UK life expectancy is among the lowest relative to comparable countries. Veena Raleigh asks whether the 10 Year Health Plan’s ...

The 2022 Health and Care Act introduced new legislative measures that aim to make it easier for health and care organisations to deliver joined-up care for people who rely on multiple different ...

There are a few bursary places available for 3rd sector leaders on the 2025 programme. Please contact Tracy Nottage for a form and further details. Thanks. Our Building Your Authority programme is ...

In the run up to the general election, The King’s Fund will explore what national government can do to improve health and care in England, consider political parties’ policy proposals, and make sense ...

As integrated care systems develop, NHS, local authority and voluntary sector organisations working in health and care in England are coming together and working in partnership to improve the health ...

Community champions are typically members of the community who volunteer to promote health and wellbeing or improve conditions in their local community. The community champion approach is one of many ...

The establishment of primary care networks (PCNs) is one of the most important reforms to primary care in England in recent years. This report, published jointly by The King’s Fund and the Centre for ...

In this video Michael West shares his thoughts on compassionate and inclusive leadership for our 2019 event The challenge of culture change: sharing system-wide learning to deliver the NHS long-term ...

Ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are conditions for which effective management and treatment should limit emergency admission to hospital. Nevertheless, ACSCs currently account for more ...

This paper looks at compassion - which involves attending, understanding, empathising and helping - as a core cultural value of the NHS and how compassionate leadership results in a working ...

Integrated care systems (ICSs) were created to increase collaboration in the health and social care sector and to enable the NHS, local authorities and other partners to take collective responsibility ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has put the UK health and care workforce under unprecedented pressure. The workforce had been struggling to cope even before the pandemic took hold. Staff stress, absenteeism, ...