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

An important role for the health and care system, and wider government, is to help people live longer and healthier lives by reducing the chance of illness in the first place, or preventing the ...

The NHS and social care systems in England are on a journey towards digitalisation. One particular technology that is generating high levels of both excitement and scepticism is artificial ...

Greater emphasis on primary and community care is one of the three ‘big shifts’ the Labour government wants to see in the health and care system. In early 2024 The King’s Fund published Making care ...

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Our health and care system is in crisis and at risk of becoming financially and operationally unsustainable. The King’s Fund supports the need for transformational shifts in how health and care ...

There is growing national interest in the potential for wider and deeper partnerships between the NHS and life sciences sector. The UK life sciences industry is a significant asset and there is a ...

Greater Manchester (GM) has been the ‘poster child’ for devolution in England, and alongside it, in the health world, the leading light in efforts to improve population health at scale. This report ...

According to the 2021 Census there are approximately 4.7 million unpaid carers in England and approximately 310,00 in Wales – 3.0 million female carers and 2.0 million male carers, a 2.4 percentage ...

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 ...

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 ...

Almost half of England’s population is male, yet inequalities in men’s health seldom get specific attention. The women’s health strategy for England shone a light on the health care needs of girls and ...