Publications

Our data briefing looks at the trends emerging in emergency admissions and hospital bed use in the NHS. What do the numbers tell us?

Written for the NAPC and KPMG, this introductory guide to good governance for clinical commissioning groups aims to help them take their first steps towards authorisation.

Chris Ham and Paul Zollinger-Read explore the lessons learnt from the USA for English NHS clincial commissioning groups.

Explaining variations in primary care trusts' spending on cancer services provides PCTs and cancer networks with a method of deciding on appropriate budgets for cancer services.

What sort of leaders does the NHS need? Does the 'hero' chief executive still hold sway? This report concludes the findings of the Commission into leadership and management in the NHS.

This report explores the possible causes of variation and ways in which variations can be measured, and analyses variations in rates of elective hospital admissions.

What outcomes could current health and social care reforms have on the future of the health system? This simulation exercise exposed GPs to the situations they might face in 2013/14.

This report, conducted by an independent panel of experts, aims to support the work of general practice and to provide a guide to ensure that quality is at the heart of the service.

We outline the key findings for professionals in general practice and describe the central role that general practice must now play to improve the quality of health care.

As the main primary medical care providers GPs and their teams are in a unique position to use commissioning to develop new models of care in the community.