What does The King’s Fund do?
We aim to be a catalyst for change and to inspire improvements in health and care by:
- generating and sharing ideas and evidence
- offering rigorous analysis and independent challenge
- bringing people together to discuss, share and learn
- supporting and developing people, teams and organisations
- helping people to make sense of the health and care system.
Our work involves understanding developments, challenges and opportunities across health and care. We use this understanding to influence policy and practice and to help people navigate the complexity of the systems in which they operate.
We understand that our vision can only be achieved through collective action involving many organisations and sectors. We seek to collaborate with and learn from a broad range of partners – including local and national NHS organisations, local government, people using health and care services, the voluntary and community sectors and others – working together to achieve our goals.
Our values
We are ambitious about pushing ourselves further to build the leadership and culture we need to enable our people to work at their best. We are committed to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation and living up to our values in everything we do. This shapes how we work with each other and with people across the health and care system.
We are committed to our purpose and independence
We will focus on making the greatest possible impact to achieve our vision of better health and care for all, always contributing from a position of independence.
We act with integrity
We will be honest, bold and challenging, seeking diverse perspectives and experiences, engaging in constructive dialogue and calling out injustice.
We are collaborative and inclusive
We will ensure that everyone feels respected, valued and supported, recognising that we will achieve more by working together and collaborating with others.
We are positive and engaged
We will celebrate success, value learning and promote positive cultures that support people to work at their best.
We strive for excellence
We will strive to produce work of the highest quality, continuously learning to improve everything we do.
