Publications

Successful implementation of the NHS long-term plan depends on adequate funding for social care and public health, NHS education and training, and capital investment.

Our response to the Health and Social Care Committee's legislative proposals inquiry. We support the spirit of these proposals, which are intended to make it easier for local NHS bodies to work together to improve the health and care of their populations.

While we welcome the Care Bill as an important stepping stone to wider reform of care and support, it will not deliver the change needed to meet future health and care needs.

Our written submission to the House of Commons Health Select Committee inquiry into emergency services and emergency care.

The King's Fund welcome the Care Bill as a significant stepping stone to wider reform of care and support and the new duties on local authorities to promote wellbeing.

Our response to the independent review by the Nuffield Trust commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health to consider whether aggregate ratings of provider performance should be used in health and social care.

This briefing note was sent to the Committee ahead of an oral evidence session on 9 January 2013, where Richard Humphries gave evidence on behalf of the Fund.

Our data briefing looks at patterns of admissions for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions and assesses how emergency admissions could be reduced.

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.