Skip to main content

The King's Fund

Main navigation

Topics
- Health and care services
  Adult social care
  
  Community services
  
  Emergency care
  
  General practice
  
  Hospital care
  
  Long-term conditions
  
  Maternity services
  
  Mental health
  
  New models of care
  
  Public health
  
  Sexual health care
- Leadership, systems and organisations
  Clinical leadership
  
  Covid-19
  
  Equality and diversity
  
  Integrated care
  
  Organisational culture
  
  Quality improvement
  
  Sustainability and transformation plans
  
  System leadership
  
  Voluntary and community sector
  
  Workforce and skills
- Patients, people and society
  Carers
  
  Children and young people
  
  Health inequalities
  
  Housing
  
  Older people
  
  Patient experience
  
  Patient involvement
  
  Patient safety
  
  Population health
  
  Public opinion
  
  Technology and data
  
  Volunteers
- Policy, finance and performance
  Access to care
  
  Brexit
  
  Commissioning and contracting
  
  General election 2019
  
  Governance and regulation
  
  NHS finances
  
  NHS five year forward view
  
  NHS long-term plan
  
  Performance
  
  Productivity
  
  Social care finances
Publications
Blog
Health and care explained
Events
Courses
Consultancy and support
About us

Newsletter sign up

Search term

Newsletter sign up

Blog

Comment and analysis on the key issues in health and social care

Search

Listing Content Type

All blogs

Share this content

Share on Twitter
Share on Facebook
Share on LinkedIn
Share on Email
Print this page

Health and care services
Leadership, systems and organisations
Patients, people and society
Policy, finance and performance

2009
2010
2011
(-) 2012
2013
(-) 2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021

A transformation fund for the NHS

Over the coming months The King’s Fund and The Health Foundation will be exploring the concept of a transformation fund. How big does such a fund need to be? And how should it be spent so that it supports real change at scale across the NHS?

By Lillie Wenzel - 18 December 2014

What does the Autumn Statement mean for health and social care?

As the dust settles on the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, this is a good time to review what it told us. I think it contained three big messages: one on money, one on reform, and one on social care.

By Richard Murray - 11 December 2014

The reconfiguration of clinical services is an important but insufficient approach

Our research highlights major gaps in the evidence for the reconfiguration of clinical services.

By Candace Imison - 25 November 2014

This patient’s experience

I had watched One Born Every Minute and kept my eyes open; I’d attended NCT classes and yoga workshops; I’d done my reading. None of this really prepared me for the extreme pain and joy involved in giving birth to my first child, but it helped a bit. What I was absolutely unprepared for was the experience of being a hospital inpatient.

By Jo Maybin - 19 November 2014

The Better Care Fund: will the plans work?

The government expects councils and NHS partners to achieve way too much, with too little, too soon, says Richard Humphries.

By Richard Humphries - 5 November 2014

Better Care Fund, better read the small print?

Although earlier rumours of the demise of the Better Care Fund – the government’s £3.8 billion pooled fund to promote integrated care – have turned out to be greatly exaggerated, the significance of the government’s latest announcement about the fund should not be.

By Richard Humphries - 8 July 2014

Wanted: an even Better Care Fund

In light of our new report on the NHS productivity challenge, Chris Ham calls for a new transformation fund to stop the NHS approaching a major financial crisis.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 1 May 2014

It is time for a new settlement for health and social care in England

Kate Barker, Chair of the Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England, introduces the key findings of the commission's interim report and calls for further evidence to consider the funding options.

By Kate Barker - 3 April 2014

What can we learn from how other countries fund health and social care?

How do other countries respond to the challenges of funding health and care for an ageing population? Sarah Gregory takes a closer look in her latest blog.

By Sarah Gregory - 26 March 2014

Innovation in Alaska: ‘walking with’ communities to achieve change

Rachael Addicott looks at what we can learn from the Southcentral Foundation's system-wide transformation of care in Alaska.

By Rachael Smithson - 20 March 2014

The Better Care Fund: what’s love got to do with it?

The success of the £3.8 billion Better Care Fund – designed to promote integrated care and help shift care closer to home – depends on a different kind of chemistry between local NHS organisations and their local authority partners.

By Richard Humphries - 23 January 2014

Who should pay for social care services?

In her new data blog, Yang Tian draws on previously unpublished results from the most recent British Social Attitudes survey to see what the public think about who should pay for social care services.

By Yang Tian - 13 January 2014

First do no harm: lessons from service reconfiguration in London

What can we learn from service redesign in London? Chris Ham reflects on themes from our conference on progressing health care in the capital.

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 19 October 2012

Provider reform: will anything be different this time round?

Current debates about the future of hospitals and bringing care closer to home echo those of the 1970s. So will anything be different this time round?

By Professor Sir Chris Ham - 5 July 2012

Radical changes are needed – my reflections on themes from the NHS Confederation conference

Looking back on the conference, Anna Dixon considers outstanding reform issues, including the difficult decisions that must be made around hospital reconfiguration.

By Anna Dixon - 28 June 2012

Dithering on Dilnot?

Despite the coalition's pledge in its programme for government that it recognised the urgency of reform, almost a year has elapsed since Dilnot reported.

By Richard Humphries - 25 June 2012

Can Lean redesign stick in health care?

Lean is a methodology developed by Toyota which aims to improve flow while minimising waste. But why is it so difficult to apply to health care?

By Nigel Edwards - 19 June 2012

The colour of money: Dilnot and the social care White Paper

Richard Humphries discusses the government’s forthcoming social care White Paper and the final piece of the jigsaw – Andrew Dilnot’s report on how care is funded.

By Richard Humphries - 9 May 2012

The push for improvement in maternity care

What more can be done to ensure maternity safety is not compromised and mothers and babies receive the standard of care they deserve?

By Vinice Thomas - 11 April 2012

London health care: perspectives from the board

Visiting Fellow, Claire Perry gives us an insight into her previous roles in the NHS and examines the issues surrounding health care in London.

By Claire Perry - 23 February 2012

Viewing 1 - 20 of 21

Pagination

Previous page
Current page 1
Page 2
Next page

Subscribe to our Weekly Update newsletter

Publications: Independent research and analysis on health and social care

Reports, long reads and articles.

Quick links

About us
Contact us
Corporate partners
Job vacancies
Multimedia
Press centre
Projects
Who's who

Connect with us

Twitter
LinkedIn
Facebook
Youtube

Latest Tweet

Weekly Update newsletter

Subscribe for a weekly round-up of our latest news and content

Footer

Privacy notice and cookies
Accessibility
Terms and conditions
Comments policy
Copyright

© The King's Fund 2021 Registered charity: 1126980