Health policy priorities for parliament

Essays collected by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group in association with The King’s Fund
Associate Parliamentary Health Group
HEALTH
POLICY PRIORITIES
FOR PARLIAMENT
‘HEALTH IS AN
INTRINSICALLY
INTERESTING POLICY
AREA AND AS
PARLIAMENTARIANS,
OUR ENGAGEMENT
WITH IT IS ESSENTIAL’
Baroness Cumberlege, APHG Chair
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, APHG Parliamentary Officer
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A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
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CONTENTS
Foreword
Commissioning
Professor Chris Ham - Chief Executive, The King’s Fund
Competition within the NHS
Dr Jennifer Dixon - Director, The Nuffield Trust
NHS finances and productivity
Professor John Appleby – Chief Economist, The King’s Fund
The NHS Workforce
Dr Peter Carter – Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing
Patient Experience
Jeremy Taylor – Chief Executive, National Voices
Public Health
Professor Steve Field – Former Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners
Social Care
Richard Jones – President, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
Quality
Dame Jo Williams – Chair, Care Quality Commission
Reflections
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath – APHG Parliamentary Officer
Reflections
Mark Simmonds MP – APHG Parliamentary Officer
About the APHG
About The King’s Fund
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FOREWORD
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Baroness Cumberlege
APHG Chair
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
APHG Parliamentary Officer
‘As we embark upon
a period of substantial
reform for the
health service, and
in the context of a
challenging financial
climate, parliamentary
participation in the
forward health debate
will be paramount’
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A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
COMMISSIONING
Professor Chris Ham
Chief Executive, The King’s Fund
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Coalition Government will
be to ensure that history
does not repeat itself and
that the leadership and
management are put in
place counter the power
of providers in order
to deliver benefits for
patients and the public’
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A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
COMPETITION WITHIN THE NHS
Dr. Jennifer Dixon
Director, The Nuffield Trust
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A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
NHS FINANCES AND
PRODUCTIVITY
Professor John Appleby
Chief Economist, The King’s Fund
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on the benefits side to
find new ways of
providing services that
increase the value of
care to patients’
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Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
THE NHS WORKFORCE
Dr Peter Carter
Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing
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‘The workforce needs to
be healthy, empowered
and innovative. In the
difficult times, both now
and ahead, these are the
only ways that quality
patient care, and by
extension good nursing
practice, will flourish’
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Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
PATIENT EXPERIENCE
Jeremy Taylor
Chief Executive, National Voices
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Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
PUBLIC HEALTH
Professor Steve Field
Former Chair, Royal College of General Practitioners
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Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
SOCIAL CARE
Richard Jones
President, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
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Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
QUALITY
Dame Jo Williams
Chair, Care Quality Commission
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Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
REFLECTIONS
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
APHG Parliamentary Officer
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A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
A collection of essays presented by the Associate Parliamentary Health Group and The King’s Fund
REFLECTIONS
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APHG Parliamentary Officer
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‘...the Government
needs to refocus
NHS resources to
frontline patient care
and put clinicians at
the heart of the NHS
whilst shifting the
emphasis of the NHS
and concentrating on
making the patient
central to everything
that happens within
the service.’
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Health Policy Priorities for Parliament
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Associate Parliamentary Health Group
Policy Connect
CAN Mezzanine 32-36 Loman Street
London SE1 0EH
020 7202 8574
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