Publications

The latest life expectancy data from the Office for National Statistics doesn't provide much to celebrate, as Veena Raleigh's explains in her latest article for the BMJ.

The King's Fund, alongside the Health Foundation and Nuffield Trust, summarise the four major areas where the impact of a no deal Brexit could be felt most sharply in health and care. 

We talk to Patricia Boyle, a senior consultant here at The King’s Fund, about why important conversations sometimes become stuck and what helps and about our new programme on this topic, Leading breakthrough conversations. 

This report was commissioned by the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) and explores the factors that contributed to the spread of the primary care home.

Commissioned by the Office for Civil Society, this report explores the role and value of volunteering within ambulance services in England and identifies examples of different ways in which volunteering opportunities are being developed.

Ben Fuchs is a Senior Consultant in our Leadership and Organisational Development team. Ahead of our annual leadership summit on compassionate and inclusive leadership, we explore why it’s important for those in management and leadership roles to be aware of potential blind spots.

This commissioned report explores how the work of the National Garden Scheme and its beneficiaries contributes to supporting and shaping health and care.

Our commissioned report considers what it is like for clinicians and managers to try to provide truly holistic health and social care for people at home, using small self-managing neighbourhood teams.

There is an urgent need to reform the system for paying and contracting for services in the NHS but new complex financial incentive schemes are not the answer, writes Ben Collins for HSJ.

An independent commissioned report, Outcomes for mental health services, considers the difficulties in measuring outcomes in mental health services, and calls for consensus between health care professionals and service users on what outcomes actually matter.

The lack of a 'big picture' of where NHS reforms will take us means investment and strategic planning are severely hampered. Alasdair Liddell and Laurie McMahon describe a behavioural modelling approach that can help.

The King's Fund was commissioned to carry out this literature review on clinician behaviour on behalf of NICE.

John Appleby asks whether Scotland will be allowing patients to choose where to have their first outpatient appointment and subsequent treatment.

As we reach the end of the financial year, Niall Dickson warns there could be even more stories of deficits, wards being closed and staff being cut.

Niall Dickson argues that there is now a glimmer of hope that care really can be transformed. But the details of the Wanless report and other recent studies show just how big and deep-rooted the current problems are.