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

The UK has a strong track record as a hub for life sciences. However, with government radically reshaping the national leadership and management of the NHS, overhauling the function and purpose of ...

The UK has a population health emergency – an ageing society, stalling life expectancy, poor population health and increasing multimorbidity should provide a burning platform for further action on ...

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 workforce crisis engulfing the health and care system is well documented. In the NHS, increases in staff numbers are not keeping pace with demand for staff and services. In 2021/22, for the first ...

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 ...

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 been an unprecedented situation that has tested local public health systems to the extreme for more than a year. Directors of public health (DsPH) in particular have had a ...

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, ...

The reconfiguration of clinical services continues to generate public and political controversy, locally and nationally. Given significant financial and workforce constraints, now and in the future, ...