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Long read

Health and wellbeing boards and integrated care systems

In the last several years there have been significant changes in how the NHS works across different services and with external partners such as local government. Richard Humphries explores how this has impacted health and wellbeing boards, and what the future holds for them.
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By Richard Humphries - 13 November 2019
Evidence and consultation

Implementing the NHS long-term plan: written submission to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee

Successful implementation of the NHS long-term plan depends on adequate funding for social care and public health, NHS education and training, and capital investment.
7 November 2019
What's your problem, social care? The eight key areas for reform
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What’s your problem, social care? The eight key areas for reform

Different people have different ideas about what’s ‘wrong’ with social care. This long read outlines the eight key issues and the options cited to tackle them.
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By Simon Bottery - 5 November 2019
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Five numbers to sum up the Spending Round for health and social care

Siva Anandaciva takes a look at the key numbers mentioned in the Spending Round (and those that weren’t) add up, and the implications they have for health and social care.
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By Siva Anandaciva - 6 September 2019
Commissioned report

A review of the West Suffolk Buurtzorg test-and-learn in 2017–18

Our commissioned report considers what it is like for clinicians and managers to try to provide truly holistic health and social care for people at home, using small self-managing neighbourhood teams.
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By Jo Maybin et al - 22 April 2019
Article

The link between pensions and social care: Letter to the Editor

Letter from Kate Barker to the Editor of The Times regarding the link between pensions and social care.
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By Kate Barker - 15 December 2016
Evidence and consultation

Debate in the House of Lords - Social care: Briefing

This debate provided an important opportunity to discuss the pressures facing social care following the Autumn Statement.
29 November 2016
Article

UK government’s Autumn Statement: no relief for NHS and social care in England: Staff have become shock absorbers in a system lacking resources to meet rising demands

If silence speaks volumes then this year's Autumn Statement sent a deafening message to the NHS and its partners in social care, says Chris Ham.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 28 November 2016
Evidence and consultation

Debate in the House of Commons - Social care: Briefing

The King's Fund welcomed this debate which provided an important opportunity to discuss the pressures facing social care.
16 November 2016
Article

Watching Wallonia: or what STPs can learn about team working

A recently endangered trade deal between the EU and Canada offers some pertinent thoughts on balancing the interests of the new partnerships, writes Chris Ham.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 14 November 2016
Report

Sustainability and transformation plans in the NHS: how are they being developed in practice?

Little is known about the process of developing sustainability and transformation plans. This report looks at how STPs have been developed in four parts of the country.
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By Hugh Alderwick et al - 14 November 2016
Five year forward view
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Policy changes to implement the NHS five year forward view: a progress report

Two years on from the publication of the NHS five year forward view, we assess how much progress has been made and what still needs to be done to align policies with the plan.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 27 October 2016
Evidence and consultation

Communities and Local Government Committee inquiry into adult social care: Evidence submission

Written evidence submitted by The King's Fund and the Nuffield Trust to the Communities and Local Government Committee inquiry into adult social care.
20 October 2016
Evidence and consultation

Self-sufficient local government: 100 per cent business rates retention: Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) consultation

The King's Fund's response to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) consultation on self-sufficient local government.
20 October 2016
Social care for older people
Report

Social care for older people: Home truths

This report looks at social care services for older people and the impact of cuts in local authority spending on social care providers and on older people, their families and carers.
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By Richard Humphries et al - 15 September 2016
Long read

Tackling the growing crisis in the NHS: An agenda for action

Drawing on our previous work and a lecture given by Chris Ham to the Cambridge Whitehall Group, we offer some practical solutions to help the NHS address one of the biggest crises in its history.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 7 April 2016
Article

NHS in England embraces collaboration in tackling biggest crisis in its history

In this article for the British Medical Journal, Chris Ham and Hugh Alderwick consider the development of sustainability and transformation plans in the NHS.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 5 April 2016
Report

What the planning guidance means for the NHS: 2016/17 and beyond

Our briefing considers some of the key publications and policy announcements that have come out in the wake of the 2015 Spending Review and offers a commentary on what they might mean for the future policy landscape.
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By Helen McKenna et al - 5 February 2016
Article

How will services access the new Sustainability and Transformation Fund?

The Sustainability and Transformation Fund bears closer scrutiny and comes with a sting in the tail, says Richard Murray.
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By Richard Murray - 18 January 2016
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