The state of health care and adult social care in England 2014/15

"Many services have responded well, despite the increasing pressures, and managed to improve or maintain quality."

The state of health care and adult social care in England 2014/15
Care Quality Commission
October 2015

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How should we think about value in health and care?

"With this paper, we aim to articulate a new understanding of the value of engaging individuals and communities in health and care, and to discuss the challenges in progressing this."

How should we think about value in health and care?: Realising the Value
NESTA
September 2015

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The Budget: health and social care funding

"There are still significant opportunities to improve productivity, and the NHS must redouble its efforts to deliver better outcomes at lower cost by changing the way clinical care is delivered."

The Budget: health and social care funding
The King's Fund
July 2015

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Head, hands and heart: asset-based approaches in health care:

"This report sets out some of the context and challenges of adopting asset-based thinking and asset-based approaches for improving health and wellbeing. In so doing, it outlines some of the key principles for developing health assets and draws on data and findings from interviews as well as case studies of initiatives in England, Scotland and Wales where asset-based approaches are being developed."

Head, hands and heart: asset-based approaches in health care: A review of the conceptual evidence and case studies of asset-based approaches in health, care and wellbeing
T Hopkins, S Rippon
The Health Foundation
April 2015

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Looking forward: the views of health and social care leaders

"In the run-up to the 2015 General Election, the Nuffield Trust is regularly surveying a panel of 100 health and social care leaders in England for their views on a range of issues, including the state of the NHS and social care system, and what they believe should be the priority areas for reform during the next Parliament."

Looking forward: the views of health and social care leaders
Health and Social Care Leaders’ Panel
Nuffield Trust
March 2015

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Health leaders' survey 2

"Ahead of the 2015 election, we will be regularly surveying a panel of 100 health and social care leaders for their views on a range of issues, including the state of the NHS and social care system and what they believe should be the priority areas for reform during the next Parliament."

Health leaders' survey two: the state of general practice
Nuffield Trust

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The state of health care and adult social care in England 2013/14

"We found wide variation in care between trusts, between hospital sites, between hospital services and within each service."

The state of health care and adult social care in England 2013/14
Care Quality Commission
October 2014.

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Fundamental standards for health and social care providers

"This document sets out our approach to introducing new fundamental standards, the Duty of Candour and the fit and proper persons requirement. It provides a combined response to three separate consultations recently carried out by the Department of Health:

• Introducing fundamental standards: consultation on proposals to change CQC registration regulations 
• Consultation on the fit and proper persons regulations 
• Introducing the statutory Duty of Candour" 

Consultation outcome: fundamental standards for health and social care providers
Department of Health
July 2014

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Unit costs of health and social care 2013

"With increased demand for health and social care expected, health and local authorities are faced with more pressure than ever to keep a tight rein on expenditure, so information on the costs of services continues to be an important contribution to accurate planning and commissioning."

Unit costs of health and social care 2013 
L Curtis
Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent

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One person, one team, one system (The Oldham report)

"Lessons need to be learnt from examples of more coordinated models of care in action. We believe achieving a shift towards coordinated, person-centred care requires a fundamental shift in the way that health and care is delivered, and can’t be achieved within the existing fragmented system."

One person, one team, one system: report of the Independent Commission on Whole Person Care for the Labour Party (the Oldham report)
Chaired by Sir John Oldham
February 2014

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Integrated care

QIPP Right Care has produced a reading list, highlighting key documents about integrated care.

Integrated care
N Pearce-Smith, JAM Gray
December 2012

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The health and care system from April 2013

The Department of Health has created a diagram which shows all the organisations that will deliver health and social care in England from April 2013. View the diagram here.