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Report

Leadership vacancies in the NHS: What can be done about them?

Our research with the HSJ Future of NHS Leadership inquiry highlights the difficulty NHS organisations face in recruiting and retaining people for executive positions.
By Ayesha Janjua - 12 December 2014
Report

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

Why has the PROMs programme stalled?

In 2009, the English NHS introduced a world-leading initiative in the pursuit of quality health care: the measurement of patients’ views about their own health became a routine part of the delivery of NHS-funded services. So how has this laudable initiative progressed since its initial success? The answer is, sadly, barely at all.
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By John Appleby et al - 3 December 2014
Article

Chris Ham on ‘bilingual’ clinical leaders

Beyond budgets, culture and leadership are the people who provide care and their commitment to perform to the best of their ability.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 27 November 2014
Evidence and consultation

Briefing: The Autumn Statement: NHS Funding

The King's Fund's written briefing in advance of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement to parliament, calling for an additional £2 billion in funding for the NHS to prevent a financial crisis in 2015/16.
26 November 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
Report

The reconfiguration of clinical services: What is the evidence?

What are the key drivers of clinical service reconfiguration and what is the evidence to underpin it?
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By Candace Imison et al - 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
Report

Exploring CQC’s well-led domain: How can boards ensure a positive organisational culture?

The CQC’s inspections focus on five key lines of enquiry as part of its ‘well-led’ domain. This paper sets out what boards can do in these five areas and draws on examples of good practice in leadership and culture in health care.
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By Katy Steward - 17 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
Evidence and consultation

Health Select Committee's inquiry into public expenditure on health and social care: Evidence submission

The King's Fund's written response to the Health Select Committee's inquiry into public expenditure on health and social care (11 November 2014).
11 November 2014
Report

Commissioning and contracting for integrated care

This report describes how CCGs in England are innovating with alternative approaches to commissioning and contracting as a way of driving integrated care.
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By Rachael Smithson - 11 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

Creating change from within

Dr Tracey Batten, Chief Executive of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, reflects on the challenges of working in two very different health care systems and tells us how she thinks we can reform the NHS from within.
Report

How is the NHS performing? October 2014: Quarterly Monitoring Report

Our latest survey of finance directors reveals the highest level of pessimism about the financial position of health organisations since we began surveying in the autumn of 2011.
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By John Appleby et al - 30 October 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
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System leadership: Lessons and learning from AQuA's Integrated Care Discovery Communities

This paper seeks to identify the skills, knowledge and behaviours required of new system leaders and to learn from AQuA's Integrated Care Discovery Communities, which are attempting to combine strong organisational leadership with collaborative system-level leadership approaches.
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By David Fillingham CBE et al - 14 October 2014
Article

The NHS in England and the 2015 general election

Will today’s politicians rise to the challenge or consign necessary reforms to the 'too difficult' box?
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 10 October 2014
Article

After conference season where do the parties stand on health?

The recent party conference season saw a flurry of pledges from the main parties, and we now have a much clearer idea of some of the commitments that will make up their manifestos. So where do the three main parties stand now that the conference season is over?
10 October 2014
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