King's Fund publications
Our reports, papers and guides on policy and practice in health and social care are listed below.
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Practice-based commissioning: reinvigorate, replace or abandon?
Through in-depth interviews with GPs, hospital and primary care trust staff in four sites, this report assesses the progress of practice-based commissioning and identifies the barriers that are limiting success.
Authors: Natasha Curry, Nick Goodwin, Chris Naylor, Ruth RobertsonDate: November 2008 | Price: £10
Technology in the NHS: Transforming the patient’s experience of care
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.
Authors: Alasdair Liddell, Stephen Adshead, Ellen BurgessDate: October 2008 | Price: £10
Engaging Patients in their Health: How the NHS needs to change
How can we encourage patients to become more engaged in their own health care and what impact will that have on the NHS? Presents discussions from an expert seminar.
Author: Anna Dixon (editor)Date: October 2008 | Price: £10
NHS spending: local variations in priorities: an update
Examines how PCTs allocate their spending to different programmes of care and shows fundamental differences that are only partially explained by the different needs of local populations.
Authors: John Appleby, Sarah GregoryDate: September 2008 | Price: £3.00
Shifting the Balance of Care to Local Settings
How can the health and social care system best undertake the shift of care to local services? Based on a simulation event and subsequent discussions, this report identifies ways to encourage this shift.
Authors: Sarah Harvey, Laurie McMahonDate: June 2008 | Price: £8.50
Making it Happen
Have the reforms introduced into the health system improved services for patients? An expert working group explores how effective current incentives were and how Lord Darzi’s review might take these forward.
Authors: Alasdair Liddell, Nick TimminsDate: June 2008 | Price: £8.50
Under One Roof: Will polyclinics deliver integrated care?
Drawing on published information and original research, this report asks whether the polyclinic model will improve the quality and accessibility of health care and deliver costs savings?
Authors: Candace Imison, Chris Naylor, Jo MaybinDate: June 2008 | Price: £10
Paying the Price: The cost of mental health care in England to 2026
Recognising the significance of mental health in terms of both expenditure and the overall health of the population, the King’s Fund commissioned a review to look at current and projected needs for mental health services and their related costs to 2026.
Authors: Paul McCrone, Sujith Dhanasiri, Anita Patel, Martin Knapp, Simon Lawton-SmithDate: May 2008 | Price: £30
Understanding Doctors: Harnessing professionalism
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.
Authors: Ros Levenson, Steve Dewar, Susan ShepherdDate: May 2008 | Price: £10
Improving Environments for Care at End of Life
Shares the lessons from a pilot programme launched in 2006 to improve environments for care at end of life. Includes photographs and experience from the eight pilot sites.
Authors: Sarah Waller, Steve Dewar, Abigail Masterson, Hedley FinnDate: April 2008 | Price: £15
