Press releases

'Across the country, health and care services are grappling with severe staff shortages,' says Sally Warren, Director of Policy at The King's Fund.

‘It is a sad irony that working for the health service can be bad for the health of its own employees. This welcome new report focuses on doctors, but so many of the conclusions could apply to any staff group working in the NHS' says Suzie Bailey, Director of Leadership and Organisational Development at The King’s Fund.

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.

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

These new commitments are welcome but success will hinge on the ability to recruit and retain enough GPs and professionals such as physiotherapists and pharmacists, says Richard Murray, Chief Executive of The King's Fund.

Sally Warren, Director of Policy at The King’s Fund, responds to the new State of care report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Richard Murray, Chief Executive of The King's Fund, responds to today's Queen's Speech.

‘The government should make full use of all the levers at its disposal to tackle obesity,' says Sally Warren, Director of Policy.

Sally Warren, Director of policy at The King’s Fund, responds to the 2019 Spending Round.

'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.

Siva Anandaciva, Chief Analyst at The King’s Fund, comments on the government’s proposed changes to NHS pension rules.

Richard Murray, Chief Executive of The King’s Fund, comments on the government announcement of funding for the NHS and changes to NHS pensions.

David Buck, Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund, responds to the government’s open consultation ‘Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s’

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.

‘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.

Urgent measures are needed to prevent the health and care workforce crisis from worsening, says a new joint report from The King’s Fund, the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation.

‘This year’s NHS staff survey underlines the scale of the workforce crisis facing the service,' says Suzie Bailey, Director of Leadership and Organisational Development at The King’s Fund.

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.

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.

'The NAO has laid bare just how difficult it will be to achieve the ambitions of the NHS long-term plan given where the NHS is starting from.' Richard Murray responds to the NAO report on NHS sustainability.