The government’s 10 Year Plan for Health sets out how it intends to transform the NHS and create a health service ‘fit for the future’.
The plan centres on three ‘shifts’ or changes the government wants to see:
Moving care from hospitals to local communities
Preventing illness, not just treating it
Realising the potential of digital technology
Here you can explore our insight, analysis and commentary on the government’s 10 Year Health Plan, as well as our work related to the three shifts.
The 10 Year Health Plan: our analysis
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Securing the NHS workforce for the future: our recommendations for action
Delivering the 10 Year Health Plan won’t be easy. Here’s why workforce planning, accountability and investment in people matter and what needs to happen next.
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Truly fit for the future? The 10 Year Health Plan explained
What impact will 'Fit for the Future: The 10 Year Health Plan for England' have for people, patients, staff and the health and care system? We analyse the key areas of the government's p...
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The 10 Year Health Plan: what is it and what happens next?
With a health and care system at breaking point, does the government’s 10 Year Health Plan offer hope to staff, patients, and the public that things will get better?
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Will the 10 Year Health Plan really tackle the nation’s health crisis?
Health inequalities are widening. Life expectancy is falling. Has the government's 10 Year Health Plan gone far enough when it comes to preventing ill health?
From hospital to community services
The biggest improvements to health and care will come from prioritising services outside of hospital. That means greater investment in the primary and community services that support people before they end up needing hospital treatment.
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What should national policy-makers do to make care closer to home a reality?
As part of its 10 Year Health Plan, the government plans to shift care from hospital to community and integrate neighbourhood health services. This long read examines the policy levers a...
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Improving access to out-of-hospital care
This briefing focuses on how to improve access to out-of-hospital care, including GPs, social care, community services and community mental health services.
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Place-based partnerships: challenges and opportunities
Place-based partnerships in integrated care systems aim to tackle health inequalities and improve care. Our report explores the key factors for success, including accountability, collabo...
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The government wants a ‘neighbourhood health service’. The first step is to agree what that means.
Does a neighbourhood health service mean different things to different people? Chris Naylor argues that there needs to be a common understanding of what the goal is.
From treating sickness to preventing it
We are facing a public health emergency and we cannot treat our way out of it. If we want to reduce demand, improve health outcomes, and create a sustainable future for the NHS, we need a system-wide shift to prevention. But how do you lead that shift when budgets are tight, demand is rising, and the system itself isn’t wired for prevention?
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A prevention revolution – or another missed opportunity?
The country desperately needs a prevention revolution, and this government should make good on its promise to deliver one, say Sarah Woolnough and Jennifer Dixon.
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Tackling health inequalities: seven priorities for the NHS
Drawing on The King’s Fund’s five-year programme of work on health inequalities, this long read outlines what we think the anticipated 10-year health plan should focus on to help the NHS...
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What are health inequalities?
This explainer provides an overview of how health inequalities are experienced in England’s population.
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What is the state of children's health in England?
Children’s health is a foundation for future society. Healthy children are more likely to thrive in school and enjoy better health in adulthood. We look at the latest data available on c...
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What is prevention in health?
Different people mean different things by prevention. Here, we set out some of the different ways it is understood.
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Ten actions the government can take to improve children’s health
Children in the UK experience some of the worst health outcomes in Europe. What steps should the government take to address this?
From analogue to digital
The shift from analogue to digital needs not just better technology and data infrastructure but also evidence on how workforce, service users, suppliers and regulators affect successful implementation.
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More than just hype: how emerging AI use is assisting health and social care
Discover how artificial intelligence is currently being developed, tested and used within health and care.
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Infrastructure for innovation: getting the NHS and social care ready for AI
What infrastructure is needed to realise the potential of AI in health and care? This long read considers the technical, environmental and system capabilities required.
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Lost in the system: the need for better admin
2 out of 3 people say they've had a problem with NHS admin in the past year. We explore the impact these experiences is having on public perceptions of the NHS and what could be done to ...
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What could the shift from hospital to community mean for research and innovation in the NHS?
When it comes to research and innovation, the NHS has much to be proud of. But what would it look like to be world-leading in driving R&I across community settings, asks Anna Charles.
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Adapt to thrive in digital health and care – community of interest
Explore how to adapt and thrive in the developing digital health and care system by joining our new community of interest, with an online platform and monthly online sessions.
Implementing the 10 Year Health Plan
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The 10 Year Health Plan: our recommendations
In this long read, we set out the key recommendations The King’s Fund is making to the government to support the development of the 10 Year Health Plan and realise these shifts.
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The 10 Year Health Plan: what do we know about public perceptions of the three shifts?
What do the public think of the 'three shifts' proposed by the government upcoming 10 Year Health Plan? Find out more in this long read, written in collaboration with the team from Ipsos...
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Implementing a long-term plan for health: what can we learn from international examples?
As the government is working on its 10-year plan for health, we explore international case studies to see how other countries and regions have implemented their plans.
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Bringing out the best in humans: a worthy goal for the NHS
While the government’s plans for NHS reform are welcome, to be successful reform needs to be led locally not centrally, says Professor Sir Chris Ham
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Can this government really recover NHS performance standards within a single parliament? And what are the costs of trying?
Siva Anandaciva calls for the government to conduct a full review of performance targets, if it's serious about driving through reforms to the health care service.
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Moving from ambition to action: tests for the NHS 10 Year Health Plan
As publication of the 10 Year Health Plan approaches, Natalie Berry proposes five tests the plan must meet if it is to turn ambition into action.
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Compassionate leadership and the 10 Year Health Plan: addressing moral injury
Naja Felter and Alistair Thomson argue that unless compassionate leadership becomes the norm, the 10 Year Health Plan risks becoming another initiative that promises change but leaves li...
The case for reform and approach to it
The Darzi review showed that services are stretched to breaking point and that incremental improvement will not do. Radical change is needed.
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The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, delivers first health and care speech since taking office at The King’s Fund annual conference
Read the response from Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive of The King's Fund.
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'Mandate for bold, decisive action' - The King's Fund responds to the Darzi review
Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive at The King's Fund, responds to Lord Darzi's independent review of the NHS.
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The Darzi review of NHS performance signals why radical change is needed
As each month’s performance statistics show, poor performance continues to be an issue for the NHS – with today’s likely to follow the usual trends. But Lord Darzi’s review is an opportu...
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Five things the ‘biggest ever conversation about the future of the NHS’ needs to succeed
The government and NHS England have launched 'the biggest ever conversation about the future of the NHS'. Dan Wellings considers what it will take for Change NHS to succeed.
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