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Evidence and consultation

Consultation response: Draft mandate for the National Health Service Commissioning Board

This document sets out our thoughts on the Department of Health’s consultation on the draft mandate for the National Health Service Commissioning Board.
27 September 2012
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Dealing with financially unsustainable providers: how will the failure regime work?

This paper explains why a failure regime is required in the NHS, outlines how the failure regime for NHS trusts (currently being applied in South London) works and how the failure regime for foundation trusts introduced by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 will work in future.
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By Tony Harrison et al - 19 September 2012
Report

Older people and emergency bed use: Exploring variation

This paper explores factors that might be driving the significant variation in use of hospital beds by patients over 65 admitted as an emergency.
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By Candace Imison et al - 9 August 2012
Article

Seeking answers to questions about the care system

Richard Humphries discusses the government’s progress report on the funding of care and support.
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By Richard Humphries - 19 July 2012
Article

No journey’s end for care funding

In the absence of a clear framework for local authorities, NHS partners and private individuals to plan ahead, social care funding pressures will only get worse.
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By Richard Humphries - 12 July 2012
Article

Award-winning charities benefit communities but struggle to convince CCGs

Charities can have an enormous impact on health in their communities, writes Lisa Weaks, but clinical commissioning groups are proving hard to reach.
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By Lisa Weaks - 17 May 2012
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Data briefing: Emergency hospital admissions for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions: Identifying the potential for reductions

Our data briefing looks at patterns of admissions for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions and assesses how emergency admissions could be reduced.
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By Yang Tian et al - 3 April 2012
Evidence and consultation

Debate in the House of Commons - the future of social care: Briefing

In this briefing for the Debate in the House of Commons, we set out our thoughts on the future of social care, the Dilnot Commission and how the integration of health and social care could be implemented.
8 March 2012
Article

Reshaping commissioning

With authorisation starting in October 2012, Chris Naylor asks how ready are the CCGs to take over the mantle of primary care commissioning.
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By Chris Naylor - 1 February 2012
Report

Service-line management: Can it improve quality and efficiency?

How successfully are trusts implementing service-line management? This paper considers what helps and what hinders this way of working and the potential benefits of using this approach.
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By Catherine Foot et al - 26 January 2012
Evidence and consultation

The framework for quality accounts: Consultation response

This paper is a response to the Department of Health's consultation on the introduction of quality accounts.
10 December 2009
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Department of Health statutory regulation of practitioners of acupuncture and other traditional medicines in the UK: Consultation response

This paper is a formal response to the consultation on the report to ministers from the Department of Health's steering group on the statutory regulation of practitioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine, and other traditional medicine systems practiced in the UK.
16 November 2009
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The King's Fund response to the government's Green Paper Shaping the Future of Care together: Consultation response

Read our response to the government's Green paper on funding social care in England.
13 November 2009
Evidence and consultation

Health Select Committee inquiry into the future of social care: Consultation response

This paper responds to the Health Select Committee's inquiry into the future of social care funding and the case for major reform of the existing system.
1 October 2009
Article

Shaping the future of care together - our analysis

Does the Green Paper on social care reform follow the right principles, offer the right options, and map out the right way forward? Read our analysis of the government's proposals for changing the way that social care is funded and delivered.
16 July 2009
Article

Shaping the future of care together: our summary of the key points

Jo Maybin summarises the main points of the July 2009 Green Paper setting out options for reform of social care funding.
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By Jo Maybin - 16 July 2009
Evidence and consultation

Parliamentary briefing: the Health Bill second reading

The King's Fund has produced this briefing ahead of the second reading of the Health Bill in the House of Commons.
2 June 2009
Evidence and consultation

Parliamentary briefing: Forthcoming Green Paper on funding social care in England

This briefing from The King's Fund looks ahead to the Green Paper on social care, expected in June, and sets out the key tests that any new settlement will need to meet.
1 May 2009
Evidence and consultation

Briefing: Funding adult social care in England

Teresa Poole sets out how adult social care is currently funded, outlines some of the main criticisms of the current arrangements and describes the types of changes the government might consider for its reform.
By Teresa Poole - 1 March 2009
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