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Dealing with financially unsustainable providers: how will the failure regime work?

19 Sep 2012
Tony Harrison, Anna Dixon
This paper explains why a failure regime is required in the NHS, outlines how the failure regime for NHS trusts (currently being applied in South London) works and how the failure regime for foundation trusts introduced by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 will work in future.
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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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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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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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Accountability in the NHS

Implications of the government's reform programme
1 Jun 2011
Jo Maybin, Anna Dixon, Rachael Addicott, John Storey
The government's health reforms propose radical changes to the running of the NHS, including, how will providers and commissioners be held to account in the future?
Regulation of Health Care Provision in England | by Jo Maybin, Tony Harrison

Regulation of Health Care Provision in England

24 Oct 2008
Jo Maybin, Tony Harrison
This briefing examines the recent history of the quality and safety, financial and economic regulation of health care providers in England.
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Top-up payments for drugs in England

8 Sep 2008
Jo Maybin, Tony Harrison
This briefing gives some background on the relevant legislation and guidance in this area.
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Briefing: High Quality Care for All: the NHS Next Stage Review final report

16 Jul 2008
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.
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Should Primary Care Trusts be Made More Locally Accountable?

A discussion paper from The King's Fund
10 Apr 2008
Ruth Thorlby, Richard Lewis, Jennifer Dixon
This discussion paper discusses a range of options for reforming the relationships between PCTs and their public.
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Regulating Complementary Medical Practitioners

An international review
12 Mar 2008
Anna Dixon
This report examines the experiences of 16 countries in regards to complementary medical practices.
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Operating framework 2008/9

22 Jan 2008
Ruth Thorlby
In this briefing we analyse the 2008/9 Operating Framework, created by the Department of Health as a set of priorities and guidance for running the NHS.
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Governing the NHS

Alternatives to an independent board
17 Jan 2008
Anna Dixon, Arturo Alvarez-Rosete
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.
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Professional regulation

11 Apr 2007
Jo Maybin
This briefing outlines the current system of professional regulation in the UK; describes the criticisms of this system; details the government's proposals for reform; and discusses the potential strengths and weaknesses of the proposed changes.
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Funding Health Care: 2008 and beyond

Report from the Leeds Castle summit
22 Feb 2007
John Appleby
Presents discussions from a meeting of managers, economists and policy advisers on the right levels of public funding for health and what frameworks and processes should be put in place.
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How to Regulate Health Care in England?

An international perspective
23 Nov 2006
Richard Lewis, Arturo Alvarez-Rosete, Nicholas Mays
Our report compares the regulatory frameworks in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia in Spain, Germany, the Netherlands and New Zealand to the regulation of the NHS in England.
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Regulating Health Care

The way forward
7 Dec 2005
Jennifer Dixon
How should the roles of government and independent regulators change in the context of NHS reforms?
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Putting Health in Local Hands

Early experiences of Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
13 Oct 2005
Richard Lewis, Lisa Hinton
Reveals how one of the first foundation hospitals implemented its governance arrangements, and explores the emerging role of trust members and governors and their relationship with the board of directors.
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Governing Foundation Trusts

A new era for public accountability
1 May 2005
Richard Lewis
Our paper on governing foundation trusts looks at the early experiences of foundation trust governors and considers the role they play in health care.
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Government and the NHS: Time for a New Relationship?

1 Oct 2003
Steve Dewar
Considers the case for setting up a new arm's-length NHS agency to improve service provision while freeing up government to consider the broader aspects of health care.