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Article CQC's State of Care is both reassuring and disturbing 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. Evidence and consultation Health Committee Inquiry into the challenges affecting primary care services: Evidence submission Our response to this Inquiry concludes that the future of general practice rests on a combination of investment and reform. Report Inequalities in life expectancy: Changes over time and implications for policy This report from David Buck and David Maguire explores how the relationship between income deprivation and life expectancy has changed over time and looks at the impact of other variables such as employment, housing deprivation, binge drinking and diet. Article The health inequality challenge 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. Article Leading the technology revolution We speak to Tim Kelsey, National Director for Patients and Information at NHS England, about the role of technology in improving care. Article Learn how to improve population health with patient data 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. Article Dementia: a carer’s perspective 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. Commissioned report Local Healthwatch: progress and promise 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. Report Population health systems: going beyond integrated care This paper aims to challenge those involved in integrated care and public health to join up the dots, seeing integrated care as part of a broader shift away from fragmentation towards an approach focused on improving population health. Long read The future is now Featuring the voices of patients, volunteers, clinicians and managers, our new digital report explores future ways of changing health and health care for the better. Report Public satisfaction with the NHS in 2014 The results and satisfaction trends relating to the NHS and health care issues from the British Social Attitudes survey 2014. Report Risk or reward? The changing role of CCGs in general practice A report from the Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund finds that CCGs risk becoming unsustainable without changes to the way they attract leaders and adequate funding to help them expand their remit. Article When delivering treatment is not enough How can patients be encouraged to participate in their own care? And just what does it mean to be an empowered patient? Report Seeing the Person in the Patient: The Point of Care review paper Assesses patients' experiences of hospital care and suggests that staff at all levels help to shape that experience. Proposes two initiatives that have the potential to promote compassion in care. Report Practice-based commissioning: Reinvigorate, replace or abandon? Through in-depth interviews with GPs, hospital and primary care trust staff in four sites, this report assesses the progress of practice-based commissioning (PBC) and identifies the barriers that are limiting success. Report Technology in the NHS: Transforming the patient's experience of care How can technology be used to improve care for patients? This report gives examples of how technology could be used and suggests ways to overcome the obstacles to its adoption. Report Engaging patients in their health: How the NHS needs to change: Report from the Sir Roger Bannister Health Summit, Leeds Castle, 17-18 May 2007 How can we encourage patients to become more engaged in their own health care and what impact will that have on the NHS? This report presents discussions from an expert seminar. Evidence and consultation NHS Litigation Authority's consultation on pilot maternity clinical risk management standards: Consultation response This consultation response focuses on the safety of intrapartum care and draws on the findings of a year-long inquiry into the safety of maternity services in England to make some recommendations. Article Super patients should use their powers wisely The government is set to empower patients with personal budgets for care, but clear rules must guarantee choices are well informed and cost-effective, say Anna Dixon and Rebecca Ashton Subscribe to our Weekly Update newsletterHealth and care explained: Making sense of the health and care system This selection of content aims to make sense of the health and care system – including videos, articles, illustrated summaries and more. Got a question? Ask a librarian
Report Patients' experience of using hospital services: An analysis of trends in inpatient surveys in NHS acute trusts in England 2005-13 Our report looks at the data from inpatient surveys over a nine-year period and discusses what the data tells us about the national picture of care in the NHS and what it reveals about trends for individual trusts over time.
Article CQC's State of Care is both reassuring and disturbing 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.
Evidence and consultation Health Committee Inquiry into the challenges affecting primary care services: Evidence submission Our response to this Inquiry concludes that the future of general practice rests on a combination of investment and reform.
Report Inequalities in life expectancy: Changes over time and implications for policy This report from David Buck and David Maguire explores how the relationship between income deprivation and life expectancy has changed over time and looks at the impact of other variables such as employment, housing deprivation, binge drinking and diet.
Article The health inequality challenge 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.
Article Leading the technology revolution We speak to Tim Kelsey, National Director for Patients and Information at NHS England, about the role of technology in improving care.
Article Learn how to improve population health with patient data 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.
Article Dementia: a carer’s perspective 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.
Commissioned report Local Healthwatch: progress and promise 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.
Report Population health systems: going beyond integrated care This paper aims to challenge those involved in integrated care and public health to join up the dots, seeing integrated care as part of a broader shift away from fragmentation towards an approach focused on improving population health.
Long read The future is now Featuring the voices of patients, volunteers, clinicians and managers, our new digital report explores future ways of changing health and health care for the better.
Report Public satisfaction with the NHS in 2014 The results and satisfaction trends relating to the NHS and health care issues from the British Social Attitudes survey 2014.
Report Risk or reward? The changing role of CCGs in general practice A report from the Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund finds that CCGs risk becoming unsustainable without changes to the way they attract leaders and adequate funding to help them expand their remit.
Article When delivering treatment is not enough How can patients be encouraged to participate in their own care? And just what does it mean to be an empowered patient?
Report Seeing the Person in the Patient: The Point of Care review paper Assesses patients' experiences of hospital care and suggests that staff at all levels help to shape that experience. Proposes two initiatives that have the potential to promote compassion in care.
Report Practice-based commissioning: Reinvigorate, replace or abandon? Through in-depth interviews with GPs, hospital and primary care trust staff in four sites, this report assesses the progress of practice-based commissioning (PBC) and identifies the barriers that are limiting success.
Report Technology in the NHS: Transforming the patient's experience of care How can technology be used to improve care for patients? This report gives examples of how technology could be used and suggests ways to overcome the obstacles to its adoption.
Report Engaging patients in their health: How the NHS needs to change: Report from the Sir Roger Bannister Health Summit, Leeds Castle, 17-18 May 2007 How can we encourage patients to become more engaged in their own health care and what impact will that have on the NHS? This report presents discussions from an expert seminar.
Evidence and consultation NHS Litigation Authority's consultation on pilot maternity clinical risk management standards: Consultation response This consultation response focuses on the safety of intrapartum care and draws on the findings of a year-long inquiry into the safety of maternity services in England to make some recommendations.
Article Super patients should use their powers wisely The government is set to empower patients with personal budgets for care, but clear rules must guarantee choices are well informed and cost-effective, say Anna Dixon and Rebecca Ashton
Health and care explained: Making sense of the health and care system This selection of content aims to make sense of the health and care system – including videos, articles, illustrated summaries and more.
