Topic: Integrated care

Our work on joined-up health and care services

Delivering sustainability and transformation plans: from ambitious proposals to credible plans

STPs offer the best hope for the NHS and its partners to sustain services and transform the delivery of health and care, but how will STP footprints transform their plans into reality? Our report identifies the challenges that lie ahead.

Supporting integration through new roles and working across boundaries

Our report, commissioned by NHS Employers and the Local Government Association, looks at the evidence on new roles and ways of spanning organisational workforce boundaries to improve the delivery of integrated health and social care.

Bringing together physical and mental health: A new frontier for integrated care

Our report looks at the integration of physical and mental health. The authors discuss 10 areas that offer some of the biggest opportunities for improving quality and controlling costs.

Sam's story teaser

Joined-up care: Sam's story

Why does integrated care matter? And what does it mean for patients? This short animation brings integrated care to life.

The King's Fund Annual Conference 2017

Learning from new care models here and abroad: making accountable care happen

Nigel Edwards: Sustainability and transformation plans in London

Nigel Edwards, Chief Executive of the Nuffield Trust, shares findings from a joint report with The King's Fund on sustainability and transformation plans in London.

Vin Diwakar: Sustainability and transformation plans in London

Vin Diwakar, London Regional Medical Director, NHS England, responds to The King's Fund's report on sustainability and transformation plans in London.

Tom Coffey: Sustainability and transformation plans in London

Dr Tom Coffey, Mayoral Health Adviser, Mayor of London, responds to The King's Fund's report on sustainability and transformation plans in London.

Joanne Fillingham: Supporting the health and care system to realise the potential of AHPs

Dr Joanne Fillingham, Clinical Director Allied Health Professions, NHS Improvement, discusses how NHS Improvement will support the delivery of AHPs into Action across provider organisations.

Suzanne Rastrick: Allied Health Professionals into Action

Suzanne Rastrick, Chief Allied Health Professional Officer, NHS England, discusses NHS England's AHPs into Action report and the work that has been done since its publication to implement it.

Sustainability and transformation plans in London

Analysing STPs in London: service reconfiguration, finances and leadership

Chris Ham outlines the main issues brought to light in our independent assessment of London’s sustainability and transformation plans, and what the Mayor of London can do to help with their successful delivery.

Sustainability and transformation plans in London: an independent analysis of the October 2016 STPs (completed in March 2017)

Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) are key to the future of health and care services. This report, commissioned by the Mayor of London and based on work completed in March 2017, looks at the five STPs in London, their contents and common themes.

Harnessing the value of allied health professionals

The Canterbury tales: lessons on how accountable care systems should work

Lessons from Canterbury: Five reasons for hope

Following the launch of our new report, Developing accountable care systems: lessons from Canterbury, New Zealand, Stephen Dunn reflects on five reasons for hope.

Developing accountable care systems: lessons from Canterbury, New Zealand

The health system in Canterbury, New Zealand, has undertaken a significant programme of transformation over the past decade. Our report considers lessons that the NHS can learn as it embarks on its own journey of transformation.

Priorities for health and care

What are the priorities for health and social care?

Ahead of the party conference season, we assess the state of health and social care and set out the big issues facing the government.

Embedding enhanced health care in care homes

This project aims to help providers and commissioners to develop local approaches to improving integration of health and care services in care homes.

Integrated care on LinkedIn

Join our LinkedIn group on integrated care.

Jocelyn Palmer: Integrating health and social care in Greater Bristol

Jocelyn Palmer explains how the Connecting Care programme has evolved over time and covers recent developments.

Geoff Huggins: Integrating and reshaping care - lessons from Scotland

Geoff Huggins, Director of Health and Social Care Integration, Scottish Government, shares lessons from Scotland on reforming adult social care.

Alberto de Rosa: Ribera Salud Group - from hospital to population health management

Alberto de Rosa, Chief Executive of Ribera Salud, shares lessons on improving integration of health care services.

Integrated care and partnership working reading list

A selected list of references held by The King's Fund library.

Integrated care: commissioning and contracting reading list

A selected list of references held by The King's Fund library.

System leadership: Our work on leading across organisational boundaries