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A transformation fund for the NHS

Over the coming months The King’s Fund and The Health Foundation will be exploring the concept of a transformation fund. How big does such a fund need to be? And how should it be spent so that it supports real change at scale across the NHS?

By Lillie Wenzel - 18 December 2014

Power to the people

The case for change is clear; a system that listens to patients and enables them to achieve what they want to achieve in their health and wellbeing would improve outcomes and save money. But such systems still exist only in pockets around the country.

By Catherine Foot - 20 November 2014

This patient’s experience

I had watched One Born Every Minute and kept my eyes open; I’d attended NCT classes and yoga workshops; I’d done my reading. None of this really prepared me for the extreme pain and joy involved in giving birth to my first child, but it helped a bit. What I was absolutely unprepared for was the experience of being a hospital inpatient.

By Jo Maybin - 19 November 2014

A patient perspective: we can’t afford to be patient about involvement any longer

As a person and a patient, I care deeply about involvement. I know it helps me as a patient to live more sustainably with my health conditions and I know that, in turn, can help the NHS to exist more sustainably too.

By Anya de Iongh - 4 November 2014

Will integration widen income-related health inequalities?

We need to be very careful in understanding the links between choice of metrics, impact of policies and population dynamics over time when coming to conclusions about the success or failure of ambitions to narrow inequalities in health, says David Buck.

By David Buck - 5 August 2014

How do people become good managers of their own health?

Within the general population some people actively focus on reaching and maintaining good health, while others are more passive about the whole thing. So what makes the difference?

By Judith Hibbard - 16 May 2014

Tackling health inequalities: we need a national conversation

The three key system leaders on health inequalities – the Department of Health, NHS England and Public Health England – need to kick-start a national conversation by telling us how they are going to use their power to do their bit.

By David Buck - 25 February 2014

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