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Clinical leaders need to bring their experience to service re-design

Anna Moore reflects on how medical leaders can help to develop new models of care and integrate services around the needs of patients.
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By Anna Moore - 17 December 2015
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Social care: a future we don’t yet know

Ahead of the Spending Review, Richard Humphries and John Appleby look at the data to examine the likely fall in social care spending.
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By Richard Humphries, John Appleby - 8 November 2015
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Safe staffing in the NHS comes at a cost

When the Care Quality Commission suggested in its recent State of Care report that safer, better care does not necessarily cost more the inclusion of the word necessarily was important, says Helen McKenna.
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By Helen McKenna - 26 October 2015
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NHS mergers: putting all our baskets into one egg?

What can be done to improve the quality of decision-making on NHS mergers, and can the tide of unsuccessful mergers be stemmed?
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By Ben Collins, Michael West - 24 September 2015
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What have we learnt in the government’s first 100 days?

Chris Ham gives his assessment of the new government’s health policy.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 17 August 2015
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Is the NHS delivering too much of the wrong things?

More health care is not always better health care. Sometimes the NHS delivers services that people don’t want or need: the problem of overuse.
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By Hugh Alderwick - 12 August 2015
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Paying for care: back to square one?

The government’s decision to breach an explicit manifesto commitment by delaying reforms to social care funding until 2020 again demonstrates the apparent inability of successive governments to make headway on this issue.
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By Richard Humphries - 20 July 2015
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Is surplus NHS estate the answer to funding transformation?

Both The King’s Fund and the Health Foundation have called for a properly resourced 'transformation fund' to support the kind of large-scale change outlined in the NHS five year forward view. But how big would such a fund need to be and how would it be resourced?
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By Lillie Wenzel - 1 May 2015
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Social care and the election: we need to talk about the money

Former New York governor Mario Cuomo once said that politicians campaign in poetry but govern in prose. When it comes to social care issues in the current election campaign, most UK politicians are struggling with even basic literacy.
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By Richard Humphries - 30 April 2015
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Reconfiguring NHS services: necessary but fraught with difficulties

With the NHS facing growing pressures on all fronts, following the general election the next government is likely to begin a new round of NHS service reconfiguration planning. So what are the challenges around service reconfiguration? And what evidence is available to help guide the process?
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By Matthew Honeyman - 14 April 2015
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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.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 19 October 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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Radical changes are needed – my reflections on themes from the NHS Confederation conference

Looking back on the conference, Anna Dixon considers outstanding reform issues, including the difficult decisions that must be made around hospital reconfiguration.
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By Anna Dixon - 28 June 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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Can Lean redesign stick in health care?

Lean is a methodology developed by Toyota which aims to improve flow while minimising waste. But why is it so difficult to apply to health care?
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By Nigel Edwards - 19 June 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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London health care: perspectives from the board

Visiting Fellow, Claire Perry gives us an insight into her previous roles in the NHS and examines the issues surrounding health care in London.
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By Claire Perry - 23 February 2012
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Effective chronic care means recognising the importance of mental health

As policy-makers focus on how integrated care can become a reality in the UK, integration of mental and physical health care should be a key part of the debate.
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By Chris Naylor - 9 February 2012
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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?
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By Richard Humphries - 8 February 2012
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