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  • Under one roof, will polyclinics deliver integrated care?

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    Government policy is driving a fundamental shift of care from hospitals to more community-based settings. There is a growing expectation that this shift will be supported by the development of a network of new facilities in which primary, community and secondary care services are co-located, often referred to as polyclinics. ...

  • Regulating complementary medical practitioners : case studies.

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    These case studies complement the main report on Regulating Complementary Medical Practitioners.

  • what can we learn from the US experience?, Managing chronic disease

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    Chronic medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes, heart failure and hypertension affect large numbers of people, including patients, carers, families and friends. As the population in England ages, growing numbers of patients will need help with managing complex, multiple conditions over sustained periods. Apart from the burden of ill-health, treating ...

  • Regulating complementary medical practitioners : an international review.

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    Complementary medical practitioners may be a distinct minority in places such as Europe, North America and Australia, but in other countries the number of practitioners and the people who use their services are in the majority. Many practitioners practise without qualification or adequate training, and in response to this the ...

  • A question of numbers : the potential impact of community-based treatment orders in England and Wales.

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    Compulsory community-based treatment orders require patients at risk of harming themselves or others to comply with a set of conditions, such as taking their medication, while living in the community. The draft Mental Health Bill 2004 incorporates plans to introduce compulsory orders in England and Wales, but it is not ...

  • what can we learn from the US experience?, Managing chronic disease

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    Chronic medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes, heart failure and hypertension affect large numbers of people, including patients, carers, families and friends. As the population in England ages, growing numbers of patients will need help with managing complex, multiple conditions over sustained periods. Apart from the burden of ill-health, treating ...

  • How to regulate health care in England : an international perspective.

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    The National Health Service (NHS) in England is in a state of transition as the government pushes forward a programme of significant reform. If the government achieves its stated objectives, the NHS will be transformed from a state-owned commissioning and provision system to one in which care is delivered by ...

  • Funding health care : 2008 and beyond : report from the Leeds Castle summit.

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    In order to help inform the debate about funding health over the next five to ten years, the King's Fund organised a meeting of senior managers, health economists and policy advisers at Leeds Castle. They discussed not only what level of public funding is feasible and desirable, but also the ... and Published in February 2007.

  • Private expenditure on older people's social care.

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    Part of the appendices to the Wanless Social Care Review, Securing good care for older people.

  • Funding options for older people's social care.

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    Part of the appendices to the Wanless Social Care Review, Securing good care for older people.