Publications

The King's Fund was commissioned to carry out this literature review on clinician behaviour on behalf of NICE.

This briefing describes the main points contained in the 2006/7 Operating Framework and provides some commentary about what the document implies for the competing strands of NHS reform.

Drawing on evidence from five acute NHS trusts, this paper assesses the impact of the new consultant contract in England and asks whether reforms will translate into benefits for patients.

How much should be spent on social care for older people over the next 20 years, and what funding arrangements are needed? Our report sets out the findings of the Wanless Social Care Review.

Niall Dickson argues that there is now a glimmer of hope that care really can be transformed. But the details of the Wanless report and other recent studies show just how big and deep-rooted the current problems are.

John Appleby analyses new data to reveal how much extra NHS funding is absorbed by higher pay and other cost pressures, and how much is left over for other developments.

How will primary care be affected by the changing role of primary care trusts and the introduction of both practice-based commissioning and competition between providers?

This paper responds to the government's White Paper that aims to redesign community health and social care services.

We look at London's care market, examining trends in its population profile and in the resources and services available for older people in our paper.

This paper examines whether incentives are helping or hindering progress. Its findings are based on interviews with health sector representatives in south-east London.

This report assesses the policy initiatives the government has taken to address waiting list numbers and waiting times, and explores what should be done next.

We review patients' perceptions about managing their own long-term conditions, and identify how primary care trusts and other health and social care providers can best support them in line with their individual needs.

Our briefing exposes major shortcomings in the current care system for older people in London and recommends ways to address them.

Does a mixed economy work in providing care to Londoners? This paper from The King's Fund recommends how policy and practice should develop in this area.

John Appleby explores the extent to which poor performance by individual clinicians could be reflected in data available from routine NHS statistics.

The Labour Party came to power in 1997 promising to 'save' the NHS, but has it achieved its health service priorities? This audit seeks to answer that question.

How clear is the link between low winter temperatures and high death rates? John Appleby argues that the NHS needs to measure health outcomes as well as health care outputs.

The NHS regularly measures and monitors aspects of its performance. If it started routinely measuring patients' health-related quality-of-life outcomes too, what would be the benefits?

Brings together the conclusions of The King's Fund work for the Department of Health to identify strategies for achieving and sustaining reductions in NHS waiting times.