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NHS sustainability: there aren’t always more fish in the sea

The NHS needs to effectively manage its common resources more money and greater efficiency won't be enough.

By Hugh Alderwick - 16 November 2015

Transforming mental health services – at what cost?

Helen Gilburt asks is it time for an honest conversation about the impact of cost-saving measures on the quality of care in mental health services?

By Helen Gilburt - 12 November 2015

Social care: a future we don’t yet know

Ahead of the Spending Review, Richard Humphries and John Appleby look at the data to examine the likely fall in social care spending.

By Richard Humphries, John Appleby - 8 November 2015

Improving mental health outcomes for young people: the perspective of a GP trainee

Young people, and their families, are extremely able to express what they need and have done so clearly. It is now imperative that providers and commissioners work together to meet those needs, building on the momentum of Future in mind.

By Preety Das - 5 November 2015

Building healthier accountable communities

Nicola Walsh reflects on three important messages that emerged from our 2015 integrated care summit.

By Nicola Walsh - 21 October 2015

Simon Stevens' vision for the NHS: welcome but challenging to deliver

In his keynote address at our annual integrated care summit, Simon Stevens gave what was arguably his most important speech since he took up post. His speech contained three big messages.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 14 October 2015

Improving hospital discharge and intermediate care for older people

Healthwatch England's recent report, Safely home, described in harrowing detail the personal stories of patients who felt that their discharge from hospital was unsupported. It also described patients marooned in acute beds unable to move on. So how can older people's care be improved?

By David Oliver - 6 October 2015

Moving from integrated care to integrated population health systems

While integrating care services is part of the journey to a transformed health system, it is not the destination. Efforts to integrate care have rarely encompassed the broader health of local populations and the impact of the wider determinants of health.

By David Buck - 30 September 2015

We need to talk about social care providers

Amid growing concern that most NHS providers are sliding into deficit, arguably we should be even more worried about social care providers, says Richard Humphries.

By Richard Humphries - 18 September 2015

Local Healthwatch: progress, promise and power

The coalition government outlined a framework for a network of local Healthwatch organisations, with the aim of creating a credible, representative and influential public voice in the system. So how have these organisations been developing?

By Phoebe Dunn - 16 September 2015

What impact do accountable care organisations have on care quality?

Although the ambitions of the care models in the US may resonate with our intentions here, we would be wise to learn from the early experiences of those who went before us, says Rachael Addicott.

By Rachael Smithson - 24 August 2015

What have we learnt in the government’s first 100 days?

Chris Ham gives his assessment of the new government’s health policy.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 17 August 2015

Paying for care: back to square one?

The government’s decision to breach an explicit manifesto commitment by delaying reforms to social care funding until 2020 again demonstrates the apparent inability of successive governments to make headway on this issue.

By Richard Humphries - 20 July 2015

Care homes: coming out of the shadows?

Care homes have operated in the shadows of public and political awareness for too long, with policy attention focused on reactions to service failure rather than the promotion of good care.

By Richard Humphries - 10 July 2015

The politics of NHS funding and taxation in the new parliament

If promised spending increases do not materialise soon, and ministers insist on the NHS regaining control of its finances, then urgent action will be needed, says Chris Ham.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 3 July 2015

Integrating housing and health: a tough nut to crack?

The connection between housing conditions and health has a long and well-evidenced historical provenance. But if integrating health and social care is a tough nut to crack, does the prospect of engaging with another massive system risk adding another layer of complexity?

By Richard Humphries - 25 June 2015

Local systems of care: one of the solutions to the challenges facing the NHS

Chris Ham argues that providers need to work together to form local systems of care, with leadership provided by the most experienced managers and clinicians in the NHS.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 16 June 2015

Never a better time to make integrated care happen

Richard Humphries looks at the options for CCGs and local authorities to work together to deliver integrated commissioning of health and social care services.

By Richard Humphries - 9 June 2015

Enhancing health care in care homes: integration in practice

Enhanced care in care homes is one of the new care models set out in the NHS five year forward view. This is good news, as it's high time this issue was brought to the fore, for a number of reasons.

By David Oliver - 19 May 2015

Improving mental health: recognising the vital role of charities

There is a long way to go before mental health achieves ‘parity of esteem’ with physical health, and the voluntary and community sector is key to helping address this challenge.

By Lisa Weaks - 15 May 2015

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