Publications

A statement from the Barker Commission to the Chancellor ahead of the Spending Review on the state of social care and its funding.

This report reviews 20 mergers involving NHS trusts and foundation trusts between 2010 and mid-2015 and asks whether mergers are always the best way forward.

Written halfway through the 2010–2015 parliament, this review considers how the NHS is performing under the coalition government, following on from The King’s Fund’s major review of NHS performance from 1997 to 2010.

This paper explains why a failure regime is required in the NHS, outlines how the failure regime for NHS trusts (currently being applied in South London) works and how the failure regime for foundation trusts introduced by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 will work in future.

Our report, published jointly with Centre for Mental Health, reviews the evidence on the interaction between mental health and long-term physical health conditions and offers examples of innovative practice to combat the problems associated with co-existing conditions.

How successfully are trusts implementing service-line management? This paper considers what helps and what hinders this way of working and the potential benefits of using this approach.

This paper looks at the core components of a successful case management programme and considers how it can be used to deliver high-quality integrated care.

With the government looking to extend Monitor's powers to act as a regulator for the health care sector, this paper looks at the lessons that can be learned from economic regulation in health care in other countries and from regulation of other market sectors in the UK.

This paper, the third in a series of WSDAN briefing papers, examines the experiences of the network's 12 member sites in implementing telehealth and telecare.

Written by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) in conjunction with The King's Fund, this short briefing asks how can clinical commissioners secure best use of social care to maximise outcomes and improve patient experience, while ensuring efficient, affordable care into the future?

How can the health and social care system rise to the current political and financial challenges? This paper is based on the Routes project, a simulation exercise created by Loop2, which set up a number of routes to managing change.

The government's health reforms propose radical changes to the running of the NHS, including, how will providers and commissioners be held to account in the future?

Social care funding has increased in real terms for the past decade, but this paper examines the trends in spending and the potential funding gap of £1billion by 2014 unless councils can achieve unprecedented efficiency savings.

How should the roles of government and independent regulators change in the context of NHS reforms?

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.

Reveals how one of the first foundation hospitals implemented its governance arrangements, and explores the emerging role of trust members and governors and their relationship with the board of directors.

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.

Our briefing exposes major shortcomings in the current care system for older people in London and recommends ways to address them.

Does a mixed economy work in providing care to Londoners? This paper from The King's Fund recommends how policy and practice should develop in this area.

Our paper on governing foundation trusts looks at the early experiences of foundation trust governors and considers the role they play in health care.