Publications

Richard Humphries argues that one lesson to emerge from Southern Cross is the need for better clarity in the roles of providers, commissioners, regulators and central government.

This paper looks at the core components of a successful case management programme and considers how it can be used to deliver high-quality integrated care.

This paper, the third in a series of WSDAN briefing papers, examines the experiences of the network's 12 member sites in implementing telehealth and telecare.

Richard Humphries, our senior fellow in social care, shares his thoughts on the integration of health and social care.

Written by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) in conjunction with The King's Fund, this short briefing asks how can clinical commissioners secure best use of social care to maximise outcomes and improve patient experience, while ensuring efficient, affordable care into the future?

Chris Ham summarises the different forms of integrated care and their impact so far on the NHS. Based on our 2010 review (Ham and Curry), it has been prepared in the light of the increased interest in integrated care arising out of the work of the NHS Future Forum and the government's response.

Commissioning integrated care in a liberated NHS is the second report by Nuffield Trust in their series 'The quest for efficiency in the English NHS'.

Can a telehealth programme help in maintaining weight loss?

The current social care system is widely regarded as inadequate, unfair and unsustainable. The Dilnot Commission was established to help the government to deliver a fair, affordable and sustainable funding system for social care in England. In this briefing we reflect on the Dilnot Commission's findings.

The NHS system needs to develop and integrate to respond to the growing burden of chronic illness. This paper addresses the fundamental question of whether competition and integration can co-exist in the NHS and considers the role that different bodies, especially the NHS Commissioning Board and Monitor, will play.

Richard Humphries gives his verdict on the publication of the Dilnot report.

The health and social care relationship is in a state of upheaval. Facing the triple challenges of NHS reform, a widening gap between needs and resources and social care transformation, this could be seen as 'perfect storm' of problems.

How can the health and social care system rise to the current political and financial challenges? This paper is based on the Routes project, a simulation exercise created by Loop2, which set up a number of routes to managing change.

Written as a contribution to the government's current listening exercise, this paper sets out the challenges facing the NHS and identifies the reforms we believe are needed to meet these challenges.

This research considers factors that support residents to remain in care homes towards end of life. The study is based on four case studies of care homes in England and interviews with external health and social care professionals who interact with care homes.

What outcomes could current health and social care reforms have on the future of the health system? This simulation exercise exposed GPs to the situations they might face in 2013/14.

This article on the evidence base for telehealth in stroke management was taken from the Whole Systems Demonstrator Action Research Network (WSDAN) database.

In the autumn of 2010, The King's Fund held two seminars, bringing together senior policy experts and NHS and social care leaders to discuss the barriers and aids to integration at national and local levels and the financial challenges facing all services. This paper draws on the discussions that took place at both seminars.

This paper sets out how one particular area, Torbay, created an integrated care system that aimed to improve care for 'Mrs Smith', a fictitious user of health and social care services.

This report, conducted by an independent panel of experts, aims to support the work of general practice and to provide a guide to ensure that quality is at the heart of the service.