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Mental health and the productivity challenge: Improving quality and value for money

The King's Fund worked with Centre for Mental Health, Royal College of Psychiatrists and NHS Confederation's Mental Health Network to explore how mental health services could be delivered in a different and more cost-effective way.
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By Chris Naylor et al - 2 December 2010
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Health policy priorities for Parliament

Contributed to by key health sector figures and commentators, this publication provides information on key health policy agenda priorities and how they can be addressed and advanced in the coming years.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 2 December 2010
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Estimate of future social care funding gap following the Spending Review

Note prepared for the Health Select Committee Inquiry into public expenditure, giving an estimate of the future social care funding gap following the Spending Review 2010.
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By Richard Humphries et al - 24 November 2010
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Clinical and service integration: The route to improved outcomes

Our report on clinical and service integration focuses on examples that are most relevant to the NHS in England in the context of the coalition’s health reforms.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 22 November 2010
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How assistive technologies are used by children and adolescents, their parents or carers

We look at three types of technology: telephone, internet and videoconferencing, and consider how they could be used for or by children and adolescents across a variety of conditions.
By Susan Royer - 2 November 2010
Article

Avoiding hospital admissions: lessons from evidence and experience

This paper summarises presentations made at a seminar that brought together case studies from the NHS in England, Kaiser Permanente and the independent sector.
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 28 October 2010
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Big Society: Political philosophy and implications for health policy

An overview of the Big Society and what it means for health care in England, this briefing raises a number of questions and issues, including nudging to improve public health, community empowerment and patient power.
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By Beccy Baird - 26 October 2010
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The Spending Review and Social Care

For adult social care, the Spending Review settlement is about as good as it could get. It promises allocates £2 billion a year of additional funding by 2014-15 to support social care, £1b of which sits within the NHS.
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By Richard Humphries - 21 October 2010
Evidence and consultation

Transparency in outcomes: a framework for the NHS: Consultation response

Response from The King's Fund to the consultation Transparency in outcomes: a framework for the NHS.
11 October 2010
Article

Don't rush in where doctors fear to tread: This is the wrong time for radical reform of the NHS. It risks poorer care and financial chaos

This is the wrong time for radical reform of the NHS. It risks poorer care and financial chaos
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 7 October 2010
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The 21st-century doctor: Understanding the doctors of tomorrow

This paper, published in partnership with the RCP, General Medical Council, the NHS Institute, the Centre for Excellence in Developing Professionalism, University of Liverpool, and the Student BMJ, reports on the quality and insight of the next generation of young doctors.
By Ros Levenson et al - 6 October 2010
Report

Place-based approaches and the NHS: lessons from Total Place

This report captures the content of a conference held by The King's Fund to assess the involvement of the NHS in the Total Place programme.
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By Richard Humphries et al - 1 October 2010
Article

How older people with long-term conditions perceive and use telecare, telehealth and telemedicine

This article focuses on evidence about older people’s perceptions and use of telecare, telehealth and telemedicine interventions.
By Susan Royer - 22 September 2010
Article

How to deliver high-quality, patient-centred, cost-effective care

This article is the collective effort of ten of the leading health and social care organisations in the voluntary sector to identify the five key themes that the health and social care system must embrace to be sustainable and to ensure quality.
16 September 2010
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Leadership needs of medical directors and clinical directors

The National Health Service is facing one of the toughest financial periods of its history during which it will need to maintain the quality of care. Clinical leadership will be critical as the service faces this challenge.
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By Richard Giordano - 19 August 2010
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Improving NHS productivity: More with the same not more of the same

Building on a previous analysis produced in association with the Institute for Fiscal Studies, this paper examines the gap between the likely available funding and the level of funding required to achieve the progress projected by Sir Derek Wanless in his 2002 report for the Treasury.
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By John Appleby et al - 21 July 2010
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Building high-quality commissioning: What role can external organisations play?

This report provides guidance for commissioners, policymakers and providers of support on how to avoid the pitfalls of, but also ensure best value from, external support in building high-quality commissioning.
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By Chris Naylor et al - 1 July 2010
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Putting quality first in the boardroom: Improving the business of caring

The report starts by examining what is meant by the term 'clinical quality' and why it has the potential to be marginalised in the boardroom. It goes on to consider the dynamics of the boardroom and the role of the nurse executive.
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By Vijaya Nath et al - 20 April 2010
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Accounting for quality to the local community: Findings from focus group research

This paper argues that providers should look at quality accounts as a year-round process and should seek input from their local community from the outset.
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By Catherine Foot et al - 14 April 2010
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A high-performing NHS? A review of progress 1997-2010

The report assesses how much progress the NHS has made in the following eight areas: access, safety, health promotion and management of long-term conditions, clinical effectiveness, patient experience, equity, efficiency and accountability.
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By Jo Maybin et al - 11 April 2010
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