Activities
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Sustainable health and social care: Connecting environmental and financial performance
Our sustainable health and social care paper considers the environmental impact of the NHS, and looks at ways to change health and social care processes to become more environmentally sustainable.
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Sustainable health and social care: audio-slideshow
Chris Naylor discusses the findings of our new report on sustainable health and social care, connecting financial and environmental performance.
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Paul Burstow: International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare 2012
Paul Burstow answers questions on the WSD project and the implementation of telehealth and telecare.
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Nick Goodwin: International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare 2012
Nick Goodwin discusses the benefits of telehealth and telecare and why the NHS should implement it.
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Long-term conditions and mental health: the cost of co-morbidities | Chris Naylor
Our latest report, published jointly with Centre for Mental Health, reviews the evidence on the interaction between mental health and long-term physical health conditions.
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Long-term conditions and mental health paper press release | February 2012
Our new paper finds that people with long-term conditions are two to three times more likely to experience mental health problems than the general population.
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How is the NHS performing? January 2012 quarterly monitoring report
Our third quarterly monitoring report provides a regular update on how the NHS is coping as it grapples with the evolving reform agenda.
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The NHS health check: January 2012 quarterly monitoring report
As NHS hospitals and employees grapple with productivity improvements and cost saving, we take a closer look at the current state of the NHS with our NHS health check prezi.
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Improving health and health care in London: Who will take the lead?
This report highlights the particular challenges that health care organisations in London face and suggests ways to facilitate appropriate service change.
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Boston study tour leadership development programme
Our leadership development study tour visits some of the most forward-thinking commissioning and provider organisations in Boston. (Leadership programme)
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Some hospitals struggling despite strong overall NHS performance says latest monitoring report from The King's Fund
NHS performance is holding up well but national statistics mask significant pressures in some local areas, according to the latest quarterly monitoring report on NHS performance.
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Muir Gray: Introducing the NHS Atlas of Variation
Sir Muir Gray, Chief Knowledge Officer, NHS introduces the NHS Atlas of Variation at our unwarranted variations conference.
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Anna Dixon and Nicholas Mays: Understanding New Labour market reforms of the English NHS
Anna Dixon and Nicholas Mays discuss the findings of their new book, Understanding New Labour's market reforms of the English NHS.
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Environmental sustainability in health and social care
We work with the NHS Sustainable Dev. Unit to establish what is needed for health and social care services in the UK to become more environmentally sustainable. (Project)
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NHS hospitals will struggle to meet productivity targets
The July 2011 quarterly monitoring report claims that many NHS hospitals will struggle to deliver productivity improvements essential for avoiding service cuts. (Press release, 15 Jul 2011)
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How is the NHS performing? July 2011 quarterly monitoring report
In the second of our quarterly monitoring reports, John Appleby and Emmi Poteliakhoff examine the current state of the NHS. (Publication, 15 Jul 2011)
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Explaining variations in primary care trusts' spending on cancer services
Given the wide and persistent variation in spending on cancer services, this project aimed to identify and quantify sources of variation in primary care trust (PCT) cancer spending and provide PCTs and cancer networks with a systematic way of framing decisions about the appropriate share of their total budgets to spend on cancer services. (Publication, John Appleby et al, 10 Jun 2011)
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How is the NHS performing? Quarterly monitoring report
This monitoring report is the first of a regular quarterly review, which will combine publicly available data on selected NHS performance measures with views from a panel of finance directors on the key issues their organisations are facing. (Publication, John Appleby, Emmi Poteliakhoff, 20 Apr 2011)
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Reconfiguring hospital services: lessons from South East London
Reconfiguring Hospital Services offers a timely and sobering contribution to the emerging debate on how service and organisational change should be taken forward across the NHS in England. (Publication, 3 Mar 2011)
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Supporting the NHS to increase productivity
The NHS in England faces a huge challenge over the next four years. In order to keep pace with demand for health care, it must achieve productivity improvement to the value of £20 billion, equating to 4-5 per cent each year to 2015. (2011 Priority)
