Public spending: a brief introduction

"This note describes the different ways in which public spending is
categorised, and presents statistics and commentary on recent spending in each category."

Public spending: a brief introduction
P O'Brien
House of Commons Library
Briefing paper number 8046, 20 July 2017

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Why the NHS needs a quality improvement strategy: Chris Ham in conversation with Don Berwick

"Don Berwick is an International Visiting Fellow at The King’s Fund. He led a review into patient safety for David Cameron in 2013, and is recognised as an authority on health care improvement. Chris Ham asks him why he thinks that now is the right time for a quality improvement strategy."

Read the Q & A from the King's Fund here.

Smarter use of technology and data supports city devolution

"City devolution offers to give local areas the powers they require to address local needs and play to local strengths. Smart cities offer to bring cutting-edge technology to help cities cope with growing pressure on public services, transport, infrastructure and energy. But cities will need both things."

Smart devolution: Why smarter use of technology and data are vital to the success of city devolution
C Scott, E Copeland
Policy Exchange
January 2016

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Spending Review 2015: what it means for health and social care

"Care services in England remain on the brink of collapse despite the extra investment in social care. None of the measures outlined in the Spending Review will plug the funding gap in social care expected over the course of this Parliament."

Spending Review 2015: what it means for health and social care
Nuffield Trust Parliamentary Briefing
December 2015

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Budgeting for balance: How hard is this going to be?

"In this paper, we look at the experience of fiscal consolidation so far, and how to approach the remainder of the task. Do we need to keep going until the deficit is literally zero, or can we get away with stopping when the deficit is back at its mid 2000 levels? Where have the savings come from so far, and what has been the impact on public services? How does the Government plan to find the rest of the savings, and how do we ensure that as many savings as possible come from increased efficiency?"

Budgeting for balance: How hard is this going to be?
J Dupont
Policy Exchange
November 2015

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The digital doctor report 2015

"In order to keep abreast of these developments and help our clients better tailor their offerings, Ipsos Healthcare has sought to uncover how Doctors feel about digital health, and how they see its role developing in the future."

The digital doctor report 2015
R Sangar
Ipsos Healthcare
August 2015

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Effects of alternative tax structures on public health systems

"Progressive tax policies within a pro-poor framework might accelerate progress toward achieving major international health goals."

Financing universal health coverage - effects of alternative tax structures on public health systems: cross-national modelling in 89 low-income and middle-income countries
A Reeves, Y Gourtsoyannis, S Basu, D McCoy, M McKee, D Stuckler
The Lancet
Published online: May 14, 2015

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Transforming our health care system: Ten priorities for commissioners

"Commissioners require a high level of technical competence to undertake the 'transactional' elements of commissioning."

Transforming our health care system: Ten priorities for commissioners
C Naylor, et al.
The King's Fund
June 2015

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Improvement science webinars

"The Health Foundation has produced this webinar series which will focus on issues of importance to the emerging community of improvement science researchers and practitioners in healthcare."

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Financial mechanisms for integrating funds for health and social care

"Although some schemes succeeded in shifting care closer to home, and some achieved short term reductions in acute care utilisation, no scheme demonstrated a sustained and long term reduction in hospital use."

Financial mechanisms for integrating funds for health and social care: an evidence review: CHE Research Paper 97
A Mason, M Goddard, H Weatherly
Economics of Social and Health Care Research Unit
The University of York
March 2014

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Spending on health and social care to 2015-16

"This briefing examines the key issues underlying debates on health funding."

Spending on health and social care to 2015-16: Parliamentary briefing
Nuffield Trust
July 2013

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Management of long term conditions

"Our analysis concluded that without unprecedented, sustained increases in health service productivity, including more effective management of chronic conditions, funding for the NHS in England will need to increase in real terms between 2015/16 and 2021/22 to avoid cuts to the service or a fall in quality."

Management of long term conditions: Health Committee inquiry submission: Parliamentary Briefing
Nuffield Trust
May 2013

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Supporting structures

Commissioning Support Units have been created to support the work of the Clinical Commissioning Groups. They are run by people from various backgrounds, including physiotherapy, radiology, corporate law, and accountancy.

Find out more about them here.

Ensuring education reform enhances patient outcome

"The creation of Health Education England (HEE) and Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs) provides the opportunity for employers to ensure that the £5 billion annual national investment in education and training delivers the maximum benefits for patients."

Ensuring education reform enhances patient outcome: providers' planning and driving a workforce budget of £5bn
NHS Employers
June 2012

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Securing the future financial sustainability of the NHS

"This report looks at the financial sustainability of NHS commissioners, and the NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts that provide community, secondary and tertiary health care services."


Securing the future financial sustainability of the NHS
National Audit Office, Department of Health
July 2012


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Personal health budgets: experiences and outcomes for budget holders at nine months

"These interviews suggest there is widespread potential for personal health budgets to lead to improvements in health and well-being."

Personal health budgets: experiences and outcomes for budget holders at nine months: fifth interim report
J Davidson, K Baxter, C Glendinning, K Jones, J Forder, J Caiels, E Welch, K Windle, P Dolan, D King
Department of Health
June 2012

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