Publications

This consultation response is our contribution to the APPG on Mental Health inquiry into the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health.

We find that the draft strategy is a good start, but we believe as it is finalised its commitments need to be more tightly focused on inequality reduction than they currently are.

Ahead of debates on the address on Wednesday 28 June in the House of Commons and Thursday 29 June in the House of Lords, The King's Fund has produced this written briefing on the key issues for health and social care in the new parliament.

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.

This paper is a response to the Department of Health's consultation on the introduction of quality accounts.

This paper is a formal response to the consultation on the report to ministers from the Department of Health's steering group on the statutory regulation of practitioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine, and other traditional medicine systems practiced in the UK.

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 is a response to the Health Select Committee's call for evidence in their inquiry into commissioning, which is often seen as the weakest link in the NHS.

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

The King's Fund has produced this briefing ahead of the second reading of the Health Bill in the House of Commons.