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Avoiding hospital admissions: What does the research evidence say?

In order to successfully reduce avoidable emergency admissions, we need to fully understand which interventions are the most effective. The King's Fund commissioned this review of research evidence to establish which interventions work in avoiding emergency or unplanned hospital admissions.
By Sarah Purdy - 16 December 2010
Report

Mental health and the productivity challenge: Improving quality and value for money

The King's Fund worked with Centre for Mental Health, Royal College of Psychiatrists and NHS Confederation's Mental Health Network to explore how mental health services could be delivered in a different and more cost-effective way.
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By Chris Naylor et al - 2 December 2010
Evidence and consultation

Parliamentary briefing: The impact of the Spending Review on the Department of Health

Produced for the Westminster Hall Debate, this briefing considers the impact of the recent Spending Review on the Department of Health.
10 November 2010
Article

Approaches to demand management: commissioning in a cold climate

This write-up summarises presentations made at a seminar, which brought together commissioners, policy-makers, providers and others to consider some of the available evidence about demand management.
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By Candace Imison et al - 28 October 2010
Article

Avoiding hospital admissions: lessons from evidence and experience

This paper summarises presentations made at a seminar that brought together case studies from the NHS in England, Kaiser Permanente and the independent sector.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 28 October 2010
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The Spending Review and Social Care

For adult social care, the Spending Review settlement is about as good as it could get. It promises allocates £2 billion a year of additional funding by 2014-15 to support social care, £1b of which sits within the NHS.
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By Richard Humphries - 21 October 2010
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Liberating the NHS: The right prescription in a cold climate?

Many of the changes set out in the government's White Paper have the potential to help to improve performance. However, there are significant risks in making these changes when financial pressures on the NHS are increasing.
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By Anna Dixon et al - 6 October 2010
Evidence and consultation

Submission to the Health Select Committee into Public Expenditure

Drawing on three recent publications, this submission focuses on the key issues identified in the preamble to the Inquiry's terms of reference.
23 September 2010
Report

Improving NHS productivity: More with the same not more of the same

Building on a previous analysis produced in association with the Institute for Fiscal Studies, this paper examines the gap between the likely available funding and the level of funding required to achieve the progress projected by Sir Derek Wanless in his 2002 report for the Treasury.
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By John Appleby et al - 21 July 2010
Commissioned report

Patient mobility in the European Union

A summary of the current legal situation and the contents of the draft European Union (EU) Directive.
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By Jo Maybin et al - 29 June 2010
Article

The emergency budget: health and social care

This briefing was released prior to the emergency budget on Tuesday 22 June 2010.
20 June 2010
Report

A high-performing NHS? A review of progress 1997-2010

The report assesses how much progress the NHS has made in the following eight areas: access, safety, health promotion and management of long-term conditions, clinical effectiveness, patient experience, equity, efficiency and accountability.
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By Jo Maybin et al - 11 April 2010
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Health priorities for an incoming government

Our Health priorities for an incoming government sets out the three areas of health care that we believe the new government should focus on.
6 April 2010
Report

Securing good care for more people: Options for reform

This report on social care proposes new, fairer funding arrangements, a review of the current settlement for older people and reforms to the benefits system.
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By Richard Humphries et al - 16 March 2010
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Claiming the Health Dividend: Unlocking the benefits of NHS spending

Argues that, by making better use of its resources, the NHS can reduce inequalities, build stronger local economies and safeguard the environment, benefiting the whole community.
By Anna Coote (ed) - 1 May 2002
Report

Great to be Grey

Explores how the NHS could reverse the growing number of experienced, skilled older workers taking early retirement, and argues that sustained commitment is needed to make older people feel valued.
By Sandra Meadows - 1 January 2002
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Managing the Pressure: Emergency hospital admissions in London 1997-2001

Examines how the NHS can tackle the problems of peaks in demand by analysing the nature of emergency admissions in London.
By Michael Damiani et al - 1 January 2002
Report

Old Habits Die Hard: Tackling age discrimination in health and social care

Identifies a lack of tools to help combat age discrimination in the health and social care sectors, and offers guidance on policies to help eradicate ageist practices from the NHS.
By Emilie Roberts et al - 1 January 2002
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