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The King's Fund is an independent charitable organisation working to improve health and care in England

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  • Are elective recovery targets achievable? A look at the evidence

    The newly released elective care plan sets some bold targets for reducing elective waiting times. But can these goals realistically be achieved, asks Sarah Arnold

  • The health and care outlook for 2025

    As 2025 gets underway, Sarah Woolnough takes a look at some of the key issues that will shape the health and care landscape this year.

  • Latest NHS performance data shows health services in the depths of annual winter crisis

    Sarah Arnold, Senior Policy Lead, responds to the latest monthly NHS performance data. Health services are in the depths of the annual winter crisis.

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Making sense of the health and care system

The English health and care system can be confusing and complex. Our work explains and explores the system, how it works, and how it's changing.

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Annual leadership and workforce summit 2025

At our annual leadership summit we heard about the challenges facing the workforce and what's being done to tackle them in a bid to take the workforce from thriving to surviving.

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