Publications

Our Chief Executive Professor Chris Ham highlights some of the benefits a system like Kaiser Permanente could bring to the NHS.

Richard Humphries, our senior fellow in social care, shares his thoughts on the integration of health and social care.

Commissioning integrated care in a liberated NHS is the second report by Nuffield Trust in their series 'The quest for efficiency in the English NHS'.

Chris Ham and Paul Zollinger-Read explore the lessons learnt from the USA for English NHS clincial commissioning groups.

In an article for the Independent, Chris Ham explains that improvements in services will only if politicians are willing to support doctors and managers.

A new book co-written by Chris Ham, John Clark and Peter Spurgeon outlines the different roles of medical leaders and analyses the relationship between medical engagement and organisational performance.

We talk to some non-executive directors on our Board leadership programme about ensuring effective governance during the NHS reforms.

The coalition has pledged to create 'the largest social enterprise sector in the world'. However, is the reality living up to this vision?

Can a telehealth programme help in maintaining weight loss?

The health and social care relationship is in a state of upheaval. Facing the triple challenges of NHS reform, a widening gap between needs and resources and social care transformation, this could be seen as 'perfect storm' of problems.

Using feedback from a number of experienced NHS leaders, Chris Roebuck reviews past NHS leadership development and identifies leadership development options from the commercial sector that would benefit the NHS.

Kim Turnbull James outlines some of the latest thinking in leadership theory and leadership development - not specifically from the health case sector - and includes three case studies of leadership development programmes which incorporate these ideas.

Using data from the Binley's Database of NHS Management, this paper analyses the NHS management workforce.

This article on the evidence base for telehealth in stroke management was taken from the Whole Systems Demonstrator Action Research Network (WSDAN) database.

Chris Naylor and Nigel Edwards discuss whether the government's reforms are moving too quickly.

The impact of telehealth on cancer patients living in remote areas can be significant, offering them a virtual connection with health professionals & other patients.

This paper, the second in a series of WSDAN briefing papers, provides guidance carrying out good-quality evaluations of telecare and telehealth interventions.

As the main primary medical care providers GPs and their teams are in a unique position to use commissioning to develop new models of care in the community.

Jennifer Dixon argues that the NHS chief executive's first major report outlines a well-argued agenda for health service reform, but warns that commissioning may remain too weak.

The lack of a 'big picture' of where NHS reforms will take us means investment and strategic planning are severely hampered. Alasdair Liddell and Laurie McMahon describe a behavioural modelling approach that can help.