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Article

Q&A on the Operating Framework for NHS leaders

How can chief executives seize the new freedoms offered by David Nicholson and the Operating Framework? The King's Fund Director of Leadership Development, Karen Lynas offers some advice.
By Karen Lynas - 16 December 2008
Report

Practice-based commissioning: Reinvigorate, replace or abandon?

Through in-depth interviews with GPs, hospital and primary care trust staff in four sites, this report assesses the progress of practice-based commissioning (PBC) and identifies the barriers that are limiting success.
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By Nick Goodwin et al - 20 November 2008
Article

World class commissioning - a catalyst for change?

As PCTs up and down the country face formal judgement of their commissioning skills for the first time, The King's Fund's Leadership Director Karen Lynas offers her views on the new world class commissioning assurance system.
By Karen Lynas - 19 November 2008
Report

Engaging patients in their health: How the NHS needs to change: Report from the Sir Roger Bannister Health Summit, Leeds Castle, 17-18 May 2007

How can we encourage patients to become more engaged in their own health care and what impact will that have on the NHS? This report presents discussions from an expert seminar.
By Anna Dixon - 23 October 2008
Article

Board game

Are you ready to step up to board level? Karen Lynas, Director of Leadership at The King’s Fund, looks at the personal challenges.
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By Karen Lynas - 1 September 2008
Article

Maybe we're wrong

Simon Bird argues that we may need to look at talent management in the NHS differently in this article from Talent Management Review.
By Simon Bird - 1 September 2008
Article

Simon Bird on whether clinicians are always the best leaders

Simon Bird discusses whether clinicians are alwas the best leaders in this 2008 article for the Health Service Journal.
By Simon Bird - 5 August 2008
Article

Making Darzi's vision a reality

The NHS Next Stage Review outlines a sensible set of measures to transform patient care, but The King's Fund's chief executive Niall Dickson argues that real cultural change will be needed in the health service if the vision is to be translated into reality.
By Niall Dickson - 17 July 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.
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By Jo Maybin et al - 16 July 2008
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Visions for care in strategic health authorities

As part of Lord Darzi's review of the NHS, each strategic health authority (SHA) outside London was commissioned to produce a report outlining their 'vision' for care in their region in the next decade.
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By Jo Maybin et al - 1 July 2008
Article

Polyclinics, polycautious

The King's Fund has scrutinised the dream of polyclinics and urges planners to be cautious.
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By Candace Imison et al - 23 June 2008
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Shifting the Balance of Health Care to Local Settings: The SeeSaw report

The Department of Health commissioned The King's Fund and Loop2 to undertake a simulation-based project to consider the shift in the balance of care from hospital to community settings.
By Sarah Harvey et al - 19 June 2008
Report

Under One Roof: Will polyclinics deliver integrated care?

This report asks whether the polyclinic model will improve the quality and accessibility of health care and deliver cost savings and integrated care.
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By Candace Imison et al - 5 June 2008
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Understanding Doctors: Harnessing professionalism

Presents the views of doctors and other health professionals on the many challenges to their roles, the way they practise and the nature of their professionalism.
By Ros Levenson et al - 7 May 2008
Article

Patient choice in general practice: the implications of patient satisfaction surveys

Ruth Robertson, Anna Dixon and Julian Le Grand consider the factors that explain patient satisfaction with general practice physicians and how this may drive patients' choice of practice.
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By Anna Dixon et al - 2 April 2008
Article

Learn to play the politics game

Building relationships within your own organisation can be as important as developing partnerships outside it. Simon Bird, special projects programme director at The King's Fund, offers some thoughts on alliances and divisions.
By Simon Bird - 1 March 2008
Article

Darzi review must avoid national blueprint to enable best local solutions

The case for change in the health service is irrefutable, argues Niall Dickson, but strong managerial and clinical leadership, astute financial planning and significant changes in working practices will be needed to ensure Lord Darzi's review is truly a 'once in a generation opportunity'.
By Niall Dickson - 28 February 2008
Report

Funding the practice of learning: An evaluation of The King's Fund's Partners for Health in London funding and development programme

Funding the Practice of Learning is an evaluation of the Partners for Health programme, exploring the experiences of those who applied for funding from the point of application, through the recruitment process and into the programme itself.
By Marsaili Cameron et al - 1 February 2008
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