Skip to main content
Home The King's Fund

Main navigation

  • Topics
    • Health and care services
      • Adult social care
      • Community services
      • Emergency care
      • General practice
      • Hospital care
      • Long-term conditions
      • Maternity services
      • Mental health
      • New models of care
      • Public health
      • Sexual health care
    • Leadership, systems and organisations
      • Clinical leadership
      • Covid-19
      • Equality and diversity
      • Integrated care
      • Organisational culture
      • Quality improvement
      • Sustainability and transformation plans
      • System leadership
      • Voluntary and community sector
      • Workforce and skills
    • Patients, people and society
      • Carers
      • Children and young people
      • Health inequalities
      • Housing
      • Older people
      • Patient experience
      • Patient involvement
      • Patient safety
      • Population health
      • Public opinion
      • Technology and data
      • Volunteers
    • Policy, finance and performance
      • Access to care
      • Brexit
      • Commissioning and contracting
      • General election 2019
      • Governance and regulation
      • Health and Care Act 2022
      • NHS finances
      • NHS five year forward view
      • NHS long-term plan
      • Performance
      • Productivity
      • Social care finances
  • Publications
  • Blog
  • Health and care explained
  • Events
  • Courses
  • Consultancy and support
    • Organisational development
    • Policy and advisory services
    • Library services
  • Our priorities
  • About us
Newsletter sign up
Newsletter sign up

Publications

Independent research and analysis on health and social care

Listing Content Type

  • All publications
  • Reports
  • Long reads
  • Articles
  • Evidence and consultations
  • Commissioned reports
Share this content
  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn
  • Share on Email
  • Print this page
  • Health and care services
    • Adult social care
    • Cancer services
    • Community services
    • (-) Emergency care
    • End-of-life care
    • (-) General practice
    • Hospital care
    • Long-term conditions
    • Maternity services
    • Mental health
    • (-) New models of care
    • Public health
    • Sexual health care
  • Leadership, systems and organisations
    • (-) Clinical commissioning groups
    • Clinical leadership
    • Equality and diversity
    • Health and wellbeing boards
    • (-) Integrated care
    • Local service design
    • Patient leadership
    • Quality improvement
    • Sustainability and transformation plans
    • (-) System leadership
    • Voluntary and community sector
    • Workforce and skills
  • Patients, people and society
    • Carers
    • Children and young people
    • Health inequalities
    • Housing
    • Older people
    • Patient experience
    • Patient involvement
    • Patient safety
    • Population health
    • Public opinion
    • Technology and data
    • Volunteers
  • Policy, finance and performance
    • Access to care
    • Better Care Fund
    • Brexit
    • Commissioning and contracting
    • Devolution
    • General election 2017
    • (-) General election 2019
    • Governance and regulation
    • Health and Care Act 2022
    • Health and Social Care Act 2012
    • NHS finances
    • NHS five year forward view
    • NHS long-term plan
    • Performance
    • (-) Productivity
    • Social care finances
  • 1999
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
Patient in hospital bed
Report

NHS hospital bed numbers: past, present, future

The number of hospital beds in England has more than halved over the past 30 years. This explainer looks at data on hospital beds, explores the drivers underpinning the changes it shows, and considers whether further reductions to bed numbers are realistic.
Thumbnail
By Leo Ewbank et al - 5 November 2021
Report

Understanding integration: how to listen to and learn from people and communities 

Lived experience is a powerful tool to improve existing services and identify new and better ways to meet people’s needs. This practical guide will help systems to co-ordinate services around what matters to people and communities.
Thumbnail
By Clair Thorstensen-Woll et al - 21 July 2021
Long read

The road to renewal: five priorities for health and care

Covid-19 is the biggest challenge the health and care system has faced in living memory; it's essential that lessons are learned from this experience. So how can the system build on this learning to bring about positive change and renewal? This long read sets out five priorities to help guide the approach to renewal across health and care. 
Thumbnail
By Anna Charles et al - 8 April 2021
Remote working toolkit for general practices and primary care networks
Long read

Remote working toolkit for general practices and primary care networks

As remote working continues to be a reality for many, what are the implications for primary care? This guide outlines what’s needed to make remote working effective and inclusive for all staff.
Thumbnail
By Beccy Baird et al - 11 March 2021
Image showing illustration of the Parliament of Westminster
Long read

The Health and Care Act: six key questions

The Health and Care Act, which introduces significant reforms to the organisation and delivery of health are care services in England, received Royal Assent in April 2022. In this long read, we explain what the changes brought in by the Act mean in practice.
17 May 2022 10-minute read
Example lead provider structure of a provider collabarative.
Long read

Provider collaboratives: explaining their role in system working

What are provider collaboratives and how will they fit into the wider health and care system? Our explainer looks at how these structures could develop and the opportunities they offer.
Thumbnail
By Charlotte Wickens - 21 April 2022 17-minute read
Evidence and consultation

Health and Social Care Committee workforce inquiry: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care

The 2019 Conservative Party manifesto included pledges to deliver 50,000 more nurses, 6,000 GPs and 6,000 other primary care professionals. Two years on, no plan to address workforce shortages has been published, funding for the training and development of staff was conspicuous by its absence from the Spending Review and the measures in the Bill relating to workforce remain weak.
6 April 2022 15-minute read
Evidence and consultation

Submission to the Health and Social Care Select Committee inquiry into the future of general practice

Our submission to the Health and Social Care Select Committee inquiry into the future of general practice focuses on the main barriers to accessing general practice, and the changes needed to the current model to tackle these and put general practice on a more sustainable footing for the future.
6 April 2022 15-minute read
Report

Integrating additional roles into primary care networks

How well are staff employed under the new Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme being embedded within general practice teams? In this report we consider the experience of staff working in these roles and explore what might be done to address any challenges.
Thumbnail
By Beccy Baird et al - 4 March 2022
An illustration of a person sat in chair being held by the silhouette of a hand
Long read

What is compassionate leadership?

Research shows that compassionate leadership has wide-ranging benefits for both staff and organisations. Learn more in this explainer.
10-minute read
Long read

How does the health and care system hear from people and communities?

People’s lived experience is a powerful tool to improve existing services and identify new and better ways to meet their needs. This explainer looks at how the health and care system can listen and learn from the people and communities they serve and the sources of information available to them.
Thumbnail
By Dan Wellings et al - 18 January 2022 14-minute read
Long read

Integrated care systems and social care: the opportunities and challenges

The Health and Care Bill will put integrated care systems (ICSs) on a statutory footing from April 2022. How can social care providers ensure they are involved as new ICS structures develop, to create partnerships that deliver better services and outcomes for local populations?
Thumbnail
By Clair Thorstensen-Woll et al - 8 December 2021 14-minute read
Evidence and consultation

Briefing on the Health and Care Bill: House of Lords second reading

This briefing focuses on Parts 1 and 6 of the Bill, which deal with the NHS and its relationships to other parts of the system, including the powers of the Secretary of State, plus changes to the cap on social care costs.
2 December 2021
Long read

Public health and integrated care reform: doing the knitting

As the health and care system heads into a time of far-reaching reforms, David Buck and Richard Murray look at the opportunities and challenges ahead for how the new public health system and ICS will relate and work together in the future.
Thumbnail
By David Buck et al - 19 November 2021 20-minute read
Patient in hospital bed
Report

NHS hospital bed numbers: past, present, future

The number of hospital beds in England has more than halved over the past 30 years. This explainer looks at data on hospital beds, explores the drivers underpinning the changes it shows, and considers whether further reductions to bed numbers are realistic.
Thumbnail
By Leo Ewbank et al - 5 November 2021
Evidence and consultation

Health and Care Bill: Public Bill Committee submission from The King's Fund

The Health and Care Bill introduces new measures to promote and enable collaboration in health and care. Our evidence submission focuses on Parts 1, 2, and 3 of the Bill, which deal with the NHS and its relationships to other parts of the system.
14 September 2021
Report

Understanding integration: how to listen to and learn from people and communities 

Lived experience is a powerful tool to improve existing services and identify new and better ways to meet people’s needs. This practical guide will help systems to co-ordinate services around what matters to people and communities.
Thumbnail
By Clair Thorstensen-Woll et al - 21 July 2021
Evidence and consultation

Briefing on the Health and Care Bill: House of Commons Second Reading

This briefing has been produced to inform Second Reading of the Bill in the House of Commons and focuses on the main sections of the Bill, which deal with the NHS and its relationships to other bodies, including the Secretary of State.
12 July 2021
Report

Tackling obesity: the role of the NHS in a whole-system approach

This briefing explores the role of the NHS in tackling obesity, focusing on how the NHS can work with local partners and engage with communities to deliver targeted interventions to treat and prevent obesity.
Thumbnail
By Jonathon Holmes - 4 July 2021
An image of a map in maroon showing the areas covered by the different integrated care systems.
Long read

Integrated care systems explained: making sense of systems, places and neighbourhoods

Integrated care services represent a fundamental shift in the way the health and care system is organised. This explainer looks at how these bodies are structured, how they are developing and what the future holds.
Thumbnail
By Anna Charles - 11 May 2021
Diagram showing the four main approaches to working with communities in improving health.
Long read

Communities and health

The role of communities in improving population health is receiving increasing, and long overdue, attention in health policy and practice. This piece gives an overview of the different approaches to working with communities for health.
Thumbnail
By David Buck et al - 5 May 2021
Report

Developing place-based partnerships: The foundation of effective integrated care systems

This report considers the potential of place-based partnerships to improve population health and support truly integrated care, and highlights principles to guide their development and the support they might need from national and regional leaders.
Thumbnail
By Anna Charles et al - 20 April 2021
Long read

The road to renewal: five priorities for health and care

Covid-19 is the biggest challenge the health and care system has faced in living memory; it's essential that lessons are learned from this experience. So how can the system build on this learning to bring about positive change and renewal? This long read sets out five priorities to help guide the approach to renewal across health and care. 
Thumbnail
By Anna Charles et al - 8 April 2021
Remote working toolkit for general practices and primary care networks
Long read

Remote working toolkit for general practices and primary care networks

As remote working continues to be a reality for many, what are the implications for primary care? This guide outlines what’s needed to make remote working effective and inclusive for all staff.
Thumbnail
By Beccy Baird et al - 11 March 2021
Viewing 1 - 20 of 295

Pagination

  • Previous page
  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • Page 6
  • Page 7
  • Page 8
  • Page 9
  • …
  • Next page

Subscribe to our Weekly Update newsletter

""

Health and care explained: Making sense of the health and care system

This selection of content aims to make sense of the health and care system – including videos, articles, illustrated summaries and more.

Got a question? Ask a librarian

Quick links

  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Corporate partners
  • Job vacancies
  • Multimedia
  • Press centre
  • Projects
  • Who's who

Connect with us

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Youtube

Latest Tweet

Weekly Update newsletter

Subscribe for a weekly round-up of our latest news and content

Footer

  • Privacy notice and cookies
  • Accessibility
  • Terms and conditions
  • Comments policy
  • Copyright
© The King's Fund 2022 Registered charity: 1126980