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Social prescribing and NHS facilities

How can NHS services use their facilities to better support social prescribing? Ben Collins highlights what’s needed to make NHS sites more welcoming spaces for individuals and communities.

By Ben Collins - 4 December 2020

Resilience is much more than hospital beds

A resilient health and care system is about more than national action. Sally Warren shares a vision for building local resilience that would allow the health and care system to respond effectively to future crises.

By Sally Warren - 16 June 2020

Checking the system’s blind spots: prioritising the community response to Covid-19

Much media attention has been paid to how acute services are tackling Covid-19, but what about community health and care services? Anna Charles considers the impact of the outbreak on these often overlooked services and the role they might play in the next phase of the response.

By Anna Charles - 5 May 2020

One step forward for community services

New standards aim to improve urgent care in the community, but how easily can they be delivered? Anna Charles considers how workforce, social care and the pace of change might pose challenges for implementing these welcome plans.

By Anna Charles - 30 January 2020

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

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

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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 significant moment for general practice

A new five-year contract for general practice has been announced, with an increase in funding and plans to transform GP services. Beccy Baird and Anna Charles give their take on the key things you need to know.

By Beccy Baird, Anna Charles - 1 February 2019

Social prescribing: a part of something bigger

Beccy Baird highlights how social prescribing must fit within a well-connected and sufficiently-funded system if it is to be successful.

By Beccy Baird - 18 December 2018

How can community involvement reduce health inequalities?

Can community involvement in Morecambe Bay help reduce health inequalities that have existed over decades?

By Andy Knox - 5 September 2018

Planning for a national centre for arts and health

Sarah Gregory explores the issues around co-producing a plan to establish a national centre for arts and health.

By Sarah Gregory - 18 July 2018

What can cities in England learn from other countries about population health?

As we publish a new report on population health, Chris Naylor asks whether it is time for cities to have more powers to improve the health of their populations.

By Chris Naylor - 15 June 2018

Multiple unhealthy risk factors: why they matter and how practice is changing

Harry Evans discusses why we need to take a holistic approach to supporting behaviour change and looks at how services are innovating to tackle multiple unhealthy risk factors.

By Harry Evans - 1 March 2018

Transforming general practice through volunteering

Transforming general practice through volunteering

In a guest blog to accompany our volunteering report, Kay Keane shares her experience of developing a community-centred general practice approach through building a community of volunteers.

By Kay Keane - 7 February 2018

Making the most of our assets: the time has come to realise the full potential of community services

In the context of the current unprecedented pressures on the NHS, it is now more important than ever that everyone involved in the health and care system pays proper attention to community services and all they have to offer.

By Anna Charles - 23 January 2018

Realising the potential of allied health professions

In this guest blog, speech and language therapist Joanne Fillingham makes the case for a stronger leadership role for allied health professionals (AHPs).

By Joanne Fillingham - 20 July 2017

Taking the right approach to community-based health services

Beccy Baird reflects on perceived public feeling towards the proposal that the NHS should invest in community-based health care rather than hospitals.

By Beccy Baird - 9 January 2017

District nursing – it’s not just an injection…

Rebecca Myers, a community staff nurse in London, shares her thoughts on what good care looks like in district nursing services.

By Rebecca Myers - 13 September 2016

Out of the spotlight: what we don’t know about district nursing services

How much do we know about district nursing services? Anna Charles reflects on the challenges of assessing the volume and quality of care being delivered in people's homes.

By Anna Charles - 1 September 2016

Community-based care: an elusive strategy?

In the current financial climate, can the NHS shift care from the acute sector into community settings? Richard Murray considers the possibility.

By Richard Murray - 11 August 2016

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