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Developing supportive design for people with dementia - The King’s Fund’s Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme 2009-2012 | by Sarah Waller CBE, Abigail Masterson, Hedley Finn

Developing supportive design for people with dementia

The King’s Fund’s Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme 2009-2012
9 Jan 2013
Sarah Waller CBE, Abigail Masterson, Hedley Finn
Our publication marks the completion of 26 schemes in 23 NHS acute, community and mental health hospitals in England to improve the environment of care for people with dementia.
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General practice in London: supporting improvements in quality

5 Dec 2012
Veena Raleigh, Yang Tian, Nick Goodwin, Anna Dixon, James Thompson, Christopher Millet, Michael Soljak
An independent report giving fresh analysis of the challenges faced by general practice in London, and the improvements that will be needed to address them.
Health policy under the coalition government - A mid-term assessment | by Sarah Gregory, Anna Dixon, Chris Ham

Health policy under the coalition government

A mid-term assessment
28 Nov 2012
Sarah Gregory, Anna Dixon, Chris Ham
Written halfway through the 2010–2014 parliament, this review considers how the NHS is performing under the coalition government, following on from The King’s Fund’s major review of NHS performance from 1997 to 2010.
Improving GP services in England - Exploring the association between quality of care and the experience of patients | by Veena Raleigh, Francesca Frosini

Improving GP services in England

Exploring the association between quality of care and the experience of patients
7 Nov 2012
Veena Raleigh, Francesca Frosini
Using data for more than 8,000 general practices in England, this paper examines the association between patients’ perceptions about the non-clinical aspects of care and practice performance on measures of clinical quality.
How is the NHS performing? September 2012 - Quarterly monitoring report | by John Appleby, James Thompson, Amy Galea

How is the NHS performing? September 2012

Quarterly monitoring report
26 Sep 2012
John Appleby, James Thompson, Amy Galea
This quarter's report finds that NHS performance is holding up well, but there is concern that quality of care may suffer as financial pressures bite from next year.
Transforming the delivery of health and social care - The case for fundamental change | by Chris Ham, Anna Dixon, Beatrice Brooke

Transforming the delivery of health and social care

The case for fundamental change
6 Sep 2012
Chris Ham, Anna Dixon, Beatrice Brooke
This paper explores how the current health and social care delivery system has failed to keep pace with the population's needs and expectations.
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Older people and emergency bed use

Exploring variation
9 Aug 2012
Candace Imison, James Thompson, Emmi Poteliakhoff
This paper explores factors that might be driving the significant variation in use of hospital beds by patients over 65 admitted as an emergency.
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Preparing for the Francis report: how to assure quality in the NHS

26 Jul 2012
Anna Dixon, Catherine Foot, Tony Harrison
With the Francis Inquiry report due in the autumn, we set out our views on how the system of quality assurance needs to evolve and how it should operate.
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How is the NHS performing? May 2012

Quarterly monitoring report
31 May 2012
John Appleby, James Thompson, Amy Galea
The May 2012 monitoring report looks back at how the NHS performed during the first year of the spending squeeze.
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Patients’ preferences matter

Stop the silent misdiagnosis
29 May 2012
Al Mulley, Chris Trimble, Glyn Elwyn
Our paper calls for doctors to aspire to the same standards of excellence in diagnosing patients' preferences for their care as they do to diagnosing disease.
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Improving safety in maternity services

A toolkit for teams
29 Mar 2012
Vinice Thomas, Anna Dixon
The tips and tools in this resource will help maternity teams to implement changes that will deliver benefits to women and families.
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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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Continuity of care for older hospital patients

A call for action
27 Mar 2012
Jocelyn Cornwell, Lara Sonola, Ros Levenson, Emmi Poteliakhoff
This paper focuses on those aged 70 years and older with multiple health problems and explores how continuity of care affects them and the people closest to them.
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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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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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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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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.

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