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Article

What happens if a big care provider fails?

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.
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By Richard Humphries - 13 December 2011
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Case management: What it is and how it can best be implemented

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.
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By Nick Goodwin et al - 17 November 2011
Article

The unifying principle of integration

Richard Humphries, our senior fellow in social care, shares his thoughts on the integration of health and social care.
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By Richard Humphries - 2 November 2011
Report

Issues facing commissioners of end-of-life care

This paper, authored by Rachael Addicott and Jenny Hiley, highlights the current barriers to commissioning personalised, integrated services for end of life.
By Rachael Addicott et al - 29 September 2011
Report

Social care and clinical commissioning for people with long-term conditions

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?
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By Richard Humphries et al - 22 September 2011
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Environments for care at the end of life: The King's Fund's Enhancing the Healing Environment Programme 2008-2010

Describing projects in 19 NHS trusts and one HM prison that took part in schemes to improve the environment of care at the end of life, this publication celebrates the completion of the latest phase of the Enhancing the Healing Environment programme.
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By Sarah Waller CBE et al - 18 August 2011
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The Dilnot Commission Report on social care: Briefing

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.
13 July 2011
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Dilnot report verdict: adopt these proposals now, much work lies ahead

Richard Humphries gives his verdict on the publication of the Dilnot report.
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By Richard Humphries - 5 July 2011
Article

Why it's time to reroute health and social care

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.
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By Richard Humphries - 30 June 2011
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Routes for social and health care: A simulation exercise

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.
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By Richard Humphries et al - 20 June 2011
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Supporting care home residents at the end of life

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.
By Rachael Addicott - 27 April 2011
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Social care funding and the NHS: An impending crisis?

Social care funding has increased in real terms for the past decade, but this paper examines the trends in spending and the potential funding gap of £1billion by 2014 unless councils can achieve unprecedented efficiency savings.
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By Richard Humphries - 17 March 2011
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Response to the Department of Health's public consultation on Transparency in outcomes: a framework for adult social care

In our response to the Department of Health's public consultation on Transparency in outcomes, we advocate for an integrated system that aligns the health, social care and public health outcomes framework.
9 February 2011
Evidence and consultation

Response to the Department of Health's public consultation on Transparency in outcomes: a framework for adult social care

In our response to the Department of Health's public consultation on Transparency in outcomes, we advocate for an integrated system that aligns the health, social care and public health outcomes framework.
9 February 2011
Evidence and consultation

Our submission to the call for evidence on the future funding of care and support

We give our response to the Dilnot Commission's call for evidence on social care funding.
28 January 2011
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