Publications

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.

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.

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.

The Queen’s Speech included commitments to strengthen the health and care system, support health and wellbeing, and increase NHS funding. This briefing outlines The King’s Fund’s response ahead of the debates on the Queen’s Speech in parliament. 

In a letter to Matt Hancock, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Professor Chris Witty, Chief Medical Officer, we set our views on plans for the future public health system in England.

In our written submission to the Inquiry, we respond to the proposals to enable more integrated working across health and care, reduce bureaucracy, and enhance the Secretary of State’s powers and accountability.

Read our written submission to NHS England and NHS Improvement on the proposed changes to integrated care systems across England.

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

We set out our thoughts on the Communities and Local Government Committee inquiry on the role of local authorities in health issues.

In this briefing for the Debate in the House of Commons, we set out our thoughts on the future of social care, the Dilnot Commission and how the integration of health and social care could be implemented.

This report from The King's Fund and Nuffield Trust is intended to support the Department of Health's development of a national strategy on integrated health and social care.

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.

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.