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Non-executive directors and integrated care: time to think system

Richard Humphries considers how non-executive directors of NHS trusts can contribute to integrated care efforts.

By Richard Humphries - 31 May 2018

What has the STP or ICS ever done for me?

Chris Ham reflects on the progress in ICSs and STPs so far and assesses what they have achieved.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 17 May 2018

NHS medicines provision: a tricky balancing act

With medicines spending growing at a time of NHS funding restraint, difficult choices lie ahead for policy-makers. Leo Ewbank assesses the current situation and looks at what the future may hold.

By Leo Ewbank - 27 April 2018

Prime Minister’s promise of extra funding for the NHS raises questions about how much, when and how?

Following welcome news of a new funding settlement for the NHS, Chris Ham explores some of the remaining unanswered questions.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 28 March 2018

A progress report on integrated care systems

Catch up on progress being made in integrated care systems around the country. Chris Ham covers the latest developments.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 20 March 2018

What does the future hold for integrated care systems?

What does the change from accountable care systems to integrated care systems mean? Chris Ham draws on the Fund’s work to clarify what is happening.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 7 February 2018

NHS England should work with local leaders and clinicians to explain accountable care

NHS England’s plans aim to create opportunities to improve care, not to privatise the NHS by stealth, argues Chris Ham.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 15 December 2017

New care models point to a better future for patients and staff

Is rising demand for hospital services inevitable? Chris Ham celebrates the work of new care models that are successfully bending the demand curve.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 17 November 2017

Sustainable primary care provides a platform for system change

In the final blog in our series about the transformation of the Canterbury health system in New Zealand, Vince Barry, Chief Executive of Pegasus Health, looks at how building sustainable primary care creates a platform for change.

By Vince Barry - 25 October 2017

‘You need a whole system to work for the whole system to work’

In this guest blog, David Meates, Chief Executive of the Canterbury District Health Board in New Zealand, explains how organisations within the Canterbury health system have moved from playing the ‘blame game’ to working together to provide the best possible care for the local population.

By David Meates - 24 October 2017

Whole-system transformation needs whole-system engagement

Recently, the Fund hosted a visit by leaders of the health system in Canterbury, New Zealand. In this blog, the first of three drawing on experiences shared during the visit, Chris Ham focuses on how Canterbury’s leaders began transforming care and the results they delivered.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 23 October 2017

How does the NHS work? A never-ending story

Our new six-and-a half-minute animation explains how the NHS works. Katie Mantell looks at how and why we produced it.

By Katie Mantell - 19 October 2017

Accountable care: policy fad or step forward on the journey towards integrated care?

Nicola Walsh looks at the progress towards integration in emerging accountable care systems and considers the challenges facing leaders and managers.

By Nicola Walsh - 12 October 2017

The future of NHS commissioning: no map or clear destination

Ruth Robertson asks how CCGs will be affected as accountable care organisations/systems and sustainability and transformation plans/partnerships are layered on top of an already complex NHS landscape?

By Ruth Robertson - 18 September 2017

Lessons from Canterbury: Five reasons for hope

Following the launch of our new report, Developing accountable care systems: lessons from Canterbury, New Zealand, Stephen Dunn reflects on five reasons for hope.

By Stephen Dunn - 24 August 2017

Shared data paves the way for creating accountable care systems

Harry Evans considers why getting the technology right will be essential if accountable care systems are to succeed.

By Harry Evans - 10 July 2017

(Elective) hips don't lie: Data reveals pressures on hip replacement services

How have elective hip replacement services been affected by wider financial pressures in the NHS? James Thompson looks at what the data shows.

By James Thompson - 11 April 2017

Sending shockwaves through the NHS?

Ben Collins asks whether we are seeing the end of the purchaser-provider split as we know it.

By Ben Collins - 24 March 2017

The impact of NHS financial pressures – a mixed picture

We know that financial and operational pressures in the NHS can affect patient care in a number of ways, but how and why does the impact vary across different service areas?

By Lillie Wenzel - 14 March 2017

Elective treatment on the back-burner?

Financial and operational pressures in the NHS are having a significant impact on elective treatment; the 18-week waiting time standard will not be met in any month during the current financial year. James Thompson analyses the latest data and the tough choices ahead for the NHS.

By James Thompson - 2 March 2017

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