Social care

Comment & analysis

• The King's Fund responds to the Health Select Committee’s report on social care

  The time for warm words and good intentions has passed – delivering integrated care must assume the same priority over the next decade as reducing waiting times was given over the last. (Press release, 8 Feb 2012)

• Health Select Committee weighs in to debate on social care | Richard Humphries

  As the Health and Social Care Bill returns to the House of Lords, and with the government’s response to the Dilnot report on social care funding weeks away, will the Health Select Committee's new report set out a compelling case for social care change? (Blog, 8 Feb 2012)

• What happens if a big care provider fails?

  Richard Humphries argues that one lesson to emerge from Southern Cross is the need for better clarity in the roles of providers, commissioners, regulators and central government. (Article, 13 Dec 2011)

• From Dilnot to delivery: The politics of social care reform

  Richard Humphries asks whether the political momentum can be found to carry through Dilnot's suggestions for social care funding in England. (Blog, 5 Oct 2011)

• Who's paying for mental health services for young people?

  Sarah Jonas asks what effect will large scale cuts to local authority social care budgets have on child and adolescent mental health services. (Blog, 1 Sep 2011)

• Dilnot report verdict: Adopt these proposals now, much work lies ahead

  The long awaited publication of the Dilnot report adds yet another tome to a bookshelf that is already growning under the weight of books dedicated to the vexed issue of how pay for long term care. But there are real grounds for optimism that this time it will be different. (Article, The Guardian. 4 Jul 2011)

• The King's Fund responds to the Dilnot report

  In establishing the Dilnot Commission, ministers challenged it to produce a blueprint for a care system that is fair, affordable and sustainable. The Dilnot report delivers on that challenge and offers a credible and costed way forward. (Press release, 4 Jul 2011)

• The Dilnot Commission: Social care funding

  We bring together all our commentary and resources following the report of the Commission on the Funding of Care and Support.. (Project)

• Anticipating NHS reforms: Back to the Future?

  Richard Humphries asks, when it comes to health and social care reforms, can a simulation exercise help us deal with the challenges we might face? (Blog, Richard Humphries, 20 Jun 2011)

• Are hospitals any place for the elderly?

  With more reports on the care of elderly and vulnerable people Jocelyn Cornwell looks at the state of care in acute hospitals. The treatment of vulnerable patients will not improve until we recognise that the familiar cycle of investigation, scandal and blame is not making a difference. (Blog, Jocelyn Cornwell, 7 Jun 2011)

• Sustainable health and social care is a shared responsibility

  The environmental impact of everyday things can come as some surprise. An iPod Nano, for example, weighs in at just 21g, and yet manufacturing each one releases 13kg of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to estimates published in the Ecologist magazine . Imagine, then, the impact of something as gargantuan as the NHS. (Blog, Chris Naylor, 28 Mar)

• Ten questions to ask about the Health and Social Care Bill

  As the Health and Social Care Bill is about to be published to enact the proposed reforms set out in 2010's NHS White Paper, THe King's Fund looks ahead to see what key issues need to be resolved, including GP commissioning, competition and regulation. (Blog, Chris Ham, 12 Jan 2011)

• The King's Fund response to the Health Select Committee public expenditure report

  Chris Ham, Chief Executive of The King’s Fund, responds to the Health Select Committee’s report on public expenditure on health and social care. (Press release, 14 Dec 2010)

• The King's Fund comments on the Vision for Adult Social Care

  Richard Humphries, senior fellow at The King’s Fund, comments on the government’s Vision for Adult Social Care. (Press release, 16 Nov 2010)

• Social care and the Spending Review: Know your place

  As the dust settles after the Spending Review, the coalition government’s determination to shift power away from central government is becoming clearer. (Blog, Richard Humphries, 22 Oct 2010)

• The Spending Review and Social Care

  For adult social care, the Spending Review settlement is about as good as it could get. It promises allocates £2 billion a year of additional funding by 2014-15 to support social care, £1b of which sits within the NHS. (Article, Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations, Oct 2010)

• Anticipating the Spending Review

  The government has pledged to ring-fence the NHS budget from real-terms reductions, so in one sense the spending review is a done deal. Or is it? (Blog, Richard Humphries, 9 Sep 2010)

• Focus on the front line to close £14 billion NHS productivity gap, says new report from The King's Fund

  A report from The King’s Fund shows that the most significant opportunities for improving productivity in the NHS lie in changing clinical practice among front line staff. (Press release, 22 Jul 2010)

• The King's Fund responds to announcement of terms of reference for the new Commission on the Funding of Care and Support

  Chris Ham, Chief Executive of The King’s Fund, responds to the announcement of the membership and terms of reference for the new Commission on the Funding of Care and Support. (Press release, 20 Jul 2010)

• The King's Fund's response to the NHS White Paper

  The NHS White Paper represents one of the biggest shake ups of the health system since the NHS was established. The ambitions it sets out for a more patient-focused, clinically led NHS are the right ones. Chief Executive of The King’s Fund, Chris Ham comments on the publication of the NHS White Paper. (Press release, 12 Jul 2010)