Sustainability and Transformation Plans: what we know so far

"So far, the plans are not sufficient to close the funding gap, but, if implemented well and combined with high-quality local efficiency improvement, they would go some way to doing so and would demonstrate the capability of the NHS and social care system to deliver. This paper points to some important trends, ideas to be explored and issues that need to be resolved in order to ensure success."

Sustainability and Transformation Plans: what we know so far
N Edwards
Nuffield Trust
September 2016

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Local Transformation Plans for Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Guidance and support for local areas

"The report sets out a clear national ambition to transform the design and delivery of a local offer of services for children and young people with mental health needs."

Local Transformation Plans for Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Guidance and support for local areas
NHS England
August 2015

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Looking forward to later life

"If...public services, businesses, civil society and all of us as individuals were ready, both to take advantage of the opportunities and to successfully navigate the challenges of later life, we would experience a triple dividend – increased wellbeing, reduced costs, and increased contribution."

Looking forward to later life: taking an early action approach to our ageing society
Early Action Task Force
2014

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Lessons for England: integrated care in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

"The aim of this report is to describe the approach taken to integrated care in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales with a view to drawing out the lessons for England."

Integrated care in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales: lessons for England
C Ham, D Heenan, M Longley, DR Steel
The King's Fund
July 2013

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Healthcare reform in the NHS England

"This report provides an overview of England’s journey to enacting the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and a summary of the transformed delivery of health services within the NHS England."

Healthcare reform in the NHS England: more lessons for Ontario
The Change Foundation
March 2013

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Transforming local care

"This Briefing shows how the community health sector is driving the transformation of local care systems and how innovative community healthcare providers are enabling people to stay healthy and independent and avoid crises that lead to unplanned hospital admissions."

Transforming local care
NHS Confederation
March 2013 Issue 258

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Transforming end of life care in acute hospitals

"This 'how to' guide aims to help clinicians, managers and directors implement The route to success in end of life care more effectively, drawing on valuable learning from the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement's Productive Ward: Releasing time to care (TM) series."

Transforming end of life care in acute hospitals: the route to success 'how to' guide
National End of Life Care Programme
February 2012

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King's Fund Briefing: Health and Social Care Bill

"This briefing focuses on the implications of the Health and Social Care Bill for service reconfigurations and for the failure regime for providers that are financially unsustainable."

King's Fund Briefing: Health and Social Care Bill
The King's Fund
February 2012

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Healthy competition

"This report presents ten case studies of successful health reform. Each case study shows how a radical change in the delivery of healthcare can result in improved quality and productivity."

Healthy competition
T Cawston, A Haldenby, N Seddon
Reform
February 2012

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Transforming patient experience

"This guide is for anyone with designated responsibility for improving patient experience – either as a provider of services, or as a commissioner."

Transforming patient experience: the essential guide
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
February 2012

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The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2012/13

"This document outlines the business and planning arrangements for the NHS in 2012/13. It describes the national priorities, system levers and enablers needed for NHS organisations to maintain and improve the quality of services provided, while delivering transformational change and maintaining financial stability."

The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2012/13
Department of Health
November 2011

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Guiding patients through complexity: modern medical generalism

"This Commission believes that medical generalism has a strong and growing part to play in the way that health care must change, radically, to respond both to the needs of an ageing population living with widespread, often multiple, chronic conditions and to the growing imperative for patients to be in partnership with their doctors and to be able jointly to plan their care."


Guiding patients through complexity: modern medical generalism: Report of an independent commission for the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Health Foundation
The Health Foundation
October 2011

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CHSRF on Call - free webinars on health service transformation

"CHSRF on Call is a series of free webinars, in English and French, featuring policy- and decision- makers as they explore existing evidence on key topics to see how it can improve the delivery of health services and the health of Canadians."

The service is provided by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation and you can read more here.