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  • Haywood rheumatology centre.

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    This case study is one of six, which form part of a project undertaken by The King’s Fund to investigate the different ways in which consultants are working beyond their traditional boundaries. The King’s Fund’s staff reviewed relevant documentation and interviewed staff to help identify the key characteristics of this ...

  • Integrating health and social care, where next?

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    The coalition government has made clear its commitment to the integration of health and social care in its proposals for reform. In the context of the intense financial and demographic challenges facing both health and social care, this paper offers a fresh assessment of the prospects for integrating health and ...

  • Integrating health and social care in Torbay, improving care for Mrs Smith.

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    Integration of health and social care is a core policy aim of the new coalition government in England. It has several benefits for patients, particularly older people and those with long-term conditions. But how does integration work in practice? This paper sets out how one particular area – Torbay – ...

  • Integrated care, what is it? : does it work? : what does it mean for the NHS?

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    The aim of this paper is to describe the different forms of integrated care and to summarise evidence on their impact. The paper is based on a major review published by The King’s Fund and has been prepared in the light of the increased interest in integrated care arising out ...

  • overview., Future trends

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    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. ...

  • a plan of action for London., Transforming mental health

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    The government’s mandate for achieving parity of esteem between physical and mental health has put the spotlight on mental health provision. In London, meeting the mental health needs of the large and diverse population poses major challenges, and the London Health Board has identified improving the mental wellbeing of Londoners ...

  • The NHS under the coalition government.

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    This paper explores the coalition government’s record on NHS reform by describing the situation it inherited when it came to power in 2010, the policies it has pursued, and (where available) evidence of their impact. It takes the stated aims of the reforms as the starting point and reviews progress ...

  • System leadership, lessons and learning from AQuA’s integrated care discovery communities.

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    This paper seeks to identify the skills, knowledge and behaviours required of new system leaders and to learn from systems attempting to combine strong organisational leadership with collaborative system-level leadership approaches. The paper draws on three years' development work with leaders in health care systems in north-west England, undertaken by ...

  • Supporting integration through new roles and working across boundaries.

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    This report was commissioned by NHS Employers and the Local Government Association. and This report looks at the evidence on new roles and ways of spanning organisational workforce boundaries to deliver integrated health and social care. It finds increasing focus on roles which facilitate co-ordination and management of care, development of existing roles to increase the skill-mix and enable the provision of more ...

  • proactive case management using the community virtual ward and the Devon Predictive Model., South Devon and Torbay

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    This case study explores community virtual wards based in GP practices within South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). Community virtual wards were first introduced by Devon Primary Care Trust in 2010 to proactively identify those at high risk of emergency admissions using a predictive risk tool and to ...