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Supporting place-based partnerships: what role should national leaders play?

Richard Murray outlines how greater local autonomy is key to developing truly integrated care and considers the implications for national and regional leaders.

By Richard Murray - 20 April 2021 4-minute read

Making decisions about social care requires tough choices

Sally Warren delves into the history of political calculations in social care… and calls on the current government to be tough enough to make hard choices.

By Sally Warren - 31 March 2021 6-minute read

Reforming the Mental Health Act: The King’s Fund’s response

Data, funding and workforce – if the government wants its proposed reforms to the MHA to create change these system-wide enablers are as important as individual changes to legislation. Helen Gilburt consider the issues.

By Helen Gilburt - 24 March 2021

Covid-19 one year on: how can the health and care system recover?

As we reach the one-year anniversary of the start of lockdown in the United Kingdom, Richard Murray outlines how a whole-system response will best support staff and patients and help to tackle inequalities.

By Richard Murray - 23 March 2021 4-minute read

Why the market matters in adult social care (and what we can do about it)

There are endemic failures in the adult social care market. In this joint blog with colleagues from the Health Foundation, we explain why reform is needed and identify a set of questions we think need to be explored.

By Simon Bottery, Omar Idriss, Senior Economist at the Health Foundation, Stephen Rocks, Economist at the Health Foundation - 26 February 2021 5-minute read

Spring Budget 2021: what’s in store for health and care?

With funding settlements and short-term boosts already provided, what will the upcoming Budget mean for health and care? Sally Warren considers how the system can support local economies while improving population health as the country responds to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

By Sally Warren - 24 February 2021 4-minute read

Where next for London’s integrated care systems?

Richard Murray outlines the findings of our recent research into the development of integrated care in London, and considers the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and potential legislation on the future of partnership working.

By Richard Murray - 22 February 2021 4-minute read

The hunt for good leadership in social care

Where does good leadership in social care exist? Richard Humphries reflects on the search he and Nicholas Timmins undertook to find an answer.

By Richard Humphries - 11 February 2021 4-minute read

A tale of two Acts: the Mental Health Act, the Mental Capacity Act, and their interface

Helen Gilburt shares her research into how mental health and social care professionals make decisions around whether to detain people with mental disorders under the Mental Health Act or the Mental Capacity Act – Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Her research uncovered a range of understandings and misunderstandings which impact on practice.

By Helen Gilburt - 9 February 2021 4-minute read

The NHS estate backlog grows again

New NHS Digital data on the state of the NHS estate reveals the backlog maintenance cost has increased once again, so how should new capital funding be prioritised? Siva Anandaciva outlines the impact of the estate on patient care, and highlights four key issues for consideration.

By Siva Anandaciva - 12 January 2021 4-minute read

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2020: the health policy year in 12 charts

The wheels of health policy turn quickly. So, as 2021 begins Siva Anandaciva looks back at the key health policy moments of 2020 to consider the challenges and opportunities that the year brought.

By Siva Anandaciva - 1 January 2021 26-minute read

Health and care in 2021: what can we expect?

In this first blog of the new year, Richard Murray outlines the key challenges and opportunities facing the health and care system in 2021.

By Richard Murray - 1 January 2021 5-minute read

Developing integrated care at scale and pace: time to make it happen

Following a recent roundtable discussion with Norman Lamb MP, Chris Ham looks at the key priorities needed to make integrated care a reality.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 20 November 2012

It’s time to think differently

Time to Think Differently is our new programme of work aimed at stimulating debate about the changes needed for the NHS and social care to meet the challenges of the future.

By Anna Dixon - 15 November 2012

Health and social care at the party conferences: what does the mood music tell us?

What conclusions can we draw from this year’s party conferences about the political and policy landscape for health and social care?

By Richard Humphries - 17 October 2012

Provider and payment reform in the US: how do Accountable Care Organisations work?

Drawing on her work in the United States, Rachael Addicott looks at how Accountable Care Organisations work and what we can learn from them.

By Rachael Smithson - 15 October 2012

How can we deal with financial pressures in health and social care?

Chris Ham draws on discussions from our recent integrated care conference to identify four key building blocks of a whole-system solution.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 3 October 2012

More alike than different?

What did participants at this year's Global Health Leadership Forum, held at the Fund, learn from the experience?

By Vijaya Nath - 1 October 2012

Transforming health and social care: can the chrysalis become a butterfly?

Chris Ham argues that much bolder approach is needed to bring about innovative models of care that meet the population's needs.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 5 September 2012

Jumping the gun in the telehealth steeplechase?

Nick Goodwin looks at the barriers that are preventing the successful adoption of telehealth.

By Nick Goodwin - 26 July 2012

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