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The personal health budgets evaluation, published recently by the Department of Health, contains encouraging news for those who believe that giving patients greater choice, flexibility and control can improve their quality of life.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

An emergency admission to hospital is a disruptive and unsettling experience, so surely we owe it to our patients to reduce the current variation between areas?

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

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.

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.

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?

Looking back on the conference, Anna Dixon considers outstanding reform issues, including the difficult decisions that must be made around hospital reconfiguration.

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

Lean is a methodology developed by Toyota which aims to improve flow while minimising waste. But why is it so difficult to apply to health care?

Angela Coulter responds to the Department of Health's new consultation on 'No decision about me, without me'.

Anna Dixon discusses whether asking patients what care they wanted could be a much simpler solution towards making savings.

Will the Department of Health’s long-awaited Information Strategy transform health and social care information as we know it today?

Chris Ham argues that If integrated care is to emerge at scale and pace, the NHS needs more positive deviants.