In this response The King’s Fund highlight two pieces of their recent research: “Making shared decision-making a reality: no decision about me, without me” (Coulter and Collins 2012) produced a clear definition of shared decision-making and outlined what steps need to be taken to implement it; and “Patients’ preferences matter: ...
This is The King's Fund's response to the independent review by the Nuffield Trust commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health to consider whether aggregate ratings of provider performance should be used in health and social care. Overall, while TKF supports the government’s commitment to make more information about ...
The King’s Fund welcomes the development of the mandate to hold the NHS Commissioning Board to account for £80 billion public money. It is important that the mandate is well designed to ensure the Board can be effectively held accountable for its activities.
This document gives the King's Fund thoughts on the Communities and Local Government Committee inquiry on the role of local authorities in health issues. The Health and Social Care Act 2012 fundamentally alters the relationship between local government and the NHS. Responsibility for many public health and health improvement functions ...