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The reconfiguration of clinical services is an important but insufficient approach

Our research highlights major gaps in the evidence for the reconfiguration of clinical services.

By Candace Imison - 25 November 2014

Power to the people

The case for change is clear; a system that listens to patients and enables them to achieve what they want to achieve in their health and wellbeing would improve outcomes and save money. But such systems still exist only in pockets around the country.

By Catherine Foot - 20 November 2014

How will we staff new models of care in the NHS?

While many policy-makers focus on organisational structures, it is clear that successful implementation of the NHS five year forward view will hinge on getting the staffing right.

By Ruth Robertson - 13 November 2014

The role of the NHS in tackling poverty and the wider determinants of health

Despite all the pressures, the NHS remains, and will continue to remain, a massive economic and social entity. Are we making the most of this enormous power?

By David Buck - 12 November 2014

The NHS five year forward view: the man matters more than the plan

Something very important happened on Thursday and it wasn't the publication of the NHS five year forward view. Far more important was the passion and confidence with which Simon Stevens launched the plan and challenged politicians to provide the funding needed to deliver it.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 27 October 2014

Now is the time to create a combined health and social care system

The growing problems in the NHS and social care cannot be solved by the Better Care Fund or any of the other short-term solutions on offer. Nothing less than a fundamental reform of the funding of health and social care services and citizens’ entitlements to publicly funded support is required to address these problems.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 4 September 2014

Admission to a nursing home can never become a ‘never’ event

I agreed with much of what Simon Stevens said at the Age UK For Later Life conference until he stated that he would be ‘disappointed’ if care homes still existed within the next 50 years. I didn’t get the chance to challenge him but I want to do it now.

By David Oliver - 28 August 2014

It's time to start asking and answering the hard questions: a view from an expert by experience

Dominic Stenning is a member of the experts by experience group for the Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England. He spoke at the launch of the interim report, giving a frank and compelling patient perspective on the health, mental health and social care system.

By Dominic Stenning - 24 April 2014

Don’t duck the hard choices spelt out by the Barker Commission

The post-war settlement that created the current divide between health and social care must be replaced. If we duck the hard choices laid out by the Barker commission, then services will progressively deteriorate with patients, users and carers the real losers.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 9 April 2014

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.

By Rachael Smithson - 20 March 2014

A year is a long time in the politics of integrated care

Although all the political parties agree about the importance of integrated care as an end, willing the means to achieve it is another matter, says Richard Humphries.

By Richard Humphries - 5 March 2014

Who should pay for social care services?

In her new data blog, Yang Tian draws on previously unpublished results from the most recent British Social Attitudes survey to see what the public think about who should pay for social care services.

By Yang Tian - 13 January 2014

The end of the beginning: the social care reform paper

Richard Humphries discusses social care reform, as the consultation on Shaping the Future of Care and Support draws to a close.

By Richard Humphries - 13 November 2009

Is the time now right to integrate health and social care?

Integrating the commissiong health and social care should drive new means of delivery that reflect the needs of those using services rather than those who provide them.

By Niall Dickson - 4 November 2009

A healthy debate? The US and English health systems

Ruth Thorlby considers the differences between the English and the American health system, as the NHS is used in the political debate over health reform in the US.

By Ruth Thorlby - 19 August 2009

Social care: time for a political consensus

In his blog, Niall Dickson comments on the recently published social care Green Paper, 'Shaping the Future of Care Together'.

By Niall Dickson - 17 July 2009

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