Publications

Download The King's Fund submission to the VCSE Review’s discussion paper on challenges and solutions to better investment in and partnership with the VCSE Review.

Our response to this Inquiry concludes that the future of general practice rests on a combination of investment and reform.

Our data briefing looks at the trends emerging in emergency admissions and hospital bed use in the NHS. What do the numbers tell us?

The King's Fund's briefing on reconfiguration calls for radical changes to streamline the process for reorganising hospital services and to prevent politicians from blocking essential changes that would improve the quality and safety of NHS care.

The current social care system is widely regarded as inadequate, unfair and unsustainable. The Dilnot Commission was established to help the government to deliver a fair, affordable and sustainable funding system for social care in England. In this briefing we reflect on the Dilnot Commission's findings.

This submission sets out our views on the key principles of the reforms under the Health Select Committee's core questions on public health.

The King's Fund's response to Healthy Lives, Healthy People and associated consultations on the Public Health Outcomes Framework and Funding and Commissioning Routes.

We respond to the Department of Health's consultation on Liberating the NHS: Developing the healthcare workforce

In our response to the Department of Health's public consultation on Transparency in outcomes, we advocate for an integrated system that aligns the health, social care and public health outcomes framework.

In our response to the Department of Health's public consultation on Transparency in outcomes, we advocate for an integrated system that aligns the health, social care and public health outcomes framework.

We give our response to the Dilnot Commission's call for evidence on social care funding.

Our response to the Department of Health's public consultation on an Information Revolution, which forms part of our analysis of the health White Paper.

This paper is a response to the New Horizons consultation, which outlines the need for quality improvement in primary mental health care services.

This paper responds to the Health Select Committee's inquiry into the future of social care funding and the case for major reform of the existing system.

Independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) provide services to NHS patients but are owned and run by organisations outside the NHS. This briefing paper explains why ISTCs were introduced, and how they are funded, staffed and regulated.

This briefing sets out how general practice is organised, contracted and financed; analyses the impact of recent government policy; and looks at future trends.

This paper responds to the NHS Next Stage review, which aims to improve the quality of care provided by the NHS.

Teresa Poole sets out how adult social care is currently funded, outlines some of the main criticisms of the current arrangements and describes the types of changes the government might consider for its reform.

This briefing focuses on the Mental Health Act 2007 and its policies in relation to England.

This consultation response focuses on the safety of intrapartum care and draws on the findings of a year-long inquiry into the safety of maternity services in England to make some recommendations.