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The public’s view of which treatments should be available on the NHS

It's hard to disagree with the principle that both costs and effects of treatments need to be weighed in order to make decisions about improving value for money and productivity. For a majority of the public however, this is not a principle they hold.
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By John Appleby - 17 December 2014
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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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Waiting for mental health care: what does the public think?

How long is it reasonable to wait for treatment of depression after being referred by a GP? The results from the 2013 British Social Attitudes Survey are revealing and suggest that public expectations exceed current policy ambitions.
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By Chris Naylor - 24 October 2014
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The Cancer Drugs Fund: inequitable and inefficient?

On the face of it, the CDF would seem perhaps to be a good thing, helping improve the quality of life for people at the end of their lives. But is it either a fair or efficient way for the NHS to spend its limited budget?
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By John Appleby - 23 September 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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Can CCGs become accountable care organisations?

‘We need clinical commissioning groups to become accountable care organisations’ – that’s what Jeremy Hunt said recently in parliament. But what does this really mean and will it work in practice? Rachael Addicott gives her analysis.
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By Rachael Smithson - 14 August 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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Why we must value leaders from the third sector

If the third sector is to reach its potential in supporting a new health and social care system, then we should look to its leaders and think hard about their support needs.
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By Lisa Weaks - 3 July 2014
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Take care CCGs: it was the conflict of interest that tripped them up last time

In the past couple of weeks, ‘co-commissioning’ has emerged as the latest solution to the problems in primary care. But will it give patients, communities and clinicians ‘more clout’ in deciding how local services are developed, at a time when NHS finances are severely strained?
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By Ruth Robertson - 15 May 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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How engaged are CCG members one year on?

One year ago today, clinical commissioning groups formally took on their statutory responsibility for £65 billion of the NHS budget. So how do individuals in CCGs feel about engagement now?
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By Shilpa Ross - 1 April 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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