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NHS reform

Following Royal Assent, the Health and Social Care Bill is now the Health and Social Care Act. What will this mean for the NHS? Read our commentary and analysis on the latest NHS reforms.

Overview

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Quarterly monitoring report

Our quarterly monitoring report examines the views of finance directors on the productivity challenges they face, as well as some key NHS performance data.

Public satisfaction with the NHS and its services

Topline results and satisfaction trends relating to the NHS from the British Social Attitudes survey 2011.
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Health and Social Care Act timeline

Health and Social Care Act prezi
See the key moments that led to the Act reaching the statute book.

NHS reform Reading Room

Want to know more about NHS reform?

For more resources on NHS reforms, including reading lists, database searches and useful web pages, visit our Reading Room.

Related articles

Read articles on NHS reform from our health and social care policy experts.

Relevant publications

Health policy under the coalition government A mid-term assessment

28 Nov 2012
Sarah Gregory, Anna Dixon, Chris Ham

Improving GP services in England Exploring the association between quality of care and the experience of patients

7 Nov 2012
Veena Raleigh, Francesca Frosini
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Blogs on NHS reform

A guide to the NHS Commissioning Board’s Everyone Counts

8 Jan 2013
Anna Dixon

What are the prospects for health and social care in 2013?

3 Jan 2013
Richard Humphries
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Relevant events

The King's Fund Annual Conference 2012

The foundation trust non-executive role Meeting the challenges

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From White Paper to Act

Health and Social Care Bill

Catch up with our commentary and analysis of the Bill as it progressed through parliament.

NHS White Paper

See our involvement in the Act's first stages as the NHS White Paper.

General Election 2010

Catch up with our commentary on health issues during the General Election.

Relevant audio/video

Slideshow

Mike Richards: improving outcomes in the NHS

Mike Richards
Video

Jeremy Hunt: making quality of care as important as quality of treatment

Jeremy Hunt
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Useful links

Read the Health and Social Care Act

See our consultation responses and briefings

Find out about our leadership programmes that will help you deal with the reforms

Our work on this topic

Multimedia: Slideshow
Tim Straughan: health informatics - driving integration and efficiencies across levels of care
12 Oct 2011
Tim Straughan
Article
Briefing: The Health and Social Care Bill - Second Reading in the House of Lords
11 Oct 2011
Blog
The case for reconfiguration in emergency surgery
6 Oct 2011
Candace Imison
Blog
From Dilnot to delivery: the politics of social care reform
5 Oct 2011
Richard Humphries
Publication
Issues facing commissioners of end-of-life care
29 Sep 2011
Rachael Addicott, Jenny Hiley
Press release
New review of Labour's health reforms sounds warning for coalition government's agenda
23 Sep 2011
Blog
What lessons should the coalition government learn from New Labour's market reforms?
23 Sep 2011
Anna Dixon
Multimedia: Video
Anna Dixon and Nicholas Mays: Understanding New Labour market reforms of the English NHS
23 Sep 2011
Anna Dixon , Nicholas Mays
Blog
Will NHS leaders rise to the challenge of an integrated care system?
22 Sep 2011
Chris Ham
Article
Commissioning integrated care in a liberated NHS
22 Sep 2011
Chris Ham , Judith Smith

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