Topic: Governance and regulation

Our work on governance, accountability and regulation across health and social care

Local Healthwatch: progress, promise and power

The coalition government outlined a framework for a network of local Healthwatch organisations, with the aim of creating a credible, representative and influential public voice in the system. So how have these organisations been developing?

Regulation, targets and transparency: The first 100 days of the new government

The reliance on regulation to drive performance is set to continue, albeit with some subtle but important changes.

Understanding care quality: confronting complexity

Will drawing on a whole range of information about care quality take us a bit closer to a meaningful understanding of what care is like in practice?

Ellen Armistead: Regulating community health services

Ellen Armistead, Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals at CQC, discusses CQC's new approach to community health care services and what they found in the first year.

The case for professionalising and validating medical leadership

One of the priorities of our medical leadership work is to support those attracted to medical leadership and management. One way of encouraging medical leaders is to give them the same professional status that the medical profession gives to education, training and clinical practice.

Andrea Sutcliffe: Findings of the review into the quality of care for people living with dementia

Andrea Sutcliffe, Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care at CQC, speaks at our event on leading change in dementia diagnosis and support. Andrea describes the findings of the Review into the quality of care people living with dementia receive.

Making sure health professionals are supported: untangling supervision and regulation

Is it appropriate for regulators to be responsible for providing functions under the umbrella of 'supervision', including clinical support, development, and mentorship?

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Midwifery regulation in the United Kingdom

In 2014, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) commissioned The King's Fund to undertake a review of midwifery regulation in the United Kingdom.

Has Dalton found a way forward for struggling organisations?

Encouraging leaders to take on new responsibilities will be challenging at a time when financial pain is driving many organisations to focus inwards rather than outwards, says Chris Naylor.

Creating change from within

Dr Tracey Batten, Chief Executive of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, reflects on the challenges of working in two very different health care systems and tells us how she thinks we can reform the NHS from within.

Redesign the failure regime for struggling providers

Richard Murray looks at the issues to consider when designing a better approach to financial failure.

Rachael Addicott and Kieran Walshe: new-style CQC inspections

Rachael Addicott and Kieran Walshe talk about their evaluation of the CQC's model for inspecting and regulating NHS acute hospitals.

How do Care Quality Commission hospital inspections measure up?

Over the past few years we have seen several high-profile failures of care in NHS acute hospitals in England, leading many in the system to question the ability of performance management and regulatory mechanisms to identify and act on poor performance.

Completed project

Dalton review

Sir David Dalton's review on new options for providers of NHS care considered issues such as single leadership teams for networks of hospitals and services.

How the CQC's new hospital inspections measure up

Rachael Addicott, Ruth Robertson and Shilpa Ross, along with Kieran Walshe and Alan Boyd at Manchester Business School discuss the findings of their report on the CQC's new inspection regime.

Revalidation: from compliance to commitment

We speak to Vijaya Nath, Assistant Director in Leadership Development at The King's Fund. about our study on the impact of medical revalidation.

Future organisational models for the NHS: Perspectives for the Dalton review

Ahead of the Dalton review, which is examining ways to encourage the best providers to support those that are struggling, our paper with the Foundation Trust Network explores some of the organisational models that providers could use to meet their current strategic and financial challenges.

Dalton review: Good leadership will determine the best models for change

There are a range of models being explored by the Dalton review to improve NHS provider models in future. Health care management is complex and mulifaceted, so needs to successfully meet varying local health needs, argue Chris Ham and Chris Hopson.

Chris Ham: reforming the NHS – lessons from the past and pointers to the future

Chris Ham, Chief Executive of The King's Fund, gives an overview and summary of our new report, Reforming the NHS from within, drawing on evidence and examples from overseas to address the processes of reforming and improving the NHS.

Reforming the NHS from within: Beyond hierarchy, inspection and markets

Our paper argues for a fundamental shift in how the NHS is reformed, learning from what has worked (and what has not) in England and elsewhere.