Publications

Bringing you the latest independent views on health and social care from The King's Fund, all of our reports and findings from our projects are available to buy or download.

To order printed copies of our publications, please purchase online or contact publications@kingsfund.org.uk or 020 7307 2568.

The last straw: explaining the NHS nurse shortage publication cover

The Last Straw

Explaining the NHS Nursing Shortage
Sandra Meadows, Ros Levenson
Argues that integrated improvements across all aspects of nurses' working lives are needed to boost low morale in nursing and improve recruitment and retention rates.
Age discrimination health and social care briefing cover

Age Discrimination in Health and Social Care

Emilie Roberts
Provides an overview of the prejudice that older people face when seeking and accessing treatment and social care in the United Kingdom.
Improving services for older people publication cover

Improving Services for Older People

What are the issues for PCGs?
Emilie Roberts
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging responsibilities of primary care groups (PCGs) in relation to the health of older people and carers.
Getting better with evidence publication cover

Getting Better With Evidence

Experiences of putting evidence into practice
Leslie Wye, John McClenahan
This paper analyses which approaches are most effective in putting clinical evidence into practice, and provides down-to-earth advice.
Evidence and public health: Towards a common framework publication cover

Evidence and Public Health

Towards a common framework
Natasha Gowman, Anna Coote
The government wants to link its spending on public health initiatives to evidence of 'what works'. This publication discusses current approaches to establishing evidence, and offers a new framework.
Intermediate care; Models in practice publication cover

Intermediate Care

Models in practice
Barbara Vaughan, Judith Lathlean
This report looks at the ways in which seven different organisations provide intermediate care, each using a different model.
Healthy neighbourhoods publication cover

Healthy Neighbourhoods

Natasha Gowman
What can public bodies and local communities do to make sure that neighbourhoods live up to their potential as healthy places to live?
From cradle to grave: Fifty years of the NHS publication cover

From Cradle to Grave

Fifty years of the NHS
Geoffrey Rivett
Traces the extraordinary story of the NHS, offering a comprehensive overview that combines both clinical and health management perspectives.

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