Publications

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.

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.

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

This response welcomes plans for an NHS constitution as a potentially viable way of providing clarity on the purpose of the NHS.

This paper responds to the Department of Health consultation on the framework for the registration of health and adult social care providers.

This paper responds to a report on medical regulation, 'Good Doctors, Safer Patients' and the review by the Department of Health on the regulation of non-medical health care professions.