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  • What the planning guidance means for the NHS, 2016/17 and beyond.

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    At a time when the NHS is planning for 2016/17 and beyond, this briefing considers some of the key publications and policy announcements that have come out in the wake of the 2015 Spending Review and offers a commentary on what they might mean for the future landscape of the ...

  • more with the same not more of the same., Improving NHS productivity

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    Although the coalition government has pledged to protect funding for the NHS, the pressures to meet rising demand will put a strain on spending. Building on a previous analysis produced in association with the Institute for Fiscal Studies, this paper examines the gap between the likely available funding and the ...

  • results of deliberative events with the public., How should we pay for health care in future?

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    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.

  • Deficits in the NHS 2016.

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    Unaudited figures indicate that NHS commissioners (clinical commissioning groups and NHS England) and providers in aggregate ended 2015/16 in deficit for the second year running. This briefing draws on data from our quarterly monitoring reports, secondary research and interviews with health care leaders to consider commissioner and provider finances in ...

  • Consultation response, The King's Fund response to Health Select Committee inquiry into the future of social care.

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    This paper responds to the Health Select Committee's inquiry into the future of social care funding and the case for major reform of the existing system. 

  • health and social care funding., The budget

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    The briefing warns that unless additional funding is found, a growing black hole in NHS finances could have significant consequences for patient care. Although there are opportunities for the NHS to improve productivity, the briefing argues that initiatives to reduce spending on agency staff and increase financial control will not ...

  • how might it work?, Hypothecated funding for health and social care

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    Hypothecation – the earmarking of a tax to be spent on a specific area of public expenditure – is back on the political agenda. All the major parties seem agreed that a longer-term and sustainable settlement for NHS expenditure – and quite possibly one for social care as well – ...

  • Securing good care for more people, options for reform.

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    Securing good care for more people: options for reform proposes new, fairer funding arrangements for adult social care, a review of the current settlement for older people and a long-term staged approach to reform based on political consensus. While demonstrating that the cost of the social care system is set ...