The new government takes up office with the NHS facing its biggest challenges for many years, while pressures on social care are escalating. Here we present our priorities for the government and other selected commentary and analysis, as the new parliament gets underway.
The 100 days of the 2015 government
After 100 days in office, the new government's plans for health and social care are beginning to take shape. Here we present an outline of the measures that have been announced so far.
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Devolution: the first 100 days of the new government
Devolution of responsibility and budgets to local areas has emerged as one of the new government's defining policy agendas. Find out more.
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Financial control and productivity: the first 100 days of the new government
Many of the new government’s first actions respond to the increasing financial pressures facing the NHS. Find out more.
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The NHS five year forward view: the first 100 days of the new government
The government has signalled strong support for the NHS five year forward view. Find out more.
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Mental health and learning disabilities: the first 100 days of the new government
The new government has continued to emphasise the commitment to parity of esteem between mental and physical health that came to the fore under the coalition. Find out more.
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Patient engagement: the first 100 days of the new government
The Secretary of State has stressed the role of patients, calling for a new 'social contract’ between the public and health and care services. Find out more.
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Primary care: the first 100 days of the new government
Developing primary care services is fundamental to delivering a number of the government’s election pledges. Find out more.
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Public health: the first 100 days of the new government
Public health features prominently in the NHS five year forward view which argues that the population’s health. Find out more.
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Quality and saftey: the first 100 days of the new government
Alongside the shift to focusing on NHS finances, the government is continuing its emphasis on quality and safety that came to the fore during the second half of the last parliament. Find...
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Regulation, targets and transparency: the first 100 days of the new government
The reliance on regulation to drive performance is set to continue, albeit with some subtle but important changes. Find out more.
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Seven-day services: the first 100 days of the new government
Establishing a seven-day health service is a key priority for the new government. Find out more.
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Social care: the first 100 days of the new government
Social care has been almost entirely absent from the government’s narrative so far. Find out more.
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Leadership: the first 100 days of the new government
Two reviews of NHS leadership, both initiated under the previous government, have been published since the election. Find out more.
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Three priorities for the new government
The challenge for the government will be to strike a balance between addressing unprecedented short-term pressures and initiating the long-term changes needed to place the NHS and social...
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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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Cuts to public health spending: the falsest of false economies
Back in June, with no prior warning, the Treasury announced that the 2015/16 public health grant to local authorities would be reduced by £200 million. Last week, the Department of Healt...
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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 governm...
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No more inner Stalin: can Jeremy Hunt deliver his vision for the NHS?
The headlines that preceded Jeremy Hunt’s speech at the Fund may have focused on seven-day working, but what he had to say about his approach to reform is likely to be of greater interes...
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The politics of NHS funding and taxation in the new parliament
If promised spending increases do not materialise soon, and ministers insist on the NHS regaining control of its finances, then urgent action will be needed, says Chris Ham.
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Re-directing the NHS supertanker?
It may only be five weeks since the general election, but there has already been a veritable blizzard of announcements coming from the Department of Health and national NHS organisations...
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Health policy priorities for a new parliament
This collection of essays, published jointly by the All-Party Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund, maps out health priorities for the next parliament, as seen from the perspec...
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