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Jenni Burt, Cathy Shipman, Julia Addington-Hall, Patrick White
Drawing on a two-year research project carried out by UCH, this publication examines palliative care provision in London, looking at how services vary between PCTs.
The Labour Party came to power in 1997 promising to 'save' the NHS, but has it achieved its health service priorities? This audit seeks to answer that question.
London's NHS faces particular challenges in recruiting and retaining its workforce. How can it overcome these challenges, and what progress is being made?
What incentives exist for NHS managers to focus on wider health issues?
1 Feb 2005
David Hunter , Linda Marks
This paper looks at how incentives in the health system could bring about a shift in focus, to encourage NHS managers to focus on wider public health issues.
Brings together the conclusions of The King's Fund work for the Department of Health to identify strategies for achieving and sustaining reductions in NHS waiting times.
The NHS regularly measures and monitors aspects of its performance. If it started routinely measuring patients' health-related quality-of-life outcomes too, what would be the benefits?
This report makes the case for supporting and developing health advocacy in London to promote health and tackle inequality and recommends ways forward..
Redefining medical professionalism for better patient care
1 Nov 2004
Rebecca Rosen, Steve Dewar
The medical profession needs to respond to changing expectations of patients, the state, and the health service itself. This paper proposes a way to redefine medical professionalism for the future.
This paper provides a checklist for European national and regional policy-makers responsible for integrated care policy and the provision of care for older people.
International recruitment of health workers to the capital
1 Jul 2004
James Buchan, Renu Jobanputra, Pippa Gough
This research summary profiles London's international health care workforce for the first time, and examines the wider issues around the capital's heavy reliance on international health professionals.
This practical full-colour guide and accompanying CD Rom, published in partnership with NHS Estates, shows how staff teams with no specialist knowledge can make dramatic changes to areas such as waiting rooms by making better use of existing resources.
Harnessing the power of the primary care frontline
1 Jun 2004
Richard Lewis
This paper aims to shape discussion about the benefits and risks of practice-led commissioning, in which primary care clinicians are involved in the commissioning process.
Argues for a health system geared towards keeping people healthy, and asks what mechanisms and incentives are needed to put health at the heart of attitudes, policy and behaviour.
A King's Fund briefing for the BBC 'Your NHS' day 2004
1 Mar 2004
John Appleby, Steve Dewar, Pippa Gough, Janice Robinson
A briefing commissioned by the BBC to use as the basis for its 2004 'Your NHS' day. We look at progress in the top five areas of public concern for the NHS.
Jennifer Dixon, Richard Lewis, Rebecca Rosen, Belinda Finlayson, Diane Gray
Explores how managed care organisations in the United States could support the development of models for the NHS to improve the way it manages chronic conditions.
