The aim of this paper is to support the process of ‘making it happen’ by summarising the steps that need to be taken to make integrated care a reality; we have drawn on our own work and that of others in areas where local leaders have identified
integrated care as ...
The creation of the £3.8 billion Better Care Fund offers a real opportunity to lay the foundations for a much more integrated system of health and care. This paper summarises the evidence from work by The King’s Fund and other research about which
approaches are likely to offer commissioners maximum ...
The aim of this report is to provide an update on the service changes taking place in the NHS in London, and in particular to address the question of who will lead these changes in the NHS structures that came into effect in April 2013. The report builds on an ...
This written submission considers the readiness of the NHS to move to the new system of commissioning and implement the other major health reforms introduced by the Act.
It argues that good progress has been made in establishing the new commissioning model, but highlights ongoing concerns about uncertainty and confusion, ...
The aim of this report is to describe the approach taken to integrated care in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales with a view to drawing out the lessons for England. The report has been written at a time when policy-makers in England have made a commitment to bring about closer ...
Local authorities have been given renewed responsibility for public health as part of the health and social care reforms introduced in April 2013, alongside dedicated funding and a new public health outcomes framework. But given the scale of need and the challenges facing different local communities, how can councils decide ...
While the principles behind resource allocation in the English NHS have changed little since the mid-1970s, the NHS has changed considerably. This paper argues that the resource allocation system needs to change accordingly.
An informed public debate is needed about both the level of future spending on health and social care, and how that spending might be funded. With this in mind, The King's Fund, in collaboration with Ipsos MORI, held two deliberative events with members of the general public.
Health and wellbeing boards are an important feature of the reforms introduced by the government in the Health and Social Care Act 2012. Unlike other aspects of the changes, the creation of these new bodies has been widely welcomed and enjoys cross-party support. All upper-tier local authorities set up boards ...
This paper uses Torbay's unique patient-level linked data set to explore the cost of the care pathway for older people admitted to hospital as a result of a fall by tracking their care costs in the 12 months before and after their fall. This is the first time, to our ...