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Measuring accountability for outcomes: is transparency enough?

The NHS Commissioning Board, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and providers need to be held to account, with plaudits if they excel, and consequences if they fall short of expected standards.

By Veena Raleigh - 4 December 2012

Is the NHS entering treacherous waters?

Having spent the first half of the Parliament legislating for radical changes to the organisation of the NHS, the government now needs to focus on the mundane but much more important challenge of implementing and executing the service changes on which its record will ultimately depend.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 28 November 2012

First do no harm: lessons from service reconfiguration in London

What can we learn from service redesign in London? Chris Ham reflects on themes from our conference on progressing health care in the capital.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 19 October 2012

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?

By Richard Humphries - 17 October 2012

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.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 3 October 2012

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.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 5 September 2012

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.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 24 July 2012

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.

By Richard Humphries - 25 June 2012

Public satisfaction with NHS plummets in 2011

Why has the British public's satisfaction with the way the NHS runs taken a nose dive in 2011 – falling from 70 per cent (its highest ever level) to 58 per cent?

By John Appleby - 12 June 2012

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.

By Richard Humphries - 9 May 2012

Do local voluntary organisations hold the key to improving health outcomes?

Lisa Weaks argues that it is often small community-based charities' understanding of local need and how they work across services that allows them to be so effective.

By Lisa Weaks - 26 April 2012

Are we expecting too much from the Care Quality Commission?

A Public Accounts Committee report has highlighted the challenges the CQC has faced since it was set up. But are we expecting too much from a quality regulator?

By Anna Dixon - 5 April 2012

Will the Information Strategy start an information revolution?

Nearly two years ago the government consulted on its aim to achieve an ‘Information Revolution’. So what should the new strategy say if it is to start a revolution?

By Catherine Foot - 15 March 2012

Health Select Committee weighs in to debate on social care

With the government's response to the Dilnot report on social care funding weeks away, will the HSC's new report set out a compelling case for social care change?

By Richard Humphries - 8 February 2012

Do we need national outcomes strategies?

The variability in the quality of neurological services is clear. Catherine Foot asks if national strategies solve the problem.

By Catherine Foot - 2 February 2012

Running the NHS: if you get the small things right, will the big things follow?

Lara Sonola asks if clinicians used data to improve clinical practice and drive efficiency, could a little change help the NHS in a big way?

By Lara Sonola - 26 January 2012

Learning from devolution: looking across the border on alcohol policy

David Buck asks whether the government should be looking towards Scotland and considering minimum pricing on alcohol.

By David Buck - 23 January 2012

The latest waiting times: targets and extra funding

James Thompson examines the data on median hospital waiting times and targets in our latest data briefing.

By James Thompson - 19 January 2012

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