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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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Payment by Results: time for a rethink?

The more we have got to know about how PbR operates and similar payment methods in other countries operate in practice, the more there seems to be a case for a rethink, says John Appleby.
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By John Appleby - 2 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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Who gets how much of the public health budget?

David Buck looks at how public health funding allocations will be decided with the help of the Advisory Council of Resource Allocation (ACRA).
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By David Buck - 2 July 2012
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Dithering on Dilnot?

Despite the coalition's pledge in its programme for government that it recognised the urgency of reform, almost a year has elapsed since Dilnot reported.
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By Richard Humphries - 25 June 2012
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Are we wasting money on care that patients don’t want?

Anna Dixon discusses whether asking patients what care they wanted could be a much simpler solution towards making savings.
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By Anna Dixon - 29 May 2012
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The Information Strategy: a transformation in health and social care information on the way?

Will the Department of Health’s long-awaited Information Strategy transform health and social care information as we know it today?
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By Veena Raleigh - 21 May 2012
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Integrated care and why the NHS needs more deviant leaders

Chris Ham argues that If integrated care is to emerge at scale and pace, the NHS needs more positive deviants.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 16 May 2012
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The secret of their success

What did the participants who ventured to Kaiser in our recent study tour learn from the experience?
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By Vijaya Nath - 15 May 2012
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The colour of money: Dilnot and the social care White Paper

Richard Humphries discusses the government’s forthcoming social care White Paper and the final piece of the jigsaw – Andrew Dilnot’s report on how care is funded.
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By Richard Humphries - 9 May 2012
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Beware the rationing of care

Will our trust in clinicians lend local decisions on restrictions to treatments a new kind of legitimacy? Or will such decisions erode our trust in our local doctor?
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By Jo Maybin - 3 May 2012
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