Publications

Exploring the practical challenges of working with power in the Healthy Communities Together partnerships.

The King’s Speech was delivered to parliament on 7 November 2023. Ahead of debates on the address on Thursday 9 November in the House of Lords and Monday 13 November in the House of Commons, The King’s Fund has produced this written briefing on the key issues for health and social care in the new parliament.

Our report looks at how identifying health inequalities and adopting an inclusive approach to NHS waiting lists has been used to reduce the backlog after the Covid-19 pandemic.

The health and care workforce crisis is at the heart of many of the challenges facing the NHS and social care in England. Our long read looks at what national government can do to address severe staff shortages and deliver higher quality care and shorter waits.

This briefing focuses on how to tackle the biggest risk factors affecting people’s health.

This briefing focuses on how to improve access to out-of-hospital care, including GPs, social care, community services and community mental health services.

The King's Fund has been working with the Heads of Patient Experience (HOPE) network to better understand the experiences of people using health and care services.

NHS dentistry is a pillar of the primary care system. But how is dentistry organised in England? In our explainer we explore the service's structure, commissioning and contracting, NHS dental appointment costs, workforce and the challenges facing this part of the health and care system.

Our report examines the impact of Independent Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews, which are meetings intended to improve the treatment of people with a learning disability or autistic people in long-term segregation.

What are the benefits and potential drawbacks of the 'radical' alternatives to the NHS? We explore the main options and if they could solve problems in the health and care system.

June 2023 saw the launch of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, in this long read we explain the NHS plan and how this will impact the workforce moving forward.

Commissioning is the process by which health and care services are planned, purchased and monitored. Here we look at the commissioning process in more detail, the organisations involved and how it is changing.

Our report shares insights and evidence about how to collaborate well to build a stronger collaborative ethos across health and care services.

As the NHS turns 75, the Chief Executives of the Health Foundation, Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund have written to the leaders of the three largest political parties in England.

Unpaid carers provide significant levels of support to family or friends, we undertook research to understand the current picture of local support available for unpaid carers in England

This evidence submission draws on our experience of working closely with local system leaders, as well as our research on primary care, community health services and integrated care in England and internationally.