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Peter Hay, Emily Thornberry, Cynthia Bower, Allan Bowman and Peter Beresford tell us what they think about the Law Commission adult social care framework recommendations. Allan Bowman, Chair of the Social Care Institute for Excellence, discusses the need for a genuine partnership between professionals and people in communities to help deliver social care. Find out more at: http://www.kingsfund.org...

Peter Hay, Emily Thornberry, Cynthia Bower, Allan Bowman and Peter Beresford tell us what they think about the Law Commission adult social care framework recommendations. Emily Thornberry MP looks at the areas of the Law Commission report that still need further clarification. For more information go to: http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/multimedia/law_commission_recs.html

Peter Hay, Emily Thornberry, Cynthia Bower, Allan Bowman and Peter Beresford tell us what they think about the Law Commission adult social care framework recommendations. Peter Hay, President of ADASS, discusses how the new legal framework provides opportunities to overcome the challenges facing the current social care system. Find out more at: http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/multimedia/law_commission...

Jack Wennberg, Founder of the Centre for Evaluative Clinical Evidence and of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, discusses his work on reducing unwarranted variations in the US and makes suggestions for moving forward with this work in the English NHS.

Jill Watts outlines the work of Ramsay Health Care UK and discusses the benefits of opening up the NHS to a greater diversity of providers.

Chris Ham puts forward the core arguments for integrated care and outlines the Fund's contribution to the NHS Future Forum listening exercise.

Victor Adebowale, Chief Executive of Turning Point, discusses the not-for-profit provision of health and social care and the risks associated with competition.

How does integration work in practice? Dr Sarah Wollaston, GP and a member of the Health Select Committee, outlines how successful Torbay have been in creating an integrated care system to improve care for people in the area.

Carol Propper, Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School, talks about international perspectives on choice and competition in health care and outlines the potential for competition to deliver quality improvements in the NHS.

What next for integrated care? Following the launch of the Future Forum report, Steve Field looks at the role of integrated care in the NHS at a recent event at The King's Fund.

Speaking at an event at The King's Fund, Deborah Evans gives her take on the benefits and risks of diversifying the NHS provider base, using examples from NHS Bristol.

Dr Stephen Dunn explains how NHS East of England has used competition to drive up quality, outcomes and efficiency, and improve health care for the people in the region.

Paul Zollinger-Read, Medical Adviser and Clinical Lead for Primary Care at The King's Fund, looks at how we can create a truly integrated health and social care system in a reformed NHS.

Tom Hughes-Hallett, Chief Executive of Marie Curie Cancer Care, discusses the Palliative Care Funding Review and considers the responsibilities of the NHS in commissioning end-of-life care.

Sir Ian Kennedy, Chair of the independent inquiry into the Quality of General Practice in England, talks to us about the findings of the inquiry, why it was initiated and what the implications might be for staff working in general practice.

John Healey, MP, Shadow Health Secretary, set out Labour's response to the Health and Social Care Bill at The King's Fund. He emphasised their concern with the new system of GP commissioning and the speed at which these changes will be implemented

Julie Estcourt, Head of Midwifery, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, talks about how her team have improved the safety of out-of-hours maternity services and gives advice to maternity teams facing the same challenges.

With the publication of the Health and Social Care Bill, Anna Dixon gives her opinion on its key points, what's still missing and what it must achieve to secure productivity gains and financial savings for the NHS.

Morag Oldfield, Research and Practice Development Midwife, North Middlesex Hospital, talks about the challenges facing maternity teams and how her team have worked with The King's Fund to increase safety in the labour ward.

Jim Easton, Director for Improvement and Efficiency, Department of Health, discusses how the QIPP health agenda has been working so far and how quality of care can be improved whilst implementing substantial efficiency savings.

Clive Bowman, Medical Director of BUPA Care Services, looks at the challenge of commissioning end-of-life services from a care home provider perspective.

Lord Howe, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Quality, Department of Health, gives an overview of the proposed health reforms and outlines the productivity challenges facing the NHS.

Taken from the third in our series of events on health and the Big Society, this audio relates to questions asked about community change and case studies, health inequalities and the balance of legislation and action. The panel at this event featured Dr David Halpern, Director of the Cabinet Office's Behavioural Insights Team, Baroness Buscombe, Chair of the Press Complaints Commission and a leadi...

Taken from the third in our series of events on health and The Big Society, this audio features the questions asked to the panel as they discussed nudging improvements in public health. The panel at this event featured Dr David Halpern, Director of the Cabinet Office's Behavioural Insights Team, Baroness Buscombe, Chair of the Press Complaints Commission and a leading member of the Public Health C...

We spoke to Laura Churchward about her role as Divisional Manager for Paediatrics and Adolescent Services at UCLH and about the future of NHS leadership.