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Exploring CQC’s well-led domain: How can boards ensure a positive organisational culture?

The CQC’s inspections focus on five key lines of enquiry as part of its ‘well-led’ domain. This paper sets out what boards can do in these five areas and draws on examples of good practice in leadership and culture in health care.
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By Katy Steward - 17 November 2014
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People in control of their own health and care: The state of involvement

Despite the consensus that patients should be more involved in decisions about their health and care, little progress has been made. This report examines the reasons why and considers how we can put ideas about patient involvement into practice.
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By Catherine Foot et al - 4 November 2014
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System leadership: Lessons and learning from AQuA's Integrated Care Discovery Communities

This paper seeks to identify the skills, knowledge and behaviours required of new system leaders and to learn from AQuA's Integrated Care Discovery Communities, which are attempting to combine strong organisational leadership with collaborative system-level leadership approaches.
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By David Fillingham CBE et al - 14 October 2014
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Transforming mental health: A plan of action for London

This report describes a vision for the future of mental health provision in London, generated through a process of engagement with key stakeholders in the capital.
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By Helen Gilburt et al - 25 September 2014
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Our priorities for the next government

With the general election coming at a pivotal time for health and social care, we set out our view of the key challenges and priorities for the next government.
16 September 2014
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HSJ Inspirational Women 2014

The Health Service Journal (HSJ) has published its second celebration of health care's most inspirational female leaders with three of The King's Fund's staff being recognised for their work.
11 July 2014
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Activate the next level of patient engagement

There is evidence that patient activation is an effective way to measure the capacity of patients to manage their health and for providers to better tailor services to them. Helen Gilburt and Alf Collins explain how.
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By Helen Gilburt et al - 29 May 2014
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Living longer – a cause for celebration

The fact that people now live longer has been a source of concern for some years now. Many older people say they are happy and report high levels of well-being, while research is beginning to suggest that the proportion of old people with poor health may be reducing. So should this phenomenon be a cause for celebration rather than concern?
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By David Oliver - 27 May 2014
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Developing collective leadership for health care

Our paper argues that collective leadership, as opposed to command-and-control structures , provides the optimum basis for caring cultures.
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By Michael West et al - 21 May 2014
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Supporting people to manage their health: An introduction to patient activation

It is vital that people engage more with improving their own health. This paper introduces a way of conceptualising and measuring that engagement known as patient activation.
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By Judith Hibbard et al - 16 May 2014
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Public satisfaction with the NHS and its services in 2013

We found no change in overall satisfaction with the NHS since 2011, although there have been changes in the public’s views on specific services.
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By John Appleby et al - 6 May 2014
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Making the care system fit for an ageing population

Richard Humphries looks at how social care can meet one of this generation's biggest policy challenges in an opinion article for Community Care.
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By Richard Humphries - 19 March 2014
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Don't see older people as a 'burden' on the NHS

In an article for the Health Service Journal, David Oliver, an author of the Making our health and care systems fit for an ageing population report, discusses the changes that must occur and highlights some of the work that is already improving care for older people.
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By David Oliver - 6 March 2014
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Making our health and care systems fit for an ageing population

Our fragmented health and care system is not meeting the needs of older people. This report sets out a framework and tools to help local service leaders improve the care they provide for older people across nine key components.
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By David Oliver et al - 6 March 2014
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Care.data – your bits in their hands

Over the past few months there has been considerable debate and argument about plans by the NHS to collect and centrally collate details of individual patient records from general practice for the first time. Such fears are perhaps not just hypothetical given past examples of lost patient notes and what appear to be the misuse of sensitive patient information (even for the best of intentions).
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By John Appleby - 13 February 2014
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What hospitals can learn from mental health service transformation

Commissioners should take the opportunity to redesign services while considering the needs of patients, says Helen Gilburt.
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By Helen Gilburt - 4 February 2014
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Service transformation: Lessons from mental health

This paper examines the transformation of mental health services in England and the relevance to current policy. Drawing on workshops with those involved in the changes and a review of published literature, the paper explores the context and factors that enabled change to happen in mental health.
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By Helen Gilburt et al - 4 February 2014
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Providing integrated care for older people with complex needs: Lessons from seven international case studies

This report synthesises evidence from seven integrated care case studies, and identifies lessons for policy-makers and service providers to help with the challenges ahead.
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By Nick Goodwin et al - 30 January 2014
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Rethinking ‘quality’ in health care

The danger is that culture becomes the new catch-all buzz word, serving to mop up the messy stuff which forever seems to escape various attempts at organisational innovation.
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By Jo Maybin et al - 27 January 2014
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Invest in housing to improve health and reduce costs

As councils retain substantial responsibilities for housing, there is strong evidence that their actions can significantly contribute to the improved health of residents.
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By David Buck - 23 January 2014
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