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The Spending Review – what does it mean for health and social care?

The King's Fund has come together the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation to publish a briefing on the impact of the Spending Review on health and social care.
17 December 2015
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Intentional whole health system redesign: Southcentral Foundation's 'Nuka' system of care

Southcentral Foundation's redesign of the health care system in Alaska is widely regarded as one of the most successful examples of its kind in the United States and internationally. What can the English NHS learn from Southcentral's experiences?
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By Ben Collins et al - 19 November 2015
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Statement from the Barker Commission: The future of health and social care

A statement from the Barker Commission to the Chancellor ahead of the Spending Review on the state of social care and its funding.
8 November 2015
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Risk or reward? The changing role of CCGs in general practice

A report from the Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund finds that CCGs risk becoming unsustainable without changes to the way they attract leaders and adequate funding to help them expand their remit.
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By Ruth Robertson et al - 26 January 2015
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Improving health and health care in London: Who will take the lead?

This report highlights the particular challenges that health care organisations in London face and suggests ways to facilitate appropriate service change.
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By John Appleby et al - 13 December 2011
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Case management: What it is and how it can best be implemented

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.
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By Nick Goodwin et al - 17 November 2011
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Perspectives on telehealth and telecare

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.
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By Nick Goodwin et al - 3 November 2011
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Social care and clinical commissioning for people with long-term conditions

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?
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By Richard Humphries et al - 22 September 2011
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Routes for social and health care: A simulation exercise

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.
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By Richard Humphries et al - 20 June 2011
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Commissioning for the future: Learning from a simulation of the health system in 2013/14

What outcomes could current health and social care reforms have on the future of the health system? This simulation exercise exposed GPs to the situations they might face in 2013/14.
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By Candace Imison et al - 7 April 2011
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Integrating health and social care in Torbay: Improving care for Mrs Smith

This paper sets out how one particular area, Torbay, created an integrated care system that aimed to improve care for 'Mrs Smith', a fictitious user of health and social care services.
By Peter Thistlethwaite - 31 March 2011
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Improving the quality of care in general practice: Report of an independent inquiry commissioned by The King's Fund

This report, conducted by an independent panel of experts, aims to support the work of general practice and to provide a guide to ensure that quality is at the heart of the service.
24 March 2011
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Quality of general practice: key findings for GPs from an independent inquiry

We outline the key findings for professionals in general practice and describe the central role that general practice must now play to improve the quality of health care.
23 March 2011
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Social care funding and the NHS: An impending crisis?

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.
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By Richard Humphries - 17 March 2011
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Reconfiguring hospital services: Lessons from South East London

Reconfiguring hospital services offers a timely and sobering contribution to the emerging debate on how service and organisational change should be taken forward across the NHS in England.
By Keith Palmer - 3 March 2011
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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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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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