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Improving care: what can leaders do?

In organisations like hospitals, many of the answers are found among staff rather than in the executive offices and boardrooms, says Chris Ham.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 26 November 2014
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The Better Care Fund: will the plans work?

The government expects councils and NHS partners to achieve way too much, with too little, too soon, says Richard Humphries.
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By Richard Humphries - 5 November 2014
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Reshaping general practice from within

What are some of the primary care innovations happening both abroad and in the UK? Nicola Walsh reflects on discussions at our recent conference on the role of general practice.
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By Nicola Walsh - 16 October 2014
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The ups and downs on the road to health service improvement

Parallels between the successful transformation of the Veterans Health Administration in the United States and the changes needed in the NHS in England have been made for a number of years. But recent troubles at the VA offer some important lessons for the NHS in the future.
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By Hugh Alderwick - 11 September 2014
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Better Care Fund, better read the small print?

Although earlier rumours of the demise of the Better Care Fund – the government’s £3.8 billion pooled fund to promote integrated care – have turned out to be greatly exaggerated, the significance of the government’s latest announcement about the fund should not be.
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By Richard Humphries - 8 July 2014
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Wanted: an even Better Care Fund

In light of our new report on the NHS productivity challenge, Chris Ham calls for a new transformation fund to stop the NHS approaching a major financial crisis.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 1 May 2014
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Transforming primary care

The new Department of Health document, Transforming primary care, mostly looks to improve services for those with the most complex needs. But what does it tell us about transforming primary care for the rest of the population?
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By Richard Murray - 16 April 2014
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Innovation in Alaska: ‘walking with’ communities to achieve change

Rachael Addicott looks at what we can learn from the Southcentral Foundation's system-wide transformation of care in Alaska.
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By Rachael Smithson - 20 March 2014
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What NHS Change Day 2014 was like for me

Catherine Foot shares her experience of volunteering at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital – her pledge for this year's NHS Change Day.
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By Catherine Foot - 7 March 2014
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Making general practice fit for the future

Federations and networks of GP practices are working to deliver extended services and raise standards of care. These innovations are valuable, but much more is needed to ensure general practice really is fit for the future, says Chris Ham.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 19 February 2014
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Transforming community services: learning from previous mistakes

With an ongoing ambition to shift care out of hospitals and closer to people’s homes, what is needed to transform community services?
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By Nigel Edwards - 13 February 2014
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Re-allocating the money: who should lead on reforming mental health?

The focus on delivering improvements in mental health care is currently dominated by how funding is allocated. But in the midst of the debate, little thought has been given to who should receive this money, and importantly how this could lead to reforming the system.
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By Helen Gilburt - 13 February 2014
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The Better Care Fund: what’s love got to do with it?

The success of the £3.8 billion Better Care Fund – designed to promote integrated care and help shift care closer to home – depends on a different kind of chemistry between local NHS organisations and their local authority partners.
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By Richard Humphries - 23 January 2014
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