Projects | The King's Fund

Mortality rates in the UK: why are improvements in life expectancy slowing down?

With life expectancy lower and improvements in mortality rates weaker in the UK than in many European countries, we want to establish what's happening, why and what can be done to reverse these trends.

Supporting the Healthy New Towns programme

We are working with NHS England and other partners to support the Healthy New Towns programme. The programme provides an important opportunity to learn how local areas can use major new housing developments as an opportunity to promote population health and deliver integrated care.

Big questions on integrated care

Integrated care happens when NHS organisations work together to meet the needs of their local population. On this page we pull together some of our core content and recent commentary to help make sense of the developments in integrated care.

The NHS at 70

The National Health Service turns 70 on 5 July 2018. To commemorate this anniversary, we will be exploring the relationship between the public and the NHS, and will also be looking back at the history of the NHS and engaging in discussion about its future.

GSK IMPACT Awards

The GSK IMPACT Awards recognise and reward charities that are doing excellent work to improve people's health. The 2019 awards are now open for applications, find out more about how to enter.

Completed project

Integrated care systems: how are they emerging in England?

This project aims to bring together information on how integrated care systems are developing in England; to identify learning for local and national leaders and share examples of good practice.

Payment systems for accountable care in the NHS

A project to clarify the choices commissioners face in relation to payment systems for accountable care.

Information overload: reporting requirements on NHS trusts

A project to examine how information is used, what for and what value it delivers within an organisation.

Leadership behaviours in high-performing acute NHS providers

This project aims to provide leaders from across the NHS with a perspective on what it takes to deliver successful outcomes.

Completed project

Innovative models of care delivery in general practice

We look at innovative models of general practice from the UK and other countries and identify key design features we believe will be important in designing effective GP services in the future.

Transformational change in health and social care

This research project will help us understand how transformational change programmes are experienced by individuals and highlight key considerations for those involved in future health and care transformation.

A vision for the public health system in England

This project aims to set out a vision for the public health system and population health, which we will use to inform and influence the debate about the future of public health.

The public and the NHS

The relationship between the NHS and the public is complex. Although surveys show us that people are proud of the NHS and most are satisfied with the services they receive, it’s sometimes said that public expectations of the NHS are rising. Against this background we have been undertaking work to explore the relationship between the public and our national health service.

Governing for health in global cities: lessons for, and from, London

This project aims to support leaders in London and elsewhere to develop successful approaches for population health improvement in complex urban environments.

Completed project

Embedding enhanced health care in care homes

This project aims to help providers and commissioners to develop local approaches to improving integration of health and care services in care homes.

Practical approaches to delivering better value in the NHS

A project to understand the challenges that frontline clinical, operational and managerial leaders encounter in pursuing better-value health care.

Completed project

Managing digital change successfully in health and social care

This project reviewed the use of digital technology in care and identified the key factors for successful implementation of digital transformation.

What is social care?

Completed project

What is social care and how does it work?

Our series of short videos and related content is intended to help clarify what social care is, how it’s provided and paid for, and how it works with the NHS and other services.

Completed project

Time to Think Differently

In this programme of work from 2012/13 we tried to think differently about health and social care, and about transforming the funding and delivery of services to meet the challenges of the future.

How should the NHS be funded?

How should the NHS be funded?

With the NHS under huge financial pressure, questions are being raised about the sustainability of its funding model. Here we pull together a range of content around the NHS funding debate.