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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.
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By Richard Murray - 22 February 2021 4-minute read
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What enabled rapid digital change in primary care during the Covid-19 pandemic?

Primary care adopted digital technology at pace during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Beccy Baird reflects on research looking at why and how this was possible – and how positive changes can be sustained.
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By Beccy Baird - 10 February 2021 3-minute read
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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.
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By Helen Gilburt - 9 February 2021 4-minute read
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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.
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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.
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By Siva Anandaciva - 1 January 2021 26-minute read
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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.
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By Richard Murray - 1 January 2021 5-minute read
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Measuring accountability for outcomes: is transparency enough?

The NHS Commissioning Board, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and providers need to be held to account, with plaudits if they excel, and consequences if they fall short of expected standards.
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By Veena Raleigh - 4 December 2012
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Is the NHS entering treacherous waters?

Having spent the first half of the Parliament legislating for radical changes to the organisation of the NHS, the government now needs to focus on the mundane but much more important challenge of implementing and executing the service changes on which its record will ultimately depend.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 28 November 2012
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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.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 20 November 2012
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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.
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By Anna Dixon - 15 November 2012
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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?
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By Richard Humphries - 17 October 2012
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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.
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By Rachael Smithson - 15 October 2012
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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.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 3 October 2012
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More alike than different?

What did participants at this year's Global Health Leadership Forum, held at the Fund, learn from the experience?
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By Vijaya Nath - 1 October 2012
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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.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 5 September 2012
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Jumping the gun in the telehealth steeplechase?

Nick Goodwin looks at the barriers that are preventing the successful adoption of telehealth.
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By Nick Goodwin - 26 July 2012
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Integrated care north and south of the border

If the government’s integration framework encourages innovations at scale and pace, England may yet steal a march on Scotland in the development of integrated care.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 24 July 2012
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It's time to demonstrate the value of care co-ordination

Nick Goodwin argues that unless we are prepared to invest in care co-ordination it will continue to be on the fringes of activity rather than being the main event.
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By Nick Goodwin - 11 July 2012
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Provider reform: will anything be different this time round?

Current debates about the future of hospitals and bringing care closer to home echo those of the 1970s. So will anything be different this time round?
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 5 July 2012
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What every CCG leader should know about mental health

Chris Naylor asks what role CCGs can play to stop people with mental health losing out in the NHS.
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By Chris Naylor - 20 June 2012
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