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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 social prescribing better support migrant women's health and wellbeing?

Loreen Chikwira explores how better listening, collaborative working with minority ethnic women and better support for link workers can improve how social prescribing supports migrant women.

By Dr Loreen Chikwira - 20 May 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

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

Covid-19 and the UK's health care performance: how does it compare on the international stage?

Veena Raleigh examines the latest international health statistics from OECD's Health at a glance 2021.

By Veena Raleigh - 10 November 2021 5-minute read

Partnering is a verb

Partnership working can be transformative – if it works well. Here we share two techniques, observed as part of the Healthy Communities Together programme, that can help in forming healthy partnerships.

By Jo Maybin, Deborah Fenney - 4 November 2021 4-minute read

The Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021: what was announced and what does it mean for health and care spending?

Siva Anandaciva brings together the recent announcements on health and care spending from the Autumn Budget and Spending Review.

By Siva Anandaciva - 1 November 2021 7-minute read

Five leaders, five reflections about public health and the Covid-19 pandemic

As part of our work on Covid-19 and the public health system, we spoke to leaders at the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and NHS Improvement and Public Health England for their take on the role of the public health system in the response to Covid-19. Shilpa Ross shares some insights into their views.

By Shilpa Ross - 20 October 2021 4-minute read

How much longer and further are health inequalities set to rise? The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities faces unprecedented challenges

Veena Raleigh considers the widening gaps in life expectancy between people in the most- and least-deprived areas of England. How will the newly launched Office for Health Improvement and Disparities face these challenges?

By Veena Raleigh - 10 October 2021 5-minute read

The recipe for success at the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities: tackling the wider determinants of health

How can the new Office for Health Improvement and Disparities maximise its chances of success? Sally Warren thinks the answer is building its influence across Whitehall, and across regions and local areas to tackle the wider determinants of health.

By Sally Warren - 30 September 2021 5-minute read

The long shadow of Covid-19 - addressing the wider impacts of the pandemic

The wider impacts of Covid-19 – the economic and social impacts on different communities – need to be a central focus of recovery work from the pandemic. Directors of public health have a key role to play, but this work requires community leadership, a well-resourced public health workforce and a sustained, whole-system effort, writes Deborah Fenney.

By Deborah Fenney - 30 September 2021 4-minute read

We need to move from person-centred to community-centred services

Angela Fell, Director of Northern Heart and Soul in Wigan, outlines why we should move beyond person-centred services to a community-centred approach in order to transform people's health and wellbeing.

By Angela Fell - 3 September 2021 4-minute read

The public health workforce: overdue for attention

Directors of public health played a vital role in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now they - and the wider public health workforce - need a comprehensive and funded workforce plan in order to work on improving population health and tackling health inequalities.

By Richard Murray - 26 August 2021 3-minute read

What has the Covid-19 pandemic taught us about public health messaging?

Laura Lamming talked to three academic researchers about what they have learnt about public health messaging during the Covid-19 pandemic.

By Laura Lamming - 12 August 2021 3-minute read

A qualified success: a personal reflection on the passing of Public Health England

David Buck reflects on the national and local roles of Public Health England, and the challenges it faced.

By David Buck - 5 August 2021 3-minute read

What’s in Sajid Javid’s in-tray? A health and social care to-do list

The new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has arrived at a time of change. Sally Warren looks at the decisions he will need to take around the Covid-19 pandemic, the Health and Social Care Bill, public health and social care reform.

By Sally Warren - 30 June 2021 2-minute read

Public health reform: a whole-government priority?

David Buck considers what the public health reform announcements will mean in practice, who holds the reins and how the new organisations can work across government to improve population health.

By David Buck - 1 April 2021 5-minute read

Reforming the Mental Health Act: The King’s Fund’s response

Data, funding and workforce – if the government wants its proposed reforms to the MHA to create change these system-wide enablers are as important as individual changes to legislation. Helen Gilburt consider the issues.

By Helen Gilburt - 24 March 2021

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