Publications

The stalling of improvements in life expectancy in the UK since 2011, highlighted again in the most recent data, has prompted much comment and speculation. We must look at austerity and beyond for underlying causes, says Veena Raleigh.

The 70th anniversary of the NHS is an opportunity to reflect on its enduring popularity and to ask what people can expect from the service and what their obligations are in return, says Chris Ham.

In light of recent announcements, Harry Evans argues it is now time for the NHS to step out of the shadow of past implementation failures.

It’s time to revisit what people can expect from the NHS and what their obligations are in return, writes Chris Ham.

An open letter to the Prime Minister from The King's Fund, The Nuffield Trust and The Health Foundation about a long-term funding settlement for the NHS.

In this extract from our NHS England-commissioned report on developing new models of care in the PACS vanguards, Don Berwick offers an international perspective.

Test bed initiatives show that, beyond technology, pathway transformation is what leads to the real change.

The Care Quality Commission's State of Care report has both reassuring and disturbing messages: reassuring in that the majority of services are good, but disturbing in that there is significant variation in quality and particularly safety.

Is enough emphasis and thought devoted to leadership styles, the culture this creates and whether this fully reflects the organisation’s aims and ethos?

Now, more than ever, we need a new, comprehensive approach to supporting and implementing change, say Richard Murray and Anita Charlesworth.

With the right local leadership and central government support, localism could help address the broad range of factors that drive health inequalities in a particular area, writes David Buck.

We speak to Tim Kelsey, National Director for Patients and Information at NHS England, about the role of technology in improving care.

As the post-election dust settles, the Queen’s speech confirms that the integration of health and social care continues as a headline policy commitment, with the better care fund and ‘DevoManc’ as flagship policies intended to make this happen. But will they be enough?

This publication was commissioned by the Local Government Association to capture the thoughts of councillors, directors of public health, providers, commissioners, academics and other key opinion formers on the challenges and opportunities devolution could bring in terms of improving the public's health. Read David Buck's chapter.

The experience of Blue Cross and Blue Shield in the US offers lessons for the NHS about some of the ingredients needed to improve population health, says Hugh Alderwick.

We speak to writer Nicci Gerrard about her father's hospital care, and her campaign – John's Campaign – that calls for the families and carers of people with dementia to be allowed to remain with them in hospital for as many hours of the day and night as necessary.

All political parties have endorsed NHS plans for greater integration of care in the next parliament. Chris Ham and colleagues use US experience to suggest what is needed to make it happen.

How can patients be encouraged to participate in their own care? And just what does it mean to be an empowered patient?

An article for the NHS Directory on the Enhancing the Healing Environment programme.

It is the lynchpin of health policy for third-term Labour, but how much does the public understand about what choice offers? Rebecca Rosen reports on new research.