Topic: Integrated care

Our work on joined-up health and care services

The NHS 10-year plan: how should the extra funding be spent?

The government has announced increases in NHS funding and has asked the NHS to come up with a 10-year plan for how this funding will be used. After eight years of austerity, there is now an opportunity to tackle the issues that matter most to patients and communities and to improve health and care.

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.

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.

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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 Montefiore Health System in New York: a case study

The Montefiore Health System in the Bronx, New York, has found ways of helping even the most deprived by stepping beyond the bounds of conventional health services. Our report explores the system in detail.

The Montefiore Health System in New York: key factors for high performance and learning for the NHS

The NHS 10-year plan: transformation holds the key to sustainability

Chris Ham calls for the NHS 10-year plan to outline realistic ambitions to transform health and care over the next decade, focused on improving population health and a new deal with the public.

Learning by doing: integrating health and care in Scotland

Alex Baylis and Allison Trimble look at the role of chief officers in Scotland’s new integration authorities and challenge those working in integrated care in England to learn from the Scottish experience.

Reducing long stays in hospitals: how to prepare properly for winter and learn from past pressures

Leading across health and social care in Scotland: learning from chief officers' experiences, planning next steps

This report, commissioned by the Scottish Government in collaboration with the chief officers of integration authorities, looks how the chief officers have developed their role in the Scottish health and social care system so far.

Integrated care has the potential to improve health outcomes

Chris Ham and Anna Charles outline the findings and recommendations of the Health and Social Care Committee’s review of integrated care development in the NHS.

Non-executive directors and integrated care: time to think system

Richard Humphries considers how non-executive directors of NHS trusts can contribute to integrated care efforts.

What has the STP or ICS ever done for me?

Chris Ham reflects on the progress in ICSs and STPs so far and assesses what they have achieved.

Siva Anandaciva - Patient flow: a systemic problem for all agents to solve

Speaking at our event on working together to improve patient flow, Siva Anandaciva, Chief Analyst at The King's Fund, gives an introduction to the concept of patient flow.

Outstanding social care: exploring good practice

A year of integrated care systems: reflections on progress and next steps

Warren Heppolette: Transforming health and care across Greater Manchester

In the closing keynote address from our 2018 accountable care summit, Warren Heppolette talks about transforming health and care across Greater Manchester.

Ben Collins: Montefiore Accountable Care Organisation

In this session from our 2018 accountable care summit, Ben Collins talks about the findings from our report focusing on Montefiore’s improvement journey and the key components of the model that could provide lessons for the NHS.

Chris Ham: What does the future hold for integrated care systems?

In the keynote address from our 2018 accountable care summit, Chris Ham talks about what the future holds for integrated care systems.

The Montefiore Health System in New York: integrated care and the fight for social justice

The Montefiore Health System in the Bronx, New York, has found ways of helping even the most deprived by stepping beyond the bounds of conventional health services.

The King's Fund integrated care summit 2018

The King's Fund annual conference 2018

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.

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.