We run a variety of events for people in health and social care, from breakfast discussions with key stakeholders to large open conferences on leading health and social care issues.
This conference provided an opportunity to reflect on the current health care landscape and the upcoming challenges and opportunities of transforming local health services.
Our breakfast event focused on how to ensure quality and safety for patients ahead of the Francis Report into the failings at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust.
The publication of the OBR's 2012 Fiscal Sustainability report provided a timely basis for examining and debating possible trajectories of future NHS spending.
The second in our summer series of breakfast events explored the big challenges facing commissioners as the reforms to the commissioning system are implemented.
The first in our summer series of breakfast events offered a timely opportunity to discuss the changing provider landscape and how it is likely to be shaped by the financial squeeze and the NHS reforms.
In addition to showcasing best practice in care co-ordination for people with complex chronic conditions and frail older people, this event featured recommendations from our recent continuity of care report.
Featuring a keynote from Sir David Nicholson, our NHS leadership and management summit explored what leadership skills and qualities support the development of new organisations, and considered how working across boundaries could improve local health outcomes.
Featuring Kenneth Kizer and Andrew Lansley MP, our international integrated care summit showcased case studies from home and abroad, and brought together experts in system design, care co-ordination and delivering change.
At the third of our lectures supporting our 2012 Review of Leadership, Richard Bohmer, Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School and International Visiting Fellow at the Fund, spoke about clinical leadership for service improvement.
For midwives and maternity professionals, this event explored the challenges facing maternity care and provided practical ideas to support maternity units to provide better care.
In the second of our lectures supporting our 2012 Review of Leadership, Elisabeth Buggins, Chair of Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust, talked about leadership styles and implications for board leadership.
Organised by The King's Fund and the University Medical Center, Utrecht, our annual event brought together key speakers from around the world to showcase innovations and best practice in the deployment of telehealth and telecare.
Our seminar brought together clinical commissioning groups, financial managers, NHS managers, and other key stakeholders to discuss the challenges of managing demand on secondary care.
Featuring Professor Steve Field and Dana Safran, this conference explored US models of integrated care and provided lessons for NHS commissioners and providers on incentivising integration to improve quality and reduce costs.
Featuring Andrew Dilnot, Liam Donaldson and Jeremy Hughes, our Annual Conference looked beyond the health reforms and focused on how to improve the delivery of health and care.
