Press releases

Siva Anandaciva, Chief Analyst at The King’s Fund, responds to the report on NHS provider performance in the first quarter of 2018/19.

Richard Murray, currently Director of Policy at The King’s Fund, has been appointed as its new Chief Executive. He will succeed Professor Sir Chris Ham, the current Chief Executive, who steps down at the end of 2018.

The government must look at what the NHS needs to do to change how care is delivered and to guarantee that the right workforce is available into the future

Richard Humphries, Senior Fellow at The King's Fund, comments on the Local Government Association's Green Paper for adult social care.

A challenging mix of pressures facing NHS organisations, coupled with a culture of blaming individuals for system-wide problems, mean NHS trusts are facing significant difficulties in recruiting and retaining senior leaders, according to a new report from The King's Fund and NHS Providers.

The government should look beyond the NHS and focus on a range of policies to improve the public’s health, including making effective use of tax and regulation, according to a new briefing from four leading research organisations.

Findings of a landmark new analysis of the NHS in an international context, published for the BBC as part of their programming for the NHS’s 70th birthday.

The UK is the most obese nation in western Europe so we welcome the target to halve childhood obesity by 2030. The proposals to restrict the advertising of junk food and ban the sale of energy drinks to children signal a bolder and more active approach from the government.

The Prime Minister's announcement of new funding for the NHS is a welcome shot in the arm to get the NHS back on its feet but it will not provide the long term cure that would restore it to full health.

Metro Mayors and other city leaders should be empowered to take greater responsibility for improving the health of the nation’s cities, a new report by The King’s Fund argues.

London’s leaders should be empowered to take stronger action to boost public health in the capital and reduce the city’s stark health inequalities, a new report by The King’s Fund argues.

'These latest findings, from one of the largest national patient surveys, show patient experience in hospitals is holding up remarkably well and has even seen some improvements since last year particularly around communication between staff and patients.'

"This latest evidence, from every council in England, lays bare once again the need for, as the Prime Minister put it herself, a proper plan to pay for and provide social care"

"This report nails the myth that the health service is on a path to privatisation and provides cross-party support for a vision of an NHS based on collaboration, not competition" says Richard Murray.

The overspend of just short of £1 billion by frontline NHS providers is another clear warning that the NHS can no longer deliver standards of care expected of it within the current funding settlement.

The Health Foundation and The King’s Fund have highlighted a worrying lack of progress on social care reform, in extensive new analysis of funding pressures and options for change. 

Today’s figures show it was yet another dismal month for patients, with one in six now waiting longer than six months to begin treatment, says Richard Murray.

NHS funding levels are failing to keep pace with growth in NHS spending on medicines, potentially compromising patients’ access to drugs, our research finds.