The future is now: The innovations of today that point to better health care tomorrow

"Uncertainty and unpredictability will be an intrinsic part of the challenges facing our future health service. New technology will undoubtedly change the way we approach health and care – it already is. But as well as the gadgets we use, change will be as much about different ways of working and relating to each other."

The future is now: The innovations of today that point to better health care tomorrow
C Ham, A Brown
The King's Fund
February 2015

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Personalised health and care 2020

"Better use of data and technology has the power to improve health, transform the quality and reduce the cost of health and care services."

Personalised health and care 2020: Using Data and Technology to Transform 
Outcomes for Patients and Citizens - A Framework for Action 
National Information Board
November 2014

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Commissioning in adult social care

Between May 2013 and February 2014 the Local Government Information Unit worked in partnership with home care provider Mears to deliver a series of roundtables for the Adult Social Care Thought Leader Series, including those on:

• Market Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Personalisation and Co-Production
• Integration
• Workforce Issues

This document brings together the notes from the series.

Commissioning in adult social care: the LGiO and Mears thought leader series - a summary
Local Government Information Unit, Mears
April 2014

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Putting patients at the centre of care

"Technology brings enormous benefits to healthcare, but as medicine becomes increasingly high-tech it becomes more daunting, so the need for the ‘human touch’ increases to compensate."

Won't you please, please help me?
NHS Confederation Briefing - issue 264
June 2013

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