Topic: Integrated care

Our work on joined-up health and care services

Making sense of integrated care systems, integrated care partnerships and accountable care organisations in the NHS in England

NHS England has recently changed the name of accountable care systems to integrated care systems. Our updated long read looks at work underway and makes sense of all the terminology.

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.

Integrating mental and physical health

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.

An international perspective on developing new models of care in the PACS vanguards

In this extract from our NHS England-commissioned report on developing new models of care in the PACS vanguards, Don Berwick offers an international perspective.

Developing new models of care in the PACS vanguards: a new national approach to large-scale change?

For this report we invited those who have led the development of the PACS model, nationally and locally, to reflect on the process of being part of the programme, and of trying to bring about complex change in local systems.

Healthy cities: how to achieve a healthy population in an urban environment

Prime Minister’s promise of extra funding for the NHS raises questions about how much, when and how?

Following welcome news of a new funding settlement for the NHS, Chris Ham explores some of the remaining unanswered questions.

Housing and health: opportunities for sustainability and transformation partnerships

This short report, supported by the National Housing Federation, sets out areas where sustainability and transformation partnerships and emerging integrated care systems can make more of the contribution of the housing sector to improving health.

Housing: a home for STPs looking to influence the wider determinants of health

David Buck considers how sustainability and transformation partnerships can make more of the housing sector’s contribution to improving health.

Claire Fuller: How integrated care systems can work within the existing legal framework

Claire Fuller presents Surrey's version of integration in health care.

Paul Maubach: Planning to use the ACO contract

Paul Maubach explains why his organisation intends to use the controversial Accountable Care Organisation contract.

Dr Graham Winyard: concerns about the proposed ACO contract

Graham Winyard explains why he thinks the integrated care approach is a bad idea.

Chris Ham - Integrated care: What does the future hold?

Chris Ham outlines the Fund’s work and opinion on the latest developments around integrated care.

Integrated care: What does the future hold?

A progress report on integrated care systems

Catch up on progress being made in integrated care systems around the country. Chris Ham covers the latest developments.

Diagram showing the four main approaches to working with communities in improving health.

Communities and health

The role of communities in improving population health is receiving increasing, and long overdue, attention in health policy and practice. This piece gives an overview of the different approaches to working with communities for health.

What does the future hold for integrated care systems?

What does the change from accountable care systems to integrated care systems mean? Chris Ham draws on the Fund’s work to clarify what is happening.

Anna Charles: Reimagining community services

Anna Charles presents the findings of our report Reimagining Community Services.

Sam Everington: Community services - making the most of our assets

Presentation by Sam Everington from our breakfast event for the launch of the report Reimagining Community Services.

Debs Taylor: Community services - making the most of our assets

Presentation by Debs Taylor from our breakfast event for the launch of the report Reimagining Community Services.

Matthew Winn: Community services - making the most of our assets

Presentation by Matthew Winn from our breakfast event for the launch of the report Reimagining Community Services.

Community services: making the most of our assets

Making the most of our assets: the time has come to realise the full potential of community services

In the context of the current unprecedented pressures on the NHS, it is now more important than ever that everyone involved in the health and care system pays proper attention to community services and all they have to offer.

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.