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Five hits, five misses: public and population health and the main party manifestos

Health is about more than the NHS and social care. Here, David Buck looks at the parties’ wider commitments that will affect the population’s health.

By David Buck - 4 December 2019

Genomic medicine: a tool for population health?

Genomic medicine has been hailed as the magic bullet for prevention, diagnosis and personalised treatment. But what can we really expect from this field? Cecilia Price looks at the impact of the 100,000 Genomes Project to better understand the future role of genomics in health and care.

By Cecilia Price, NHS graduate management trainee - 7 November 2019

An outsider’s reflections on NHS primary care reform

New Zealander Martin Hefford reflects on his time in the UK and ponders the questions about primary care reform that arose from his conversations with those working in primary care, secondary care and the third sector.

By Martin Hefford - 24 October 2019

How town planning teams can help create healthier places

Julia Thrift, Projects Director for the Town & Country Planning Association, explores the relationship between town planning and population health, and how the lessons of NHS England’s Healthy New Towns programme should inform future developments to ensure people are able healthier lives and reduce health inequalities.

By Julia Thrift - 26 September 2019

Going Dutch in West Suffolk: learning from the Buurtzorg model of care

What would holistic health and social care delivered by a non-hierarchical team look like in England? Jo Maybin makes some observations about work under way in West Suffolk.

By Jo Maybin - 26 September 2019

Crunch time for local system plans: five things to look out for

Anna Charles considers what we might learn from the local system plans currently being developed by sustainability and transformation partnerships and integrated care systems.

By Anna Charles - 26 September 2019

Inside England’s first accident and emergency department for older people

With accident and emergency performance reaching new lows across England, one NHS hospital is taking an innovative approach to meet the needs of its older patients.

By Siva Anandaciva - 20 September 2019

Five tips for successfully leading a primary care network

Clinical leaders of primary care networks face both challenges and opportunities to bring people together to drive real change. Beccy Baird and Tricia Boyle suggest five ways to help successfully lead a primary care network.

By Beccy Baird, Tricia Boyle - 12 September 2019

Healthy New Towns: how the NHS can help create healthy places

As NHS England publish the key learnings from its Healthy New Towns Programme, Alex Baylis explains why The King’s Fund has been involved in this work and how it links with our vision for population health.

By Alex Baylis - 3 September 2019

Making local government finance even more local

How might prospective changes to local government finance impact on health and wellbeing? Sally Warren considers how two changes will affect how local authorities are able to raise funds and meet the needs of their populations.

By Sally Warren - 16 August 2019

Public health spending: where prevention rhetoric meets reality

As the government publishes its Green Paper on prevention, Dave Buck considers the impact of cuts to local government budgets on public health spending and the funding needed to ensure the commitments made can become a reality.

By David Buck - 23 July 2019

Can less be more? The new approach to social care in South Tyneside

Simon Bottery considers joined-up health and social care in South Tyneside, with social workers joining ‘huddles’ on wards and using a ‘strength-based’ approach in discharge planning

By Simon Bottery - 16 July 2019

Meaningful measures of integration

As the health and care system takes steps towards joining up care, what will successful integration look like, and how will it be measured? Dan Wellings considers why new measures are needed and the challenges for ensuring meaningful data is collected.

By Dan Wellings - 12 July 2019

'We will back you': a positive approach to risk

In order to deliver personalised care to people using council services in Wigan, the council has adopted a fundamentally different approach to risk. Dan Wellings highlights how training staff to have ‘different conversations’ with people using their services and backing them to act on what they hear has allowed this transformation to take place.

By Dan Wellings - 12 July 2019

Primary care networks and community health services: further, faster!

As primary care services come together under the new primary care networks, Richard Murray reviews progress to date and what’s next for general practice, from integration and workforce to technology and the estate.

By Richard Murray - 5 July 2019

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Rekindling hope in public services

Ahead of the publication of our report on the Wigan Deal, Chris Naylor explores how devolving power to frontline staff and service users can create the positive culture needed for improvement.

By Chris Naylor - 20 June 2019

A two-way street: primary care networks and integrated care systems

As primary care networks and integrated care systems develop, Anna Charles considers how their relationship might evolve to strengthen the voice of primary and community care and join up local services.

By Anna Charles - 31 May 2019

The prevention Green Paper: the right time to put it in its place?

David Buck considers what is likely to be in the government’s Green Paper on prevention – and what should be in it.

By David Buck - 24 May 2019

Understanding urban health: Thinking large and small

Improving population health in towns and cities requires both an overarching city-wide strategy, as well as a granular understanding of the needs of local neighbourhoods, as Chris Naylor and Kieron Boyle explain.

By Chris Naylor, Kieron Boyle - 8 May 2019

Hitting the sweet spot? multi-morbidity, the NHS long-term plan and population health

With its long list of commitments on specific clinical issues, did the NHS long-term plan miss a vital opportunity to address health inequalities? David Buck takes a look at what the plan could achieve for people with multi-morbidities, in a guest blog for the Richmond Group.

By David Buck - 15 April 2019

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