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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
Article

Governors are vital to a foundation trust's success

Since 2003, when the previous Health and Social Care Act created the concept of foundation trust governors, their role has been frequently debated but seen by many as offering only a weak form of accountability.
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By Katy Steward et al - 6 December 2013
Evidence and consultation

Health Committee's 2013 accountability hearing with Monitor: Evidence submission

The King's Fund's written evidence submission, informing the Health Committee's annual accountability hearing with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
26 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
Article

Balancing budgets or protecting patient safety

In this article for the British Medical Journal, Chris Ham considers the choices facing providers who are struggling to balance budgets and protect patient safety and quality of care.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 22 November 2013
Commissioned report

Volunteering in acute trusts in England: Understanding the scale and impact

Part of a project funded by the Department of Health, this paper gauges the scale and value of volunteering in NHS acute trusts in England.
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By Amy Galea et al - 21 November 2013
Evidence and consultation

Health Select Committee's inquiry into public expenditure on health and social care: Evidence submission

This submission considers the financial pressures the NHS is currently under and will continue to face in the coming years.
18 November 2013
Report

Health and wellbeing boards: One year on

This report examines how health and wellbeing boards have used their shadow year, what they have achieved, and whether they are providing effective leadership across local systems of care.
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By Richard Humphries et al - 31 October 2013
Commissioned report

Developing community resource teams in Pembrokeshire, Wales: Integration of health and social care in progress

This case study looks at how four community-based teams in Pembrokeshire bring together professionals from health, social care and the third sector to provide care for patients at home.
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By Veronika Thiel et al - 24 October 2013
Evidence and consultation

Health Committee's 2013 accountability hearing with the Care Quality Commission: Evidence submission

The King's Fund's written evidence submission, informing the Health Committee's annual accountability hearing with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
22 October 2013
Report

Revalidation: The early experiences and views of responsible officers from London

This paper summarises the results of a small research study designed to capture the experiences of, and reflections on, revalidation of responsible officers in London.
By Vijaya Nath - 15 October 2013
Article

Encourage GPs to take ownership of their CCG

Regardless of their shape or size, building and maintaining strong relationships with GPs is a key challenge for new clinical commissioning groups, write Holly Holder and Shilpa Ross
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By Shilpa Ross et al - 11 October 2013
Article

How to relieve pressure on the NHS

Angela Coulter writes about the house of care, a new model which places the patient at the heart of the delivery system and encourages personalised care planning.
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By Angela Coulter - 2 October 2013
Article

Supporting poorly performing NHS hospitals to improve

Chris Ham comments on Jeremy Hunt's plans to ask high-performing NHS hospitals to provide support to poorly performing hospitals to enable them to improve the quality and safety of patient care.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 25 September 2013
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How is the health and social care system performing? September 2013: Quarterly monitoring report

The NHS will struggle to meet its target of delivering £20 billion in productivity improvements by 2015 according to our latest quarterly monitoring report.
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By John Appleby et al - 18 September 2013
Article

How local government's relationship with the NHS is changing

Relationships between councils and clinical commissioning groups are getting better, but there are big challenges ahead, says Richard Humphries.
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By Richard Humphries - 27 August 2013
Report

Exploring the system-wide costs of falls in older people in Torbay

Using Torbay’s unique patient-level linked data set, we explore the NHS and social care costs of the care pathway for older people in the 12 months before and after being admitted to hospital as a result of a fall.
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By Yang Tian et al - 22 August 2013
Article

Hospitals: is bigger better?

In the latest edition of our Insight magazine, we talk to Nigel Edwards, Senior Fellow at The King's Fund, about the problems often faced by smaller hospitals and how these problems could be overcome.
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By Nigel Edwards - 13 August 2013
Evidence and consultation

A New Start: changes to the way the CQC regulates, inspects and monitors care: Consultation response

This consultation response sets out the views of The King's Fund on changes to the way the Care Quality Commission regulates, inspects and monitors care.
9 August 2013
Commissioned report

The Esteem Team: Co-ordinated care in the Sandwell Integrated Primary Care Mental Health and Wellbeing Service

The Esteem Team aims to support people with mental health conditions and complex social needs in the borough of Sandwell. Find out more about their approach to co-ordinated care.
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By Veronika Thiel et al - 8 August 2013
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