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Commissioned report

Shaping the future of digital technology in health and social care

This report provides a summary of evidence for how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, smartphones, wearable devices and the internet of things are being used within care settings around the world.
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By David Maguire et al - 7 April 2021
Nurse and midwife
Commissioned report

The courage of compassion: Supporting nurses and midwives to deliver high-quality care

This report, commissioned by the RCN Foundation, explores the causes and consequences of poor mental health and wellbeing among nurses and midwives, and seeks to identify solutions to these issues and examples of good practice.
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By Michael West et al - 23 September 2020
Article

Call for Health and Care Bill amendment to tackle workforce shortages

Leaders of ten health care organisations have signed a joint open letter to MPs calling for an amendment to the Health and Care Bill that ensures the health system in England is fully staffed now and in the future.
14 July 2021
Framework: Awareness, action, advocacy. 1. Self: getting the basics right. 2. Patients: providing care for individuals. 3. Clinical teams, pathways and service groups: Caring for groups of individuals. 4. Communities, networks: reaching more widely. 5. Systems: leading across health and care widely. 6. Nurturing the future.
Commissioned report

My role in tackling health inequalities: a framework for allied health professionals

This framework is designed to support allied health professionals (AHPs) do whatever they can – large or small – to tackle health inequalities.
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By Durka Dougall et al - 17 June 2021
Article

Health and care organisations say more action is needed on staff health and wellbeing

A broad coalition of health and care organisations have come together to speak with one voice about the need to prioritise the emotional and physical wellbeing of health and care staff.
9 June 2021
An image showing the ingredients for a recipe, a rocket, a tail being pinned on a donkey and a baby.
Article

Decision-making in uncertain times

As the health and care system emerges from the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, how can leaders approach decision-making when the challenges they face seem so intractable and the context so uncertain?
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By Simon Newitt - 18 May 2021 2-minute read
Article

NHS Bill must put a system in place to support better workforce planning

Leaders of The King’s Fund, the Health Foundation and the Nuffield Trust have written to the Secretary of State for Health and Care, Matt Hancock, and the Chair of the Commons Health and Social Care Committee, Jeremy Hunt, calling for a new clause to be added to the forthcoming NHS Bill to support better workforce planning.
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By Richard Murray et al - 14 April 2021
Commissioned report

Shaping the future of digital technology in health and social care

This report provides a summary of evidence for how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, smartphones, wearable devices and the internet of things are being used within care settings around the world.
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By David Maguire et al - 7 April 2021
Finding the space to slow down
Article

Finding the space to slow down

In a fast-moving environment with many competing demands, how can leaders find the time and space to slow down?
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By Allison Trimble - 30 March 2021 3-minute read
Commissioned report

The NHS’s role in tackling poverty

Poverty affects one-fifth of the UK population. Our commissioned report explores how the NHS can maximise its contribution to tackling poverty, within its resources and with its partners.
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By Deborah Fenney et al - 18 March 2021
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Integrated care systems in London: Challenges and opportunities ahead

Commissioned by the Greater London Authority, this report looks at how the five integrated care systems in London were developing before Covid-19 and how this has changed as a result of the response to the pandemic.
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By Anna Charles et al - 22 February 2021
Commissioned report

Understanding factors that enabled digital service change in general practice during the Covid-19 pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic prompted rapid uptake of existing digital technologies to deliver patient care differently in general practice. This report looks at how services changed and the digital tools and services that were used to facilitate that change
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By Beccy Baird et al - 10 February 2021
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Innovation in treatment for people with rarer or less well-recognised long-term conditions

This paper, commissioned by UCB, investigates how five leading specialist hospital services in the UK are innovating in care for people with severe psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), axial spondyloarthritis, osteoporosis and combinations of inflammatory conditions.
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By Ben Collins - 28 January 2021
Caring for and supporting volunteers
Article

Caring for and supporting volunteers

How can leaders support the wellbeing of volunteers, now and in the future?
By Helen Goldsmith - 21 December 2020 3-minute read
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Article

How you see problems can change what is possible

How we frame situations for ourselves and those we lead, and the ability to change that framing, is key to overcoming the challenges that we've faced during the pandemic. (3-minute read)
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By Jo Maybin - 10 December 2020 3-minute read
Article

An open letter to the Chancellor

Chief Executive of The King’s Fund, Richard Murray, has written an open letter to the Chancellor, the Right Honourable Rishi Sunak, to outline why health and care services need the stability of a multi-year funding deal.
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By Richard Murray - 23 November 2020
Nurse and midwife
Commissioned report

The courage of compassion: Supporting nurses and midwives to deliver high-quality care

This report, commissioned by the RCN Foundation, explores the causes and consequences of poor mental health and wellbeing among nurses and midwives, and seeks to identify solutions to these issues and examples of good practice.
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By Michael West et al - 23 September 2020
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Article

Supporting others through loss

By supporting colleagues through their experiences of loss, we can help to build important relationships for the future. (3-minute read)
By Sharon Allen - 4 September 2020 3-minute read
Creating space for compassion, empathy and learning
Article

Creating space for compassion, empathy and learning

It’s time to re-think our ideas about leadership and adopt learning cultures that will lead to better care and a fairer society.
By Sam Allen - 26 August 2020 5-minute read
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Article

How to do ‘learning’ in practice

How can leaders enable the development of a learning culture? Here, we share four tips for learning from the experiences of the first months of Covid-19. (4-minute read)
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By Jo Maybin - 12 August 2020 4-minute read
Commissioned report

Technology and innovation for long-term health conditions

It has become received wisdom that the NHS struggles to adopt digital innovation, but during the Covid-19 pandemic, many NHS providers have moved services online at astonishing pace. Ben Collins looks at four digital innovations in health services from the UK and the Nordic countries.
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By Ben Collins - 3 August 2020
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Article

Coping with divergence: opening up, but not for all

Health and care staff are experiencing a range of emotions as lockdown lifts. How can leaders support staff through this next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic?
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By Kiran Chauhan - 21 July 2020 3-minute read
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