Publications

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.

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.

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.

Sifting through the tea-leaves: is the NHS about to make more of the running on public health?

Specialists can provide support and training to help GPs and nurses diagnose and treat complex patients, write Ruth Robertson and Matthew Honeyman.

The LGA and ADASS invited senior figures from across the care and support sector to provide their perspective on some of the issues covered in their report, Adult social care funding: 2014 state of the nation. This is Richard Humphries' viewpoint.

The predictable and understandable reluctance to talk about higher taxation before the election means that the funding challenge facing the NHS is not being adequately addressed.

The Health Service Journal (HSJ) has published its second celebration of health care's most inspirational female leaders with three of The King's Fund's staff being recognised for their work.

As part of the Local Government Association's new campaign, Investing in our nation’s future: the first 100 days of the next government, Richard Humphries details what the Fund would like from the next government in its first 100 days in office.

There are a range of models being explored by the Dalton review to improve NHS provider models in future. Health care management is complex and mulifaceted, so needs to successfully meet varying local health needs, argue Chris Ham and Chris Hopson.

Staff are beginning to question how much longer they can stave off the consequences of unprecedented financial pressure.

We speak to Michael West about how to nurture the sort of leadership that enables positive changes in culture.

Simon Stevens has the opportunity to make changes that in normal times would be impossible, says Chris Ham.

Much less emphasis should be placed on the use of external pressures, such as targets and inspection, and much greater priority should be given to reforming the NHS from within.

The fact that people now live longer has been a source of concern for some years now. Many older people say they are happy and report high levels of well-being, while research is beginning to suggest that the proportion of old people with poor health may be reducing. So should this phenomenon be a cause for celebration rather than concern?

Chris Ham reviews this week's news and discusses why we must debate the future funding of NHS and strengthen leadership.

Senior health service staff must be able to engage their workforce to meet the challenge of delivering continually improving, high quality and compassionate care.

This paper, written in partnership with the Center for Creative Leadership, shows how collective leadership can be implemented to deliver sustainable culture change and improvements in patient care.