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Twelve social care personas: which one(s) are you?

Simon Bottery identifies 12 different perspectives on adult social care – and argues reform needs to accommodate as many as it can.

By Simon Bottery - 23 November 2020 7-minute read

The Comprehensive Spending Review and Covid-19: the more we know, the less we know...

How will the autumn Comprehensive Spending Review address the short-term and long-term needs of the health and care system, especially when the future is so uncertain? Jonathon Holmes considers the Chancellor’s options.

By Jonathon Holmes - 15 September 2020 4-minute read

The new NHS and mental health: where are we going wrong?

Providing joined-up services that address people’s physical and mental health needs has long been a challenge. Jihad Malasi asks whether primary care networks could be the answer to providing holistic primary care mental health services.

By Dr Jihad Malasi - 23 July 2020 4-minute read

Mental health care in the time of Covid-19

Helen Gilburt reflects on the experiences of staff and people with mental health problems during the first months of Covid-19 and urges mental health services to learn from those experiences to plan for the future.

By Helen Gilburt - 3 July 2020 5-minute read

What has Covid-19 taught us about supporting workforce mental health and wellbeing?

The Covid-19 outbreak has exposed gaps in psychosocial support for health care workers. Mary Docherty, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust London, considers the action needed to address those gaps and meet the needs of the workforce in the future.

By Dr Mary Docherty - 25 June 2020 5-minute read

Why are improvements in life expectancy slowing in the United Kingdom and across Europe?

In an international collaboration, The King's Fund and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development examine the role of cardiovascular disease in changes in life expectancy.

By Veena Raleigh, Eliana Barrenho, Health Economist/ Policy Analyst, ELS, Health Division, OECD - 18 May 2020 4-minute read

Public satisfaction with the NHS rose sharply in 2019 – why?

Dan Wellings and John Appleby consider how staff satisfaction, patient experience and recent funding announcements may have influenced public satisfaction with the NHS.

By Dan Wellings, John Appleby - 3 April 2020

2019: The health policy year in 12 charts

Siva Anandaciva takes a quick look back at some of the key events that shaped national policy in 2019 and asks what the year ahead might have in store for health and care.

By Siva Anandaciva - 21 January 2020

Waiting times tracker: analysis of seasonal effects

An important issue in understanding trends in waiting times is seasonal variations. John Appleby looks at hospital waiting times in his data blog.

By John Appleby - 20 December 2010

The waiting game: what's happening to hospital waiting times?

The health White Paper sets out a significant set of reforms for the NHS. We plan to follow the evolution and implementation of these changes and assess their impact.

By John Appleby - 3 December 2010

Hospital mortality rates: fact or fiction?

A report out today discusses the issues in using mortality to measure the quality of hospital care. But is this a good measure of quality of care?

By Veena Raleigh - 4 November 2010

Which English hospital is best at hips?

John Appleby considers the first set of data on post-operative patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) published by the Department of Health.

By John Appleby - 29 September 2010

Can we guarantee compassionate care?

Can we guarantee patients compassionate care? Jocelyn Cornwell argues that while we can't currently guarantee this, we should be doing more to make it likely.

By Jocelyn Cornwell - 3 September 2010

Will reconfiguration improve quality and save money?

The coalition wants England to achieve the best health outcomes in Europe and deliver year-on-year productivity savings – could reconfiguration help to achieve this?

By Candace Imison - 21 July 2010

What role for information in the new NHS?

Information is destined to have a key role in the new vision for the NHS. But will it help to give patients choices and to increase public accountability?

By Veena Raleigh - 19 July 2010

Quality accounts are out: how does your trust shape up?

Quality accounts are intended to achieve two things - to increase boards' focus on quality, and to provide greater public accountability for quality.

By Catherine Foot - 6 July 2010

What will replace targets and terror?

The Secretary of State's revisions to the 2010/11 NHS Operating Framework have been published today and, as expected, the government is scaling back access targets.

By Catherine Foot - 21 June 2010

Chris Ham: reflections on my first weeks at the Fund

Chris Ham, the new Chief Executive at The King's Fund talks about his first few weeks in the role and how the election has dominated his work so far.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 22 April 2010

The politics of health: what are the polls telling us?

In what promises to be the closest general election in recent memory, just how important will the parties' health policies be when voters confront the ballot box?

By Patrick South - 14 April 2010

Labour's manifesto: new pledges, omissions and the usual ambiguities

Ruth Thorlby explores what the Labour manifesto has to say about health care.

By Ruth Thorlby - 12 April 2010

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