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The public’s views of public health interventions

If population health is to be protected, funding for the NHS needs to be safeguarded, but other budgets, for housing, education and leisure facilities, are important too. When it comes to investing in public health measures, which interventions do the public favour?
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By Phoebe Dunn - 3 December 2014
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The role of the NHS in tackling poverty and the wider determinants of health

Despite all the pressures, the NHS remains, and will continue to remain, a massive economic and social entity. Are we making the most of this enormous power?
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By David Buck - 12 November 2014
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The Better Care Fund: will the plans work?

The government expects councils and NHS partners to achieve way too much, with too little, too soon, says Richard Humphries.
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By Richard Humphries - 5 November 2014
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Nice one NICE: developing the policy narrative on preventing disability, frailty and dementia in later life

Integration cannot just be about treating frail older people, we need to think beyond health and social care, and NICE is leading the way with their new guidelines – out for consultation – on preventing disability, frailty and dementia in later life.
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By David Oliver, David Buck - 18 August 2014
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Can CCGs become accountable care organisations?

‘We need clinical commissioning groups to become accountable care organisations’ – that’s what Jeremy Hunt said recently in parliament. But what does this really mean and will it work in practice? Rachael Addicott gives her analysis.
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By Rachael Smithson - 14 August 2014
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Better Care Fund, better read the small print?

Although earlier rumours of the demise of the Better Care Fund – the government’s £3.8 billion pooled fund to promote integrated care – have turned out to be greatly exaggerated, the significance of the government’s latest announcement about the fund should not be.
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By Richard Humphries - 8 July 2014
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E-cigarettes: a burning issue for future public health policy?

In the run-up to the next general election, navigating the complexities of evidence and opinion on e-cigarettes will be key as the political parties start to develop their positions on public health, says David Buck.
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By David Buck - 29 May 2014
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Take care CCGs: it was the conflict of interest that tripped them up last time

In the past couple of weeks, ‘co-commissioning’ has emerged as the latest solution to the problems in primary care. But will it give patients, communities and clinicians ‘more clout’ in deciding how local services are developed, at a time when NHS finances are severely strained?
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By Ruth Robertson - 15 May 2014
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Wanted: an even Better Care Fund

In light of our new report on the NHS productivity challenge, Chris Ham calls for a new transformation fund to stop the NHS approaching a major financial crisis.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 1 May 2014
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We can learn more from India than how to cut costs

Here’s a puzzle for you. You have a population of one million people, three psychiatrists, and no mental health nurses. How do you go about delivering mental health care?
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By Chris Naylor - 24 April 2014
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How engaged are CCG members one year on?

One year ago today, clinical commissioning groups formally took on their statutory responsibility for £65 billion of the NHS budget. So how do individuals in CCGs feel about engagement now?
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By Shilpa Ross - 1 April 2014
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Public Health England: speaking up and speaking truth to power?

Is it time to reassess Public Health England's role? David Buck explains how the organisation could strengthen its position and voice in wider government policy-making and public debate.
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By David Buck - 13 March 2014
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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.
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By David Buck - 25 February 2014
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The Better Care Fund: what’s love got to do with it?

The success of the £3.8 billion Better Care Fund – designed to promote integrated care and help shift care closer to home – depends on a different kind of chemistry between local NHS organisations and their local authority partners.
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By Richard Humphries - 23 January 2014
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