As part of its work looking at the pressures being faced by the NHS, The King’s Fund published its first Quarterly Monitoring Report in April 2011. This is the fourth report, and it aims to
provide a real-time update on how the NHS is coping as it tackles the evolving ...
The King’s Fund’s Time to Think Differently programme of work aims to stimulate debate about the changes needed for health and social care to meet the challenges of the future. It aims to generate new thinking about how to address these challenges and deliver a transformation in services for patients. ...
This report is based on a literature review and stakeholder consultation carried out by The King’s Fund on behalf of the National Institute for Health Research and the Social Care Institute for Excellence. The report provides an overview of current knowledge about the environmental impacts of health and social care ...
As part of our work tracking, analysing and commentating on the changes and challenges facing the NHS, The King’s Fund published its first Quarterly Monitoring Report in April 2011. Just
over a year on, this fifth report aims to take stock of what has happened over the past year – ...
In this paper we set out our views on how the system of quality assurance, including regulation, needs to evolve, the principles on which it should be built and how it should operate. We argue that the system of quality assurance must support the actions and effectiveness of those working ...
Based on a review of the English NHS experience of Payment by Results (PbR) and international experience of similar, activity-based payment systems, this report identifies five general lessons about payment systems, draws some conclusions about whether our current Payment by Results system is fit for purpose in view of current ...
The King’s Fund published its first Quarterly Monitoring Report in April 2011 as part of its work to track, analyse and comment on the changes and challenges the NHS is facing. This is the sixth report and aims to take stock of what is happening on the ground, 18 months ...
The financial pressures in the NHS are being felt particularly harshly by acute hospital trusts. A number of trusts and foundation trusts have been rated as at financial risk, and some trusts have declared themselves not financially sustainable as currently configured. These trusts will therefore not be able to achieve ...
This paper forms part of The King’s Fund 2012 leadership review, addressing the topic from the perspective of those seeking to provide leadership extending well outside their own immediate organisational boundaries. To establish firm foundations on which to study this whole-system aspect
of leadership, the paper first explores leadership, management ... and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS.
Patient and public engagement has been on the NHS agenda for many years, but the impact has been disappointing. There have been a great many public consultations, surveys, and one-off initiatives, but the service is still not sufficiently patient-centred. In particular there has been a lack of focus on engaging ... and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform its review of leadership in the NHS.