Publications

This report, commissioned by District Councils' Network, focuses on district councils role in promoting public health through some of their key functions and enabling roles.

Commissioned by the Department of Health, our review looks at how to assess the performance of health services within CCG areas, including how well these services work with social care and public health services.

The Department of Health commissioned The King's Fund to review the progress made by local Healthwatch. This report identifies the positive steps that could be taken across the system to enable a high-performing and effective local Healthwatch network.

Part of a project funded by the Department of Health, this paper gauges the scale and value of volunteering in NHS acute trusts in England.

Our report explores the key components of effective co-ordinated care through a study of five UK-based programmes that deliver co-ordinated care for people with long-term and complex needs.

This case study explores community virtual wards based in GP practices within South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group.

This case study looks at how four community-based teams in Pembrokeshire bring together professionals from health, social care and the third sector to provide care for patients at home.

This case study looks at how Oxleas Advanced Dementia Service provides care co-ordination, and specialist palliative care and support to patients with advanced dementia living at home.

The Esteem Team aims to support people with mental health conditions and complex social needs in the borough of Sandwell. Find out more about their approach to co-ordinated care.

Part of our co-ordinated care project, this case study looks at the Midhurst Macmillan Service – a community-based, consultant-led, specialist palliative care service in a rural community in the south of England.

This report looks at a wide range of innovative partnerships and projects between health trusts and voluntary sector providers to consider how the barriers to effective partnership working can be overcome.

The Department of Health commissioned The King's Fund and Loop2 to undertake a simulation-based project to consider the shift in the balance of care from hospital to community settings.