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Why should health policy matter to clinical staff?

GP trainees Dr Ree'Thee Bhatt and Dr Devina Maru share their experiences of working in health policy roles and outline why an understanding of policymaking is crucial to enabling clinicians to influence change in the health and care system.

By Dr Ree’Thee Bhatt, Dr Devina Maru - 28 June 2022 2-minute read

Moving into the public health system of the future while learning from the past: lessons from London

The King’s Fund has been working to support London’s public health ‘family’ and its partners to learn from their experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic and develop shared principles for working together in the future. Kevin Fenton, Director of the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities in London, and members of The King’s Fund’s project team, share their reflections on this process.

By Ethan Williams, David Buck, Toby Lewis, Professor Kevin Fenton, Director, Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (London) - 21 June 2022 4-minute read

How can we develop professionally diverse leadership in primary care?

What might help a wider range of professionals take on leadership roles in primary care? Kiran Chauhan and Beccy Baird suggest starting with thinking through issues around expectations, support and practical constraints.

By Kiran Chauhan , Beccy Baird - 8 June 2022 4-minute read

Explaining the health and care system: keeping people and communities at the heart of our new animation

As The King’s Fund launches its new animation explaining how the health and care system works, Sarah Murphy explains how people and communities, at the heart of the health and care system, are also at the heart of our animation.

By Sarah Murphy - 26 May 2022 3-minute read

How can the NHS Staff Survey data help you to meet the core needs of your people?

Jo Vigor explains how the ABC framework of staff wellbeing can help trusts understand their NHS Staff Survey results.

By Jo Vigor - 11 May 2022 3-minute read

Reform of adult social care: some progress, but nowhere near enough

How well is the government’s reform programme tackling the eight key problems in adult social care? Simon Bottery marks the government’s score card and finds it wanting.

By Simon Bottery - 10 May 2022 5-minute read

The Health and Care Act 2022: the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead

Now the Health and Care Act has been passed, Richard Murray reflects on the negotiations that went down to the wire, what didn’t make it and what’s needed to ensure the reforms are successful.

By Richard Murray - 3 May 2022 4-minute read

Is the NHS on track to recruit 50,000 more nurses? Hitting the target but missing the point…

Will the target of 50,000 more nurses in the NHS by March 2024 be enough to meet the level of demand? Jonathon Holmes and David Maguire look at the story behind the data.

By Jonathon Holmes , David Maguire - 25 April 2022 4-minute read

Link workers for population health: it's time to get with the (social prescribing) programme

Social prescribing link workers are on the front line of the fight for population health. They know it, but need more support to deliver on the promise of their roles, as Laura Lamming explores.

By Laura Lamming - 22 April 2022 3-minute read

Adult social care: why it has even lower public satisfaction than the NHS

The public has grasped what people who use social care already knew: it doesn’t provide all the support they need. Laura Schlepper, from Nuffield Trust, and Simon Bottery explore the data from the British Social Attitudes survey.

By Simon Bottery, Laura Schlepper - 14 April 2022 4-minute read

England has a new drugs strategy – what now lies ahead?

Oliver Standing, Director of Collective Voice, and colleagues from the Alliance Group, explore the opportunities offered by England’s new drugs strategy, as well as the challenges that lie ahead.

By Oliver Standing, Director, Collective Voice, Chris Lee, Chair, English Substance Use Commissioners' Group, Danny Hames, Chair, NHS Addictions Provider Alliance, Kate Halliday, Executive Director, Addiction Professionals, Stuart Green, Recovery Connectors Group, College of Lived Experience Recovery Organisations (CLERO), Vivienne Evans, Chief Executive, Adfam - 7 April 2022 5-minute read

Five relationships that are essential to successfully managing the elective backlog

In a recent roundtable, local health leaders identified five relationships that need to be strengthened to successfully manage elective backlogs.

By Danielle Jefferies - 4 April 2022 4-minute read

Public satisfaction with the NHS falls to a 25-year low

How has the Covid-19 pandemic and its effect on health services affected public perceptions of the NHS? The results of the 2021 British Social Attitudes survey reveal an unprecedented drop in public satisfaction with health services.

By Dan Wellings, John Appleby - 30 March 2022 5-minute read

Integrated care systems need to be different - but how exactly?

Integrated care systems are intended to be part of a new way of working in health and care based on principles of partnership and collective responsibility. Chris Naylor asks whether this original vision is already at risk and what making a reality of it would involve.

By Chris Naylor - 28 March 2022 4-minute read

Healthy communities together – embarking on a journey of partnership working

The Healthy communities together programme was set up by The King's Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund in 2019 and supports local partnership working to improve the health and wellbeing of local communities. Helen Gilburt and the Healthy communities together team reflect on the learning from the programme so far.

By Helen Gilburt - 25 March 2022 4-minute read

Local government public health funding: putting the jigsaw together without the picture on the box

Funding for local public health has been getting more complicated, making it harder for directors of public health to plan, and for transparency for anyone looking on, seeking to understand what is happening. David Buck looks at the different pieces of the jigsaw.

By David Buck - 23 March 2022 4-minute read

Why didn’t the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out work for immunocompromised people?

In this guest blog Gemma Peters, Chief Executive of Blood Cancer UK, highlights the challenges that people with blood cancer and others with compromised immunity faced during the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out and the lessons that must be learnt from their experiences.

By Gemma Peters - 21 March 2022 5-minute read

The Covid-19 vaccination programme: what comes next?

The National Audit Office has judged the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out has been value for money, but what next for the vaccine programme? Nicholas Timmins outlines the challenges that lie ahead.

By Nicholas Timmins - 11 March 2022 5-minute read

Time for a specific focus on adult social care leadership

The Messenger review of health and care leadership won’t be able to give social care the time and attention it deserves, says Simon Bottery. It’s time to look specifically at the unique set of skills required in the sector – and how best to support their development.

By Simon Bottery - 9 March 2022 4-minute read

The cap on care costs: what does the government proposal mean?

Sally Warren outlines the rationale behind the social care cap and explains why the government’s planned changes will have an unfair impact on those with lower assets.

By Sally Warren - 4 March 2022 10-minute read

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