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Shared responsibility for health: the cultural change we need

We believe that the relationship between the public and the NHS, and between patients and the staff who care for them, needs to be transformed. As well as ensuring that the resources (funding and workforce) needed to deliver care are available, national and local leaders must work to fully engage patients and the public in improving health and care.  
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 23 November 2018
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The NHS 10-year plan: how should the extra funding be spent?

The government has announced increases in NHS funding and has asked the NHS to come up with a 10-year plan for how this funding will be used. After eight years of austerity, there is now an opportunity to tackle the issues that matter most to patients and communities and to improve health and care.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 12 July 2018
Article

An alternative day in the life of a GP

What would a day in the life of a GP working in an innovative model of general practice look like? We pull together a typical day based on the experiences of GPs we met in researching Innovative models of general practice.
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By Beccy Baird et al - 7 June 2018
Report

Transformational change in health and care: reports from the field

We interviewed 42 people who were involved in leading, supporting, delivering, receiving or witnessing transformational change. Our report shares their experiences and reflections.
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By Durka Dougall et al - 10 May 2018
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Shaping the future of general practice: a report for the Royal College of General Practitioners

The report examines trends in health policy in the four nations of the UK, particularly as it might affect general practice. It considers what patients and GPs want from general practice and what general practice might look like in the future, building on the literature review and our interviews with system leaders.
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By Beccy Baird et al - 27 November 2018
Article

Talking leadership with Suzie Bailey

Suzie recently joined The King’s Fund as Director of Leadership and Organisational Development. We talk to her about the challenges facing leaders from across the health and care system.
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By Suzie Bailey - 25 September 2018
Article

Breaking the leadership mould

Suzie Bailey and Saffron Cordery from NHS Providers reflect on the findings of our joint report and the challenge of recruiting and retaining leadership roles.
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By Suzie Bailey et al - 22 August 2018
Report

Leadership in today's NHS: delivering the impossible

Leaders in today’s NHS operate in a climate of extreme pressure. Staffing vacancies are rife, there are widespread challenges in meeting financial and performance targets and demands on services continue to increase. What can be done to support current leaders and encourage future ones?
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By Siva Anandaciva et al - 18 July 2018
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Leading across health and social care in Scotland: learning from chief officers' experiences, planning next steps

This report, commissioned by the Scottish Government in collaboration with the chief officers of integration authorities, looks how the chief officers have developed their role in the Scottish health and social care system so far.
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By Alex Baylis et al - 21 June 2018
Innovative models of general practice
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Innovative models of general practice

We look at innovative models of general practice from the UK and other countries and identify key design features we believe will be important in designing effective GP services in the future.
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By Beccy Baird et al - 7 June 2018
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'The world's biggest quango' the first five years of NHS England

Nicholas Timmins explores the fate of one of the central provisions of the Health and Social Care Act, NHS England, established as a statutorily independent board with the aim of distancing politicians from the day-to-day running of the NHS.
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By Nicholas Timmins - 24 May 2018
Article

An international perspective on developing new models of care in the PACS vanguards

In this extract from our NHS England-commissioned report on developing new models of care in the PACS vanguards, Don Berwick offers an international perspective.
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By Don Berwick - 19 April 2018
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Developing new models of care in the PACS vanguards: a new national approach to large-scale change?

For this report we invited those who have led the development of the PACS model, nationally and locally, to reflect on the process of being part of the programme, and of trying to bring about complex change in local systems.
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By Chris Naylor et al - 19 April 2018
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Commissioner perspectives on working with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector

This report explores how and why clinical commissioning groups and local authorities are engaging with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector.
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By Beccy Baird et al - 22 February 2018
Volunteering in general practice
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Volunteering in general practice: opportunities and insights

Interest is growing in the contribution that volunteering can make in health and social care. This paper examines the ways in which volunteers are involved with, and are contributing to, general practice.
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By Helen Gilburt et al - 7 February 2018
Article

Getting the most from technology requires pathway redesign

Test bed initiatives show that, beyond technology, pathway transformation is what leads to the real change.
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By Harry Evans - 10 January 2018
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
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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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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

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
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