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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 today's Queen's Speech

Richard Murray, Chief Executive of The King's Fund, responds to today's Queen's Speech.
14 October 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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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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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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Offer £5,200 grants to nursing students and ramp up overseas recruitment to stop NHS workforce crisis

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.
21 March 2019
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'A hidden crisis in hospitals up and down the country' - The King's Fund responds to NHS combined performance data

‘Despite a mild winter, today’s figures reveal a hidden crisis in hospitals up and down the country,' says Deborah Ward, Senior Analyst at The King’s Fund.
14 March 2019
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The King's Fund responds to plans to pilot changes to NHS waiting times targets

Richard Murray, Chief Executive at The King's Fund, responds to plans to pilot changes to NHS waiting times targets.
11 March 2019
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The King's Fund responds to the latest NHS performance figures

'Today’s figures reveal a hidden crisis that is all too real in emergency departments up and down the country,' says Siva Anandaciva, Chief Analyst at The King's Fund.
14 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 responds to the National Audit Office (NAO) report on NHS sustainability

'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.
18 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 responds to NHS performance data

‘The first set of winter statistics show the NHS already under tremendous strain and patients waiting longer and longer for care,' says Siva Anandaciva, Chief Analyst at The King’s Fund.
13 December 2018
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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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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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The King's Fund responds to NHS Improvement's report on the performance of the NHS provider sector

Today’s report from NHS Improvement on the performance of the NHS provider sector in the second quarter of 2018, is a warning that the NHS is heading for another very tough winter, with rising demand for services and staff shortages taking an increasingly heavy toll on patient care.
29 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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The King's Fund responds to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's vision for prevention

Commenting on the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s vision for prevention, David Buck, Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund, said his emphasis on preventing ill health and the promise of a green paper are welcome.
5 November 2018
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