Long-term conditions

Comment & analysis

• Reviewing the evidence on case management: lessons for successful implementation

  What is case management and how can the approach help care for people with complex chronic illnesses? Nick Goodwin discusses in the International Journal of Integrated Care. (Article, 20 Dec 2011)

• Open and shut case?

  Nick Goodwin argues that case management still has a central part to play in meeting the needs of older people and those with complex illnesses. (Article, 16 Dec 2011)

• Case management and the urgent need for primary care investment

  Nick Goodwin discusses case management and the need for primary care investment in BMJ blogs (Article, 15 Dec 2011)

• Are the Whole System Demonstrator trial results a watershed moment for the rise of telehealth?

  Nick Goodwin asks if new government strategies and positive results from the Whole Systems Demonstrator trials will encourage new investment into telehealth.

• Commonwealth Fund survey: If the NHS is doing well, why is it changing?

  As a new Commonwealth Fund survey reflects a positive light on the NHS, Chris Ham asks why we are still moving forward so quickly with health reforms? (Blog)

• Are personal budgets really the best way to personalise health care?

  While government ministers seem enthused by plans to allow some patients to manage their own health budgets, Angela Coulter asks if we should be exploring other options. (Blog)

• Making a reality of telehealth: Lessons from the Whole System Demonstrator programme

  As we await the results of the WSDAN project, Nick Goodwin considers what else is needed to support new technologies in telehealth and telecare. (Blog, 3 Nov 2011)

• We need to talk about frail older patients: CQC report

  Drawing on experience from our Point of Care programme, Jocelyn Cornwell explores the options to improving the poor results on care shown in the CQC report. (Blog, Jocelyn Cornwell, 20 Oct 2011)

• Lost and confused: Improving hospital care for dementia patients

  After the CQC report on quality of care, Anna Dixon asks if acute hospitals are providing the right care for people with dementia. (Blog 18 Oct 2011)

• NHS will be better prepared for the future but waiting times promise will be difficult to keep, says The King’s Fund

  Chris Ham responds to the government’s announcement on the NHS Future Forum’s report, with concerns over their new waiting times promise. (Press release, 14 June 2011)

• Will the Health Bill improve cancer survival rates?

  David Cameron, Andrew Lansley and others have frequently invoked our relatively poor cancer outcomes as part of their justification for health reform. But just how bad are we at treating cancer, what are we getting wrong, and will the reforms help? (Blog, Catherine Foot, 28 Jan 2011)

• Improving patient experience – it’s the little things that matter

  the smallest actions on the part of staff can make a huge difference to patients’ experience of care. The Point of Care Programme team discuss their experiences and the experiences of others delivering patient-centred care. (Blog, Jocelyn Cornwell, 14 Jan 2011)

• Improving care to people with long-term conditions: a missed opportunity

  We are beyond the tipping point where the long-term conditions agenda can be ignored, but where will the system leadership come from in the New World of the NHS to drive it forward? (Blog, Nick Goodwin, 16 Sep 2010)

• How to deliver high-quality, patient-centred, cost-effective care: Consensus solutions from the voluntary sector

  This article is the collective effort of ten of the leading health and social care organisations in the voluntary sector to identify the five key themes that the health and social care system must embrace to be sustainable and to ensure quality. (Article, Oct 2010)

• The King's Fund Annual Conference 2010: Improving health care in tough times

  This year The King's Fund Annual Conference explored opportunities for ways of funding, organising and delivering care that cross professional and organisational boundaries. (Past event, Nov 2010)

• The King's Fund sets out blueprint for social care reform

  New, fairer funding arrangements, a review of the current settlement for older people and reforms to the benefits system are among the proposals put forward in a major report on the social care system by The King’s Fund. (Press release, 16 Mar 2010)

• A patient’s journey: Mesothelioma

  Professor Kieran Sweeney was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma at age 57. He describes here his thoughts on his interactions with the health professionals who care for him. (Article, British Medical Journal, 14 Aug 2009)