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Thumbnail June 2018 Elective care | Emergency care | Policy | Primary, community and social care services | Public health and prevention

Horizontal or Vertical: Which way to integrate?

In 2011, Primary Care Trusts faced a difficult choice. The Transforming Community Services policy required a complete break of commissioner and provider functions. But what should PCTs do with the community health services they delivered; vertically integrate with an acute trust, horizontally…

Thumbnail April 2018 End of life | Inequalities

Palliative and End of Life Care Report for Children and Young People

Commissioned by NHS England, this report describes the the characteristics and levels of resource required by children and young people (CYP) (0-25 years) with life limiting conditions and/or life threatening conditions (LLC). The scope of this report does not attempt to explain or address the…

November 2017 Elective care | Emergency care | Finance and payments | Mental health | Primary, community and social care services

Identifying Potential QIPP Opportunities - Dudley Example

Given the pressures within the NHS, being able to identify opportunities for efficiencies and improvements is vital to inform commissioning intentions.  This report is an example of analytical work which to support commissioners.  The objective of this report is to provide information to…

Thumbnail October 2017 End of life

Palliative and End of Life Care in the West Midlands

Commissioned by NHS England, this report describes the status and context of palliative and end of life care services in the six Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships in the West Midlands. The report contains data on trends and forecast numbers of deaths, place of death, palliative…

Thumbnail September 2017 End of life

Changes in Dementia Incidence, Prevalence, Severity and Mortality

Dementia is a key priority for NHS England and is estimated to affect around 676,000 people in the country.  Our analysis is intended to help understand the need for future dementia diagnosis and treatment services in a specific area and to help commissioners to identify and…

July 2017 Emergency care | Policy

Changes to Admission Thresholds

This analysis builds on a paper, Changes in Admission Thresholds in English Emergency Departments, which explores changes in the casemix of patients attending emergency departments (EDs) and the propensity of EDs to admit patients.  The report incorporates additional analysis commissioned by…

May 2017 Mental health | Policy

Making the Case for Integrating Mental and Physical Health Care - Full Report.

An analysis of the physical health of people who use mental health services: life expectancy, acute service use and the potential for improving quality and using resources more efficiently.  The Strategy Unit, inspired by earlier research published by the Nuffield Trust, has created a ground…

Thumbnail December 2015 Elective care | Emergency care

The Effect of Demographic Change on Acute Hospital Utilisation

Recognising that the effect of population ageing can be overstated, we set out to ask what effect an older population will have on demand for health and care services.  Here, we explain why typical approaches ‘overlook the fact that rising life expectancy makes … older people “younger”,…

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