Sir Chris Ham
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Establishing proportionate accountability for integrated care system
Partnership with local authorities and meaningful engagement with people and communities are the best way of ICSs earning a mandate to push back. By Chris Ham → Read More
Establishing proportionate accountability for integrated care systems
Partnership with local authorities and meaningful engagement with people and communities are the best way of ICSs earning a mandate to push back. By Chris Ham → Read More
A year of integrated care systems
In this online event, we’ll explore the development of integrated care systems from local, national and international perspectives. → Read More
Integrated care
Presentations from our breakfast event on the future of integrated care. → Read More
The general election, the NHS, and social care
The outcome of the general election will mean more of the same for the NHS and social care in the short term, and huge uncertainty on two fronts in the medium term, says Chris Ham. The outcome of the general election will mean more of the same for the NHS and social care in the short term and huge uncertainty on two fronts in the medium term. The Conservative government has failed to obtain the… → Read More
As the Tories unveil their plan for social care, does solving the crisis lie beyond the capabilities of the state?
As the Tories unveil their plan for social care, does solving the crisis lie beyond the capabilities of the state? → Read More
What are STPs and why do they matter?
Ahead of the general election, we consider what STPs are and why they matter. Ahead of the general election on 8 June, we examine the big issues around health and care. → Read More
Leading across the health and care system
This paper offers those who are leading new systems of care some guidance on how to address the challenges they face. It draws on the Fund’s work on the development of new care models, sustainability and transformation plans, and accountable care organisations. As the NHS seeks to move away from competition towards integration and to develop new models of care, individuals and organisations… → Read More
Organising care at the NHS front line
Quality improvement is best led not by regulators but by those who care for patients, say Chris Ham and Don Berwick The highly regulated and centralised nature of the NHS in England means that trust leaders are preoccupied with responding to external demands. → Read More
Organising care at the NHS front line
What are the challenges facing frontline clinicians today and what could they do to improve the quality of care? Our report presents a range of views from clinicians, managers, quality improvement champions and patients. This report looks at the reality of caring for acutely ill medical patients at the NHS front line and asks how care in hospitals can be improved. → Read More
Chris Ham: Views from the front line
Chris Ham shares key findings from our report, Organising care at the NHS front line. Speaking at a breakfast event on 3 May 2017, Chris Ham shares key findings from our report, Organising care at the NHS front line. → Read More
Next steps on the NHS five year forward view
In this article published in the British Medical Journal, Chris Ham reflects on the ambitions outlined in the NHS delivery plan. The fingerprints of Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, are all over the NHS delivery plan, which has been widely trailed as an important update on the state of the NHS. The plan, published at a difficult time for the NHS, summarises progress in improving… → Read More
Sustainability and transformation plans for the NHS in England
Plans for the future of health and care services in England hold promise but need time, investment, and a dose of realism, say Hugh Alderwick and Chris Ham. Planning guidance produced by national NHS bodies in December 2015 asked NHS organisations to work together to make plans for the future of health and care services in their area. → Read More
Spring budget: cash for social care and a green paper on future funding
The government has bought some time to find a sustainable solution for social care, says Chris Ham. The government has bought some time to find a sustainable solution for social care. → Read More