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Long read

Amending the 2012 Act: can it be done?

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 is widely seen as dysfunctional, getting in the way of the more integrated care it actually seeks to achieve. As the Prime Minister has once again opened the door to changes, this piece identifies some of the current problems and implications of change, and asks how far progress could be made within the existing legislation.
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By Nicholas Timmins - 25 October 2018
Report

'The world's biggest quango' the first five years of NHS England

Nicholas Timmins explores the fate of one of the central provisions of the Health and Social Care Act, NHS England, established as a statutorily independent board with the aim of distancing politicians from the day-to-day running of the NHS.
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By Nicholas Timmins - 24 May 2018
Commissioned report

Housing and health: opportunities for sustainability and transformation partnerships

This short report, supported by the National Housing Federation, sets out areas where sustainability and transformation partnerships and emerging integrated care systems can make more of the contribution of the housing sector to improving health.
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By David Buck et al - 22 March 2018
Commissioned report

The economics of housing and health: The role of housing associations

The National Housing Federation commissioned The King's Fund and the New NHS Alliance to produce this independent report looking at the economic case for linking housing and health.
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By David Buck et al - 20 September 2016
Report

Patients as partners: Building collaborative relationships among professionals, patients, carers and communities

Our guide explores practical ways to develop collaborative relationships among health and care professionals, patients, carers and community partners.
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By Becky Seale - 4 July 2016
Long read

Health and wellbeing boards (HWBs) explained

What are health and wellbeing boards (HWBs) and what role could they play in developments such as integrated commissioning and place-based systems of care?
22 June 2016
Article

Building collaborative partnerships with patients and communities

Mark Doughty discusses progress made by The King's Fund's Leading collaboratively with patients and communities programme.
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By Mark Doughty - 24 February 2016
Article

Getting the measure of this year's NHS planning guidance

In this article for the Health Service Journal, Helen McKenna discusses the impact of the recent NHS planning guidance.
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By Helen McKenna - 10 February 2016
Evidence and consultation

House of Commons Health Committee inquiry on public health post-2013: Evidence submission

Our submission to the House of Commons Health Committee inquiry gives our views on the impact of the Health and Social Care Act reforms on public health since 2013.
27 January 2016
Article

CQC's State of Care is both reassuring and disturbing

The Care Quality Commission's State of Care report has both reassuring and disturbing messages: reassuring in that the majority of services are good, but disturbing in that there is significant variation in quality and particularly safety.
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By Michael West - 20 October 2015
Report

The NHS under the coalition government: Part two: NHS performance

This report looks at how well the NHS has performed under the coalition government. Using routinely available data, the report creates a conventional 'production path' – describing the financial inputs to the NHS before detailing its outputs, such as hospital admissions and A&E attendances.
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By John Appleby et al - 26 March 2015
Report

The NHS under the coalition government: Part one: NHS reform

Our new report assesses the coalition government's record on the NHS. It comes in two parts, with this first part focusing on the reforms set out in the Health and Social Care Act.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 6 February 2015
Report

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
Article

NHS reform: the next shift-change

The government’s NHS reforms were meant to devolve power away from Whitehall. In practice the health service remains one of the most centralised in the world. Bottom-up change is urgently needed.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 11 June 2014
Report

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
Article

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
Article

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
Article

The future town hall

Local government’s relationship with the NHS will be 95 years old in 2043 – by then we will know whether the 2012 Health and Social Care Act really was a game-changing shift in the relationship between these two great public service silos.
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By Richard Humphries - 17 December 2013
Report

Polypharmacy and medicines optimisation: Making it safe and sound

Our report looks at the occurrence of polypharmacy - the concurrent use of multiple medications by one individual - in primary and secondary care and in care homes, and offers recommendations for improving the current system.
By Martin Duerden et al - 28 November 2013
Article

Compassionate care means rooting out staff stress

Following the government’s response to the Francis report, Michael West looks at why fostering compassion should be about relieving stresses on staff, not threatening criminal sanctions.
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By Michael West - 25 November 2013
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