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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
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Leading for integrated care: 'If you think competition is hard, you should try collaboration'

This report explores the progress, challenges and opportunities the move towards greater integration presents, through interviews with 16 people leading or chairing an integrated care system or sustainability and transformation partnership.
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By Nicholas Timmins - 27 November 2019
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
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Leading for integrated care: 'If you think competition is hard, you should try collaboration'

This report explores the progress, challenges and opportunities the move towards greater integration presents, through interviews with 16 people leading or chairing an integrated care system or sustainability and transformation partnership.
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By Nicholas Timmins - 27 November 2019
Healthy places podcast
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Creating healthy places: perspectives from NHS England’s Healthy New Towns programme

Creating healthy places: perspectives from NHS England’s Healthy New Towns programme provides personal insights from those involved in the programme, illustrating how powerful a coherent local approach to improving population health can be.
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By Chris Naylor - 26 September 2019
Wigan Deal report
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A citizen-led approach to health and care: Lessons from the Wigan Deal

In 2011, Wigan Council had to make unprecedented savings after significant cuts in funding from central government. Drastic measures were needed, including a radical reshaping of the relationship between the council and residents. This became known as the Wigan Deal.
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By Chris Naylor et al - 26 June 2019
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Clicks and mortar: Technology and the NHS estate

Financial pressures and growing demand mean that health and social care services will need to work differently. This report reviews how technology in the NHS estate is currently being used, and imagines how the 'estate of the future' might look.
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By Lillie Wenzel et al - 21 May 2019
Closing the gap: Key areas for action on the health and care workforce
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Closing the gap: key areas for action on the health and care workforce

Staffing is the make-or-break issue for the NHS in England. In this joint report with the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation, we set out the policy actions that need to be at the heart of the workforce implementation plan due to be published later this year.
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By Jake Beech et al - 21 March 2019
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Developing a strategy for the health and care workforce in England: Summary of a roundtable discussion

How could workforce planning be improved? This write up provides an overview of a roundtable event convened by The King's Fund, the Health Foundation and the Nuffield Trust, which explored Health Education England's draft workforce strategy.
21 March 2019
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Payments and contracting for integrated care: The false promise of the self-improving health system

Why should the new payment systems being developed to support integrated care be any more successful than previous ones? This new report calls for urgent reform of the system for paying and contracting services in the NHS.
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By Ben Collins - 14 March 2019
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Designing the 'new' NHS: Ideas to make a supplier market in health care work

Amid increasing independent and voluntary sector involvement in NHS service delivery this report highlights issues that the government and health service providers in all three sectors should address.
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By Nicholas Timmins - 5 June 2006
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Assessing the New NHS Consultant Contract: A something for something deal?

Drawing on evidence from five acute NHS trusts, this paper assesses the impact of the new consultant contract in England and asks whether reforms will translate into benefits for patients.
By Sally Williams et al - 10 May 2006
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Social Enterprise and Community-based Care: Is there a future for mutually-owned organisations in community and primary care?

Explores how social enterprises, particularly those with a 'mutual' structure, could add value to the provision of primary and community care and practice-based commissioning, and suggests how this system could be implemented.
By Richard Lewis et al - 20 April 2006
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Securing Good Care for Older People: Taking a long-term view

How much should be spent on social care for older people over the next 20 years, and what funding arrangements are needed? Our report sets out the findings of the Wanless Social Care Review.
By Derek Wanless - 30 March 2006
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Working to Sustain Progress: Black and minority ethnic non-executive directors in London

Examines the current situation and experiences of NEDs from BME communities in London's NHS trusts and health authorities, and asks what is required to sustain this BME representation.
By Eleanor Stanley - 28 March 2006
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How Should we Deal with Hospital Failure? Facing the challenges of the new NHS market

Financial instability is just one reason for failure in the NHS. This paper explores how failure can be prevented or managed, while protecting the quality of patient care and restoring viability.
By Keith Palmer - 7 December 2005
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The Future of Primary Care: Meeting the challenges of the new NHS market

How will primary care be affected by the changing role of primary care trusts and the introduction of both practice-based commissioning and competition between providers?
By Richard Lewis et al - 16 November 2005
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Trends in the London Care Market 1994-2024

We look at London's care market, examining trends in its population profile and in the resources and services available for older people in our paper.
By William Laing - 20 October 2005
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Internationally Recruited Nurses in London: Profile and implications for policy

Explores the experiences and aspirations of 380 international nurses working in London, and gives an overview of trends and policy on international recruitment.
By Jim Buchan - 22 September 2005
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Self-management for Long-term Conditions: Patients' perspectives on the way ahead

We review patients' perceptions about managing their own long-term conditions, and identify how primary care trusts and other health and social care providers can best support them in line with their individual needs.
By Sara Corben et al - 26 July 2005
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