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Article

Where does the spending review leave social care?

The short term hotchpot of measures taken by the government does nothing to stem the growing pressures on social care, says Richard Humphries.
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By Richard Humphries - 14 December 2015
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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.
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By Veena Raleigh et al - 10 December 2015
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The district council contribution to public health: A time of challenge and opportunity

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.
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By David Buck et al - 19 November 2015
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Place-based systems of care: A way forward for the NHS in England

Our report looks at how NHS organisations can move towards place-based systems of care, in which NHS organisations and services work together to address the challenges they collectively face. The report suggests 10 principles to guide the development of such systems.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 12 November 2015
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Statement from the Barker Commission: The future of health and social care

A statement from the Barker Commission to the Chancellor ahead of the Spending Review on the state of social care and its funding.
8 November 2015
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.
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By David Buck et al - 11 August 2015
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.
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By David Buck - 14 July 2015
Article

Integrated health and social care in England: progress and prospects

Richard Humphries reviews recent policy initiatives to achieve the closer integration of health and social care.
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By Richard Humphries - 1 July 2015
Article

Cutting the public health budget will cost the NHS

In the spending cuts announced by the chancellor last week the Department of Health did not entirely escape the knife, losing £200 million from its budget from 'non-NHS' sources. It turns out this source will be local government public health spending.
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By David Buck - 10 June 2015
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English devolution: local solutions for a healthy nation

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.
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By David Buck - 9 June 2015
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We cannot keep ignoring the crisis in social care

Social care for older people will be increasingly important as our population ages. So why the silence from politicians?
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By David Oliver - 26 May 2015
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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.
22 May 2015
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The practice of system leadership: Being comfortable with chaos

This report draws on the experiences of 10 senior leaders to look in depth at the skills needed to be a system leader. The 10 individuals are from different backgrounds and work in different contexts, and give some very candid reflections on their successes and failures.
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By Nicholas Timmins - 20 May 2015
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The NHS needs system leadership

If Florence Nightingale worked for the NHS of today, she would be looking outwards to find people to make her wards work better. These people would be system leaders, not just strong leaders of single organisations, says Nick Timmins.
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By Nicholas Timmins - 20 May 2015
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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.
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By Helen Gilburt et al - 26 March 2015
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