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Managing quality in community health care services

From children's services to care for older people and end-of-life support, the community sector plays a key part in meeting the challenges facing our health and care system. This report presents findings from a small-scale study into how quality is managed in community services.
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By Catherine Foot et al - 4 December 2014
Article

Public health gains despite slimmer budgets

Sifting through the tea-leaves: is the NHS about to make more of the running on public health?
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By David Buck - 25 November 2014
Article

The future for specialists is beyond a hospital’s four walls

Specialists can provide support and training to help GPs and nurses diagnose and treat complex patients, write Ruth Robertson and Matthew Honeyman.
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By Ruth Robertson et al - 19 November 2014
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Tackling poverty: Making more of the NHS in England

The research on which this paper is based was commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) to inform its work to develop an anti-poverty strategy for the United Kingdom.
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By David Buck et al - 12 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
Article

Adult social care funding: viewpoints

The LGA and ADASS invited senior figures from across the care and support sector to provide their perspective on some of the issues covered in their report, Adult social care funding: 2014 state of the nation. This is Richard Humphries' viewpoint.
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By Richard Humphries - 28 October 2014
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Specialists in out-of-hospital settings: Findings from six case studies

We visited six services where consultants are delivering or facilitating care outside hospital. This report presents the findings from those visits as case studies and identifies some of the key characteristics and challenges to this way of working.
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By Ruth Robertson et al - 22 October 2014
Article

NHS social care: how to make those who would benefit pay for radical improvements

The predictable and understandable reluctance to talk about higher taxation before the election means that the funding challenge facing the NHS is not being adequately addressed.
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By Kate Barker - 7 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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A new settlement for health and social care: Final report

The final report from the Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England.
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By Kate Barker - 4 September 2014
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Thoughts on the first 100 days of the next government

As part of the Local Government Association's new campaign, Investing in our nation’s future: the first 100 days of the next government, Richard Humphries details what the Fund would like from the next government in its first 100 days in office.
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By Richard Humphries - 8 July 2014
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Future organisational models for the NHS: Perspectives for the Dalton review

Ahead of the Dalton review, which is examining ways to encourage the best providers to support those that are struggling, our paper with the Foundation Trust Network explores some of the organisational models that providers could use to meet their current strategic and financial challenges.
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By Candace Imison et al - 1 July 2014
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Dalton review: Good leadership will determine the best models for change

There are a range of models being explored by the Dalton review to improve NHS provider models in future. Health care management is complex and mulifaceted, so needs to successfully meet varying local health needs, argue Chris Ham and Chris Hopson.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 1 July 2014
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Prescription charges: are they worth it?

John Appleby assesses whether the policy of charging for prescriptions in England is helping or harming the NHS.
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By John Appleby - 18 June 2014
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NHS England’s chief executive sets out thinking on new models of care

Simon Stevens has the opportunity to make changes that in normal times would be impossible, says Chris Ham.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 12 June 2014
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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
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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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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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