Skip to main content
Home The King's Fund

Main navigation

  • Topics
    • Health and care services
      • Adult social care
      • Community services
      • Emergency care
      • General practice
      • Hospital care
      • Long-term conditions
      • Maternity services
      • Mental health
      • New models of care
      • Public health
      • Sexual health care
    • Leadership, systems and organisations
      • Clinical leadership
      • Covid-19
      • Equality and diversity
      • Integrated care
      • Organisational culture
      • Quality improvement
      • Sustainability and transformation plans
      • System leadership
      • Voluntary and community sector
      • Workforce and skills
    • Patients, people and society
      • Carers
      • Children and young people
      • Health inequalities
      • Housing
      • Older people
      • Patient experience
      • Patient involvement
      • Patient safety
      • Population health
      • Public opinion
      • Technology and data
      • Volunteers
    • Policy, finance and performance
      • Access to care
      • Brexit
      • Commissioning and contracting
      • General election 2019
      • Governance and regulation
      • NHS finances
      • NHS five year forward view
      • NHS long-term plan
      • Performance
      • Productivity
      • Social care finances
  • Publications
  • Blog
  • Health and care explained
  • Events
  • Courses
  • Consultancy and support
    • Organisational development
    • Policy and advisory services
    • Library services
  • About us
Newsletter sign up
Newsletter sign up

Publications

Independent research and analysis on health and social care

Listing Content Type

  • All publications
  • Reports
  • Articles
  • Evidence and consultations
Share this content
  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn
  • Share on Email
  • Print this page
  • Health and care services
    • Adult social care
    • Cancer services
    • Community services
    • (-) Emergency care
    • End-of-life care
    • General practice
    • Hospital care
    • Long-term conditions
    • Maternity services
    • Mental health
    • New models of care
    • Public health
    • Sexual health care
  • Leadership, systems and organisations
    • (-) Clinical commissioning groups
    • Clinical leadership
    • Equality and diversity
    • Health and wellbeing boards
    • Integrated care
    • Local service design
    • Quality improvement
    • System leadership
    • Voluntary and community sector
    • Workforce and skills
  • Patients, people and society
    • Children and young people
    • Health inequalities
    • Older people
    • Patient experience
    • Patient involvement
    • Patient safety
    • Public opinion
    • Technology and data
  • Policy, finance and performance
    • Access to care
    • Commissioning and contracting
    • (-) Governance and regulation
    • Health and Social Care Act 2012
    • NHS finances
    • Performance
    • Productivity
    • Social care finances
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • (-) 2006
  • 2007
  • (-) 2008
  • (-) 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • (-) 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
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
Report

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.
Thumbnail
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.
Thumbnail
By Candace Imison et al - 9 August 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.
Thumbnail
By Lisa Weaks - 17 May 2012
Evidence and consultation

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.
Thumbnail
By Yang Tian et al - 3 April 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.
Thumbnail
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.
Thumbnail
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
Evidence and consultation

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
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
Article

In brief: what did the Operating Framework say?

Jo Maybin looks the essential elements of the Operating Framework, including adjustments to the three tiers of 'vital signs' introduced last year.
Thumbnail
By Jo Maybin - 16 December 2008
Report

Regulation of Health Care Provision in England

This briefing examines the recent history of the quality and safety, financial and economic regulation of health care providers in England.
Thumbnail
By Jo Maybin et al - 24 October 2008
Article

Getting quality from the regulators

Deciding who does what will be vital if we’re to get a quality service from the regulators. Niall Dickson reflects on the new role of the CQC and its chair, Lady Young.
By Niall Dickson - 24 October 2008
Evidence and consultation

Department of Health consultation on an NHS constitution: Consultation response

This response welcomes plans for an NHS constitution as a potentially viable way of providing clarity on the purpose of the NHS.
17 October 2008
Report

Top-up payments for drugs in England

This briefing gives some background on the relevant legislation and guidance in this area.
Thumbnail
By Jo Maybin et al - 8 September 2008
Report

Briefing: High Quality Care for All: the NHS Next Stage Review final report

This briefing provides The King's Fund's analysis of the key themes explored in High Quality Care For All, the final report from Lord Darzi's NHS Next Stage Review.
Thumbnail
By Jo Maybin et al - 16 July 2008
Evidence and consultation

Consultation response: the future regulation of health and adult social care in England

This paper responds to the Department of Health consultation on the framework for the registration of health and adult social care providers.
17 June 2008
Report

Should Primary Care Trusts be Made More Locally Accountable? A discussion paper from The King's Fund

This discussion paper discusses a range of options for reforming the relationships between PCTs and their public.
By Ruth Thorlby et al - 10 April 2008
Article

How to score public accountability points

Ruth Thorlby and Richard Lewis discuss the public accountability of primary care trusts.
By Ruth Thorlby et al - 3 April 2008
Article

David Woodhead and Valerie James on tackling decommissioning

This article looks at the challenges surrounding decommissioning. Government is stepping away from setting central targets and relinquishing direct control over delivery. Locally identified needs and priorities will take their place.
By Valerie James et al - 17 March 2008
Viewing 1 - 20 of 28

Pagination

  • Previous page
  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Next page

Subscribe to our Weekly Update newsletter

""

Health and care explained: Making sense of the health and care system

This selection of content aims to make sense of the health and care system – including videos, articles, illustrated summaries and more.

Got a question? Ask a librarian

Quick links

  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Corporate partners
  • Job vacancies
  • Multimedia
  • Press centre
  • Projects
  • Who's who

Connect with us

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Youtube

Latest Tweet

Weekly Update newsletter

Subscribe for a weekly round-up of our latest news and content

Footer

  • Privacy notice and cookies
  • Accessibility
  • Terms and conditions
  • Comments policy
  • Copyright
© The King's Fund 2021 Registered charity: 1126980