to what we might encounter in the next 60 years.
Visions for care in strategic health authorities publication cover

Visions for care in strategic health authorities

As part of Lord Darzi's review of the NHS, each strategic health authority (SHA) outside London was commissioned to produce a report outlining their 'vision' for care in their region in the next decade.
Making it happen: Next steps in NHS reform publication cover

Making it Happen

Next steps in NHS reform, Report of an expert working group
Nick Timmins, Alasdair Liddell
Have the health reforms improved services for patients? An expert working group explores how effective current incentives are and the impact of Lord Darzi's review.
Shifting the balance of health care to local settings publication cover

Shifting the Balance of Health Care to Local Settings

The SeeSaw report
Sarah Harvey, Laurie McMahon
The Department of Health commissioned The King's Fund and Loop2 to undertake a simulation-based project to consider the shift in the balance of care from hospital to community settings.
UNder one roof: Will polyclinics deliver integrated care? publication cover

Under One Roof

Will polyclinics deliver integrated care?
This report asks whether the polyclinic model will improve the quality and accessibility of health care and deliver cost savings and integrated care.
Paying the price: The cost of mental health care publication cover

Paying the Price

The cost of mental health care in England to 2026
Paul McCrone, Sujith Dhanasiri, Anita Patel, Martin Knapp, Simon Lawton-Smith
This report suggests that without the right level and type of investment into mental health care we will all pay the price – not just in wasted resources but also in wasted lives.
Understanding doctors: Harnessing professionalism publication cover

Understanding Doctors

Harnessing professionalism
Ros Levenson, Steve Dewar, Susan Shepherd
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.
Background to the Next Stage Review publication cover

Background to the NHS Next Stage Review

This briefing provides the background of the review and asks what the final report might recommend.
Improving Environments for Care at End of Life: Lessons from eight UK pilot programmes front cover

Improving Environments for Care at End of Life

Lessons from eight UK pilot programmes
Sarah Waller CBE, Steve Dewar, Abigail Masterson, Hedley Finn
We share the lessons from a pilot programme launched in 2006 to improve environments for care at end of life, with experiences from eight pilot sites.
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Improving Choice at End of Life

Rachael Addicott, Steve Dewar
This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the impact and costs of new services as part of the Marie Curie Delivering Choice Programme, launched in 2004.

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