Healthcare commissioning for people with long-term conditions: new report from the Nuffield Trust

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What do healthcare commissioners actually do? Ask a hundred people who work in the NHS and you’ll probably get a hundred different answers. The landscape is moving quickly as we approach the April changeover, and with management budgets getting cut, it’s an increasingly challenging area to work in. This new report from the Nuffield Trust [read the full story…]

‘Integrating care for patients and populations’ is a ‘must do’ say the King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust

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‘We need to move beyond arguing for integration to making it happen’ asserted the NHS Future Forum back in 2011. The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust have come together to promote the argument that ‘Integrated care is essential and can be delivered without further legislative change or structural upheaval.’ The report argues that improving [read the full story…]