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The King's Fund responds to ONS winter mortality figures for 2018/19

Dr Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund, responds to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) excess winter mortality figures for 2018/19,
27 November 2019
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The King's Fund responds to new reports on mortality trends in the UK

Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund, responds to new reports from The Health Foundation and London School of Economics on mortality trends in the UK.
14 November 2019
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The King's Fund responds to Labour’s pledge to boost health care funding

Richard Murray, Chief Executive of The King’s Fund, comments on Labour’s pledge to boost health care funding,

12 November 2019
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The King's Fund responds to the Chief Medical Officer’s report and recommendations on childhood obesity

‘The government should make full use of all the levers at its disposal to tackle obesity,' says Sally Warren, Director of Policy.
10 October 2019
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Response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee report on local government funding

'Years of cuts to local government funding are having a real impact on services that support the wellbeing of the whole community,' says Sally Warren, Director of Policy at The King's Fund.
21 August 2019
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BSA shows increasing difficulty booking GP appointments

Beccy Baird, Senior Fellow at the King’s Fund, comments on the British Social Attitudes survey of public attitudes to emergency care.
14 August 2019
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The King's Fund comments on the government announcement of funding for NHS technology

Matt Honeyman comments that while technology will never be able to replace the compassion and empathy a person can offer, it could undoubtedly enhance treatment and free up clinicians' time for patient care.
8 August 2019
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The King's Fund responds to the government’s open consultation ‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’

David Buck, Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund, responds to the government’s open consultation ‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’
23 July 2019
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Health charities make urgent call for £1 billion a year to reverse cuts to public health funding

The government must make a clear and urgent commitment to restoring £1 billion of real-terms per head cuts to the public health grant which enables local authorities to deliver vital preventive services that protect and improve health.
12 June 2019
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Suffolk charity named overall winner of the 2019 GSK IMPACT Awards

Suffolk Family Carers has beaten over 370 charities across the UK to win the overall 2019 GSK IMPACT Award.
17 May 2019
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More people asking for social care support but fewer getting it as demand leaves social care system at crisis point

Rising disability among working-age adults and a growth in the number of people over 65 is putting rising pressure on the adult social care system in England, new analysis from The King's Fund finds.
26 April 2019
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Life expectancy in England ‘ground to a halt’ – The King's Fund responds to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures

‘Today’s figures show that in 2018 life expectancy gains in England ground to a halt,' says Dr Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King's Fund.
22 March 2019
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British public’s satisfaction with the NHS at lowest level in over a decade

Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to its lowest level since 2007, according to analysis of the 2018 British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey published today by The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust.
7 March 2019
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The King's Fund responds to the Topol review

The Topol review makes a number of welcome recommendations to create a digitally-savvy workforce with the knowledge and flexibility to embrace emerging technologies, according to Harry Evans, researcher at The King's Fund.
11 February 2019
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The King's Fund welcomes the new contract for general practice

The King's Fund welcomes the new contract for general practice as a promising early sign that the government and NHS England are making good on the commitments in the NHS long-term plan.
31 January 2019
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The King's Fund response to the NHS long-term plan

This is an ambitious plan that includes a number of commitments which – if delivered – will improve the lives of many people. NHS leaders should be applauded for focusing on improving services outside hospitals and moving towards more joined-up, preventative and personalised care for patients. But some significant pieces of the jigsaw are still missing, and there should be no illusions about the scale of the challenge ahead.
7 January 2019
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The King’s Fund response to Public Health England's review of life expectancy

Dr Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund, comments on Public Health England’s review of recent trends in mortality in England.
11 December 2018
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Volunteers reduce pressure on frontline NHS staff, report finds

Volunteers in hospitals play a vital role in improving the experience of patients and relieving pressure on frontline staff, according to a new report from The King’s Fund.
4 December 2018
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The King's Fund responds to ONS winter mortality statistics

'These figures are particularly worrying for the UK which, after decades of progress, is seeing life expectancy improvements grind to a halt', says Dr Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund.
30 November 2018
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Radical changes needed to tackle stalling health improvements

Without radical change, progress in improving the population’s health is at risk of grinding to a halt, warns The King's Fund in a new report.
27 November 2018
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