A joint publication from The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, Local Government Association, NHS Clinical Commissioners and NHS Confederation - Stepping up to the place: the key to successful health and care integration. This document describes what a fully integrated, transformed system should look like based on the evidence. It builds on existing joint work and calls on local and national stakeholders to work together to ensure integration becomes integral to a transformed system.
Leadership in the NHS
From the King’s Fund’s Director of Leadership and Organisational Development, Marcus Powell, Leadership in the NHS: thoughts of a newcomer. Marcus draws on his experience from the private sector, and highlights the importance of innovation and flattening hierarchical structures. .
Health leaders’ survey
Publshed by The Nuffield Trust Survey six: footprints, financing and staff morale, reveals the responses from a panel of health and social care leaders in England. The survey shows a conflicted view of the system's prospects over the next five years.
Technology and data in health and care
The King’s Fund has published an interactive Map of technology and data in health and care. This map highlights case studies from England and the rest of the world that are experimenting with and implementing new technologies to achieve better health outcomes or more efficient care..
Successful health and care integration
Published by the NHS Confederation, Local Government Association, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) and NHS Clinical Commissioners, Stepping up to the place: The key to successful health and care integration outlines for the first time a comprehensive vision of how and why health and care services should be integrated and provided locally.
Competition and commissioning
The Policy Research Unit in Commissioning and the Healthcare System (PRUComm) has published Commissioning through Competition and Cooperation: final Report. Four case studies from across the North, Midlands and London demonstrate how commissioners in local health systems manage the interplay of competition and cooperation in rural and urban settings.
Integrated health and social care
Commissioned by NHS Employers and the Local Government Association, The King’s Fund has published Supporting integration through new roles and working across boundaries. and includes examples of integrated schemes from across the country.
Leaving the EU - Implications for NHS funding
Published by the Heath Foundation, NHS finances outside the EU looks at what the UK leaving the EU might mean for funding of the NHS in England.
The Health Foundation and Salzburg Global Seminar, has published Hooked on health care: designing strategies for better health. Participants from 17 nations discuss their countries’ approach to health and the need to address the wider determinants of health.
Creating a quality strategy for the NHS.
"Every health system should have a strategic and coordinated approach for delivering high quality health services within finite resources. Through the NHS, England has the potential to be a world leader in this. A clear road ahead is the result of a project by a team from the Health Foundation....The report recommends creation of a single, coherent and compelling quality strategy for the NHS in England. This needn’t be a bureaucratic exercise that results in a one-off plan which gathers dust on a shelf. It can be an iterative, living approach based on a shared understanding of a framework leading to a clear ‘road’ ahead".
