Publications

In order to successfully reduce avoidable emergency admissions, we need to fully understand which interventions are the most effective. The King's Fund commissioned this review of research evidence to establish which interventions work in avoiding emergency or unplanned hospital admissions.

Contributed to by key health sector figures and commentators, this publication provides information on key health policy agenda priorities and how they can be addressed and advanced in the coming years.

Choosing a high-quality hospital explores how information can help patients to make informed choices. It is based on a research study, which began with a series of focus group discussions, the results of which informed the design of an online experiment.

This paper offers a snapshot of health professionals' views and raises key issues for further debate, as part of our work on the quality of general practice in England.

A new low secure unit was able to significantly reduce incidents of violence and aggression through implementing The King's Fund's Enhancing the Healing Environment programme.

The King's Fund and Doctors.net.uk have commissioned a survey to find out how doctors feel about the plans set out in the coalition government's health White Paper.

This article is the collective effort of ten of the leading health and social care organisations in the voluntary sector to identify the five key themes that the health and social care system must embrace to be sustainable and to ensure quality.

Our report provides practical advice to those seeking to influence GP referrals. It draws on the current literature and new qualitative and quantitative research.

Our evaluation report of a patient-centred care, evidence-based co-design project run by Guys' and St Thomas' and King's College Hospitals.

Building on a previous analysis produced in association with the Institute for Fiscal Studies, this paper examines the gap between the likely available funding and the level of funding required to achieve the progress projected by Sir Derek Wanless in his 2002 report for the Treasury.

Giving GPs budgets for commissioning: What needs to be done is a joint publication from Nuffield Trust, The King's Fund, NHS Confederation, NHS Alliance, National Association of Primary Care, and Royal College of General Practitioners.

This paper compares the implementation of electronic referral systems in England ('Choose and Book') and in a region of the Netherlands ('ZorgDomein').

As far as patient and staff experiences are concerned, no problem is too small. As well as tackling the issues, leaders must involve their teams in the solutions.

The medical profession needs to respond to changing expectations of patients, the state, and the health service itself. This paper proposes a way to redefine medical professionalism for the future.

This practical full-colour guide and accompanying CD Rom, published in partnership with NHS Estates, shows how staff teams with no specialist knowledge can make dramatic changes to areas such as waiting rooms by making better use of existing resources.

This paper aims to shape discussion about the benefits and risks of practice-led commissioning, in which primary care clinicians are involved in the commissioning process.