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Long read How hospital activity in the NHS in England has changed over time Why is the NHS struggling to maintain standards of care despite increased funding? Demand for services is rising.
Article Talking leadership: Susie Perks-Baker on our Athena programme Susie Perks-Baker discusses the challenges currently facing female leaders in health and care, and how our Athena programme has evolved to meet their needs.
Report Patients as partners: Building collaborative relationships among professionals, patients, carers and communities Our guide explores practical ways to develop collaborative relationships among health and care professionals, patients, carers and community partners.
Article Building collaborative partnerships with patients and communities Mark Doughty discusses progress made by The King's Fund's Leading collaboratively with patients and communities programme.
Report Public satisfaction with the NHS in 2015 The relatively high levels of satisfaction in part reflect positive views on on NHS services, but also public support for the concept of a publicly run health service free at the point of use and providing a comprehensive range of services.
Report Avoiding hospital admissions: What does the research evidence say? In order to successfully reduce avoidable emergency admissions, we need to fully understand which interventions are the most effective. The King's Fund commissioned this review of research evidence to establish which interventions work in avoiding emergency or unplanned hospital admissions.
Report Great to be Grey Explores how the NHS could reverse the growing number of experienced, skilled older workers taking early retirement, and argues that sustained commitment is needed to make older people feel valued.
Report Managing the Pressure: Emergency hospital admissions in London 1997-2001 Examines how the NHS can tackle the problems of peaks in demand by analysing the nature of emergency admissions in London.
Report Old Habits Die Hard: Tackling age discrimination in health and social care Identifies a lack of tools to help combat age discrimination in the health and social care sectors, and offers guidance on policies to help eradicate ageist practices from the NHS.
Health and care explained: Making sense of the health and care systemThis selection of content aims to make sense of the health and care system – including videos, articles, illustrated summaries and more.
