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Mental health and primary care networks briefing teaser image
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Mental health and primary care networks: understanding the opportunities

This report, published jointly by The King’s Fund and the Centre for Mental Health, explores the opportunities the emergence of primary care networks creates for improving the support and treatment provided to people with mental health needs.
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By Chris Naylor et al - 23 July 2020
Workforce race inequalities and inclusion in NHS providers
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Workforce race inequalities and inclusion in NHS providers

Despite having a diverse workforce, ethnic minority staff in the NHS continue to experience worse levels of bullying and a lack of opportunities for career progression. This report looks at how three NHS providers are working to better support staff and address these inequalities.
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By Shilpa Ross et al - 7 July 2020
Delivering health and care for people who sleep rough: going above and beyond
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Delivering health and care for people who sleep rough: going above and beyond

People who sleep rough have some of the worst health outcomes in England. We explore how four local areas are delivering effective health and care services to people sleeping rough and what other areas might be able to learn from them.
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By Julia Cream et al - 3 March 2020
Thinking differently about commissioning report
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Thinking differently about commissioning: learning from new approaches to local planning

Our report examines the approach being taken by some clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and local systems where traditional notions of commissioning are no longer guiding their way of working.
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By Ruth Robertson et al - 6 February 2020
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Quarterly monitoring report (QMR) 29: how is the NHS performing?

Covid-19 has dramatically altered how NHS services and finances operate. Our 29th QMR looks at where the NHS expected to be at the end of 2019/20, where it actually finds itself in 2020/21, and what impact Covid-19 might have in the future.
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By Siva Anandaciva - 6 August 2020
Mental health and primary care networks briefing teaser image
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Mental health and primary care networks: understanding the opportunities

This report, published jointly by The King’s Fund and the Centre for Mental Health, explores the opportunities the emergence of primary care networks creates for improving the support and treatment provided to people with mental health needs.
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By Chris Naylor et al - 23 July 2020
Workforce race inequalities and inclusion in NHS providers
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Workforce race inequalities and inclusion in NHS providers

Despite having a diverse workforce, ethnic minority staff in the NHS continue to experience worse levels of bullying and a lack of opportunities for career progression. This report looks at how three NHS providers are working to better support staff and address these inequalities.
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By Shilpa Ross et al - 7 July 2020
BSA 2019
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Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2019: Results from the British Social Attitudes survey

After falling for the past two years, public satisfaction with the NHS overall rose significantly in 2019. Overall satisfaction was 60 per cent – a 7 percentage point increase from the previous year.
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By Dan Wellings et al - 3 April 2020
Delivering health and care for people who sleep rough: going above and beyond
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Delivering health and care for people who sleep rough: going above and beyond

People who sleep rough have some of the worst health outcomes in England. We explore how four local areas are delivering effective health and care services to people sleeping rough and what other areas might be able to learn from them.
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By Julia Cream et al - 3 March 2020
Thinking differently about commissioning report
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Thinking differently about commissioning: learning from new approaches to local planning

Our report examines the approach being taken by some clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and local systems where traditional notions of commissioning are no longer guiding their way of working.
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By Ruth Robertson et al - 6 February 2020
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Polypharmacy and medicines optimisation: Making it safe and sound

Our report looks at the occurrence of polypharmacy - the concurrent use of multiple medications by one individual - in primary and secondary care and in care homes, and offers recommendations for improving the current system.
By Martin Duerden et al - 28 November 2013
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Health and wellbeing boards: One year on

This report examines how health and wellbeing boards have used their shadow year, what they have achieved, and whether they are providing effective leadership across local systems of care.
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By Richard Humphries et al - 31 October 2013
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Revalidation: The early experiences and views of responsible officers from London

This paper summarises the results of a small research study designed to capture the experiences of, and reflections on, revalidation of responsible officers in London.
By Vijaya Nath - 15 October 2013
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Delivering better services for people with long-term conditions: Building the house of care

Our paper describes a co-ordinated service delivery model – the ‘house of care’ – that aims to deliver proactive, holistic and patient-centred care for people with long-term conditions.
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By Angela Coulter et al - 2 October 2013
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How is the health and social care system performing? September 2013: Quarterly monitoring report

The NHS will struggle to meet its target of delivering £20 billion in productivity improvements by 2015 according to our latest quarterly monitoring report.
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By John Appleby et al - 18 September 2013
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The quest for integrated health and social care: A case study in Canterbury, New Zealand

This paper tells the story of the journey made by the District Health Board for Canterbury, New Zealand, towards its goal of providing integrated care for all. It looks at the drivers for change and the leadership values shown by key players.
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By Nicholas Timmins et al - 12 September 2013
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Exploring the system-wide costs of falls in older people in Torbay

Using Torbay’s unique patient-level linked data set, we explore the NHS and social care costs of the care pathway for older people in the 12 months before and after being admitted to hospital as a result of a fall.
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By Yang Tian et al - 22 August 2013
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NHS and social care workforce: Meeting our needs now and in the future?

The NHS and social care workforce is the primary driver of future health and social care costs. So it's important to ensure that the workforce of today is prepared for the health and social care needs of the future.
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By Candace Imison - 25 July 2013
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Clinical commissioning groups: Supporting improvement in general practice?

The King's Fund and the Nuffield Trust are working together to assess the implementation and impact of CCGs. This first report provides an overview of developments through to March 2013.
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By Chris Naylor et al - 22 July 2013
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Integrated care in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales: Lessons for England

What can the health and social care system in England learn from the experiences of the other countries of the United Kingdom?
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 16 July 2013
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NHS buildings: obstacle or opportunity?

The first in a series of four papers that aim to crystallise ideas for change in the future of health and social care. This paper re-thinks the way that the NHS could use its estate to catalyse change.
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By Nigel Edwards - 11 July 2013
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Leading health care in London: Time for a radical response

Our report on health care in London asks where responsibility for leading improvements will rest in future and argues that the new NHS structures are unlikely to provide the leadership needed to meet the challenges ahead.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 26 June 2013
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The view from Westminster: Parliamentarians on the future of health and social care

This publication, produced jointly with the Nuffield Trust, includes contributions from senior MPs and peers on the future challenges facing health and social care.
20 June 2013
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The four UK health systems: Learning from each other

This paper aims to probe what it sees as a woefully under-explored area: the differences between the United Kingdom's four separate health systems.
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By Nicholas Timmins - 13 June 2013
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