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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 today's NHS England's combined performance summary

‘Amidst the political rhetoric of the general election campaign, today’s statistics lay bare the stark reality for patients across the country who are struggling to access NHS hospital services,' says Richard Murray, Chief Executive of The King's Fund.
14 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 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 responds to the latest monthly hospital performance data

'For the first time the winter crisis in A&E has merged straight into a summer crisis.' Richard Murray, Chief Executive at The King’s Fund responds to today’s NHS combined performance summary.
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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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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'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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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 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 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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Mental health funding squeeze has lengthened waiting times, say NHS finance leads

Our latest quarterly monitoring report also finds that despite NHS England meeting its commitment to increase its investment in mental health, nearly a quarter of mental health trusts recorded a reduction in income between 2016/17 and 2017/18.
21 December 2018
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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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