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.

Will the new NHS outcomes framework need a wider focus if the underlying goals of the NHS reforms - improving health care quality and outcomes in England - are to be achieved?

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.

Our third quarterly monitoring report provides a regular update on how the NHS is coping as it grapples with the evolving reform agenda as well as the more significant challenge of making radical improvements in productivity.

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?

Can a telehealth programme help in maintaining weight loss?

In the second of our quarterly monitoring reports, John Appleby and Emmi Poteliakhoff examine the current state of the NHS.

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.

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.

The government has committed to improving cancer survival rates in England. This paper considers international survival rates to see how this could be achieved.

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.

This monitoring report is the first of a regular quarterly review, which will combine publicly available data on selected NHS performance measures with views from a panel of finance directors on the key issues their organisations are facing.

This report explores the possible causes of variation and ways in which variations can be measured, and analyses variations in rates of elective hospital admissions.

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.

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.