This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform the GP Inquiry panel. The views expressed are those of the authors and not of the panel. and Over the past 20 years there has been a growing awareness of the need to improve quality across health care and general practice, driven by a need to reduce inequalities in health care and the need to effectively translate evidence into practice and by the changing expectations of patients and ...
This work is the first in a series of papers on how people can be encouraged to adopt healthy behaviour. Input into these papers, through discussion and invited comment, will contribute to a final report at the end of 2008. This report, identifying programmes based on both positive and negative ...
The role of the patient is no longer as a passive recipient of care. Nowadays doctors are expected to engage patients in their own health, care and treatment. There are also a number of initiatives to encourage patient involvement in the design, planning and delivery of health services. To inform ...
Improving management of high cost patients, especially those with long term conditions, it is increasingly viewed as an important strategy for improving health outcomes and controlling health care expenditures. An essential component of any strategy to improve care and services for these patients is the development of a case finding ...
This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform the Inquiry panel. The views expressed are those of the authors and not of the panel. and Better management of people with long-term conditions has been a key priority of the NHS since the early 1990s. At that time it was recognised that if people with long-term conditions were managed effectively in the community, they should remain relatively stable and enjoy a quality of life free from ...
As part of the Inquiry into the Quality of General Practice, The King’s Fund commissioned this research project to examine the management of acute illness (both minor and serious). In common with the other projects commissioned as a part of the Inquiry, the research team was tasked with examining: the ... and This paper was commissioned by The King's Fund to inform the Inquiry panel. The views expressed are those of the authors and not of the panel.
This is the second paper in a series, Kicking Bad Habits, on how people can be encouraged to adopt healthy behaviour. Looking at interventions targeted specifically at low-income groups, this paper asks which interventions are effective in getting people to quit smoking, eat healthily and exercise. It reveals that the ...
This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform the Inquiry panel. The views expressed are those of the authors and not of the panel. and This paper assesses the challenges commissioners face, identifies the factors and tools that are particularly relevant to commissioning effective general practice, and suggests what can be done to address weaknesses in general practice commissioning.
This paper was commissioned by The King's Fund to inform the GP Inquiry panel. The views expressed are those of the authors and not of the panel. and This paper is one of a series prepared for the inquiry into the quality of general practice in England commissioned by The King’s Fund. The specific focus of the inquiry is to examine the role of general practice and the quality of the services it provides. The focus of this ...
In March 2010 the Inquiry held a seminar on inequalities with participants including GPs, practice nurses, NHS executives, health academics and patient representatives. Key issues raised in discussion include: what measures would enable general practice to be more proactive in identifying population sub-groups who are not seeking care or not ... and This paper was commissioned by The King’s Fund to inform the Inquiry panel. The views expressed are those of the authors and not of the panel.