Skip to main content
Home The King's Fund

Main navigation

  • Topics
    • Health and care services
      • Adult social care
      • Community services
      • Emergency care
      • General practice
      • Hospital care
      • Long-term conditions
      • Maternity services
      • Mental health
      • New models of care
      • Public health
      • Sexual health care
    • Leadership, systems and organisations
      • Clinical leadership
      • Covid-19
      • Equality and diversity
      • Integrated care
      • Organisational culture
      • Quality improvement
      • Sustainability and transformation plans
      • System leadership
      • Voluntary and community sector
      • Workforce and skills
    • Patients, people and society
      • Carers
      • Children and young people
      • Health inequalities
      • Housing
      • Older people
      • Patient experience
      • Patient involvement
      • Patient safety
      • Population health
      • Public opinion
      • Technology and data
      • Volunteers
    • Policy, finance and performance
      • Access to care
      • Brexit
      • Commissioning and contracting
      • General election 2019
      • Governance and regulation
      • Health and Care Act 2022
      • NHS finances
      • NHS five year forward view
      • NHS long-term plan
      • Performance
      • Productivity
      • Social care finances
  • Publications
  • Blog
  • Health and care explained
  • Events
  • Courses
  • Consultancy and support
    • Organisational development
    • Policy and advisory services
    • Library services
  • Our priorities
  • About us
Newsletter sign up
Newsletter sign up

Publications

Independent research and analysis on health and social care

Listing Content Type

  • All publications
  • Reports
  • Long reads
  • Articles
  • Evidence and consultations
  • Commissioned reports
Share this content
  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on LinkedIn
  • Share on Email
  • Print this page
  • Health and care services
    • Adult social care
    • Community services
    • (-) Emergency care
    • (-) General practice
    • Hospital care
    • (-) Long-term conditions
    • Maternity services
    • Mental health
    • New models of care
    • Public health
    • Sexual health care
  • Leadership, systems and organisations
    • Clinical commissioning groups
    • Clinical leadership
    • Equality and diversity
    • Health and wellbeing boards
    • Integrated care
    • Local service design
    • Quality improvement
    • (-) Sustainability and transformation plans
    • System leadership
    • Voluntary and community sector
    • Workforce and skills
  • Patients, people and society
    • Carers
    • Children and young people
    • Health inequalities
    • Older people
    • Patient experience
    • Patient involvement
    • Patient safety
    • Population health
    • Public opinion
    • (-) Technology and data
    • Volunteers
  • Policy, finance and performance
    • (-) Access to care
    • Brexit
    • Commissioning and contracting
    • General election 2019
    • Governance and regulation
    • (-) Health and Social Care Act 2012
    • NHS finances
    • NHS long-term plan
    • (-) Performance
    • Productivity
    • Social care finances
  • 1998
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • (-) 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • (-) 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
Long read

What does the NHS England review of waiting times mean for accident and emergency departments?

As NHS England proposes new waiting times targets, Siva Anandaciva weighs up the impact of the four-hour target and outlines seven key issues for the new standards that have been proposed for emergency departments.
Thumbnail
By Siva Anandaciva - 18 April 2019
Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2018
Report

Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2018: Results from the British Social Attitudes survey

Public satisfaction with the NHS overall continued to fall in 2018. Overall satisfaction was 53 per cent – a 3 percentage point drop from the previous year and the lowest level since 2007.
Thumbnail
By Ruth Robertson et al - 7 March 2019
Long read

The NHS long-term plan explained

On 7 January, the NHS long-term plan was published setting out key ambitions for the service over the next 10 years. In this explainer, we set out the main commitments in the plan and provide our view of what they might mean, highlighting the opportunities and challenges for the health and care system as it moves to put the plan into practice.
Thumbnail
By Anna Charles et al - 23 January 2019
Long read

Why can't I get a doctor's appointment? Solving the complex issue of GP access

Public satisfaction with general practice is lower now than it has ever been, while the number of people reporting difficulties in booking appointments continues to grow. We run through the proposed solutions to issues around GP access and consider their potential effectiveness.
Thumbnail
By Beccy Baird et al - 21 November 2019
Long read

Health and wellbeing boards and integrated care systems

In the last several years there have been significant changes in how the NHS works across different services and with external partners such as local government. Richard Humphries explores how this has impacted health and wellbeing boards, and what the future holds for them.
Thumbnail
By Richard Humphries - 13 November 2019
Report

How is the NHS performing? July 2019 quarterly monitoring report

This is the 28th QMR, which takes stock of what has happened over the past few months with NHS financial and operational performance in England.
Thumbnail
By Siva Anandaciva et al - 9 July 2019
Commissioned report

Insights from the spread of the primary care home

This report was commissioned by the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) and explores the factors that contributed to the spread of the primary care home.
Thumbnail
By Durka Dougall et al - 19 June 2019
Commissioned report

Volunteering in ambulance services: developing and diversifying opportunities

Commissioned by the Office for Civil Society, this report explores the role and value of volunteering within ambulance services in England and identifies examples of different ways in which volunteering opportunities are being developed.
Thumbnail
By Helen Gilburt - 30 May 2019
Report

Clicks and mortar: Technology and the NHS estate

Financial pressures and growing demand mean that health and social care services will need to work differently. This report reviews how technology in the NHS estate is currently being used, and imagines how the 'estate of the future' might look.
Thumbnail
By Lillie Wenzel et al - 21 May 2019
Long read

What does the NHS England review of waiting times mean for accident and emergency departments?

As NHS England proposes new waiting times targets, Siva Anandaciva weighs up the impact of the four-hour target and outlines seven key issues for the new standards that have been proposed for emergency departments.
Thumbnail
By Siva Anandaciva - 18 April 2019
Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2018
Report

Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2018: Results from the British Social Attitudes survey

Public satisfaction with the NHS overall continued to fall in 2018. Overall satisfaction was 53 per cent – a 3 percentage point drop from the previous year and the lowest level since 2007.
Thumbnail
By Ruth Robertson et al - 7 March 2019
Commissioned report

Measuring general practice productivity

With a rising workload, general practice in England is under significant pressure. This study developed and tested a measure of effectiveness in general practice known as the general practice effectiveness tool.
By Jeremy Dawson et al - 21 February 2019
Long read

The NHS long-term plan explained

On 7 January, the NHS long-term plan was published setting out key ambitions for the service over the next 10 years. In this explainer, we set out the main commitments in the plan and provide our view of what they might mean, highlighting the opportunities and challenges for the health and care system as it moves to put the plan into practice.
Thumbnail
By Anna Charles et al - 23 January 2019
Article

Caution needed over ambitions for new primary care networks

It is critical that primary care networks are not set up to fail by taking on too many tasks too quickly.
Thumbnail
By Beccy Baird et al - 18 January 2019
Commissioned report

General practice in London: supporting improvements in quality

An independent report giving fresh analysis of the challenges faced by general practice in London, and the improvements that will be needed to address them.
Thumbnail
By Veena Raleigh et al - 5 December 2012
Report

Health policy under the coalition government: A mid-term assessment

Written halfway through the 2010–2015 parliament, this review considers how the NHS is performing under the coalition government, following on from The King’s Fund’s major review of NHS performance from 1997 to 2010.
Thumbnail
By Sarah Gregory et al - 28 November 2012
Article

How will reforms to the NHS in England affect mental health services?

The lasting impact of the reforms on mental health services and the people who use them will depend not simply on the legislation itself, but on how it is implemented, says Chris Naylor.
Thumbnail
By Chris Naylor - 12 November 2012
Report

Improving GP services in England: Exploring the association between quality of care and the experience of patients

Using data for more than 8,000 general practices in England, this paper examines the association between patients’ perceptions about the non-clinical aspects of care and practice performance on measures of clinical quality.
Thumbnail
By Veena Raleigh et al - 7 November 2012
Evidence and consultation

The role of local authorities in health issues: Consultation response

We set out our thoughts on the Communities and Local Government Committee inquiry on the role of local authorities in health issues.
18 October 2012
Report

How is the NHS performing? September 2012: Quarterly monitoring report

This quarter's report finds that NHS performance is holding up well, but there is concern that quality of care may suffer as financial pressures bite from next year.
Thumbnail
By John Appleby et al - 26 September 2012
Report

Dealing with financially unsustainable providers: how will the failure regime work?

This paper explains why a failure regime is required in the NHS, outlines how the failure regime for NHS trusts (currently being applied in South London) works and how the failure regime for foundation trusts introduced by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 will work in future.
Thumbnail
By Tony Harrison et al - 19 September 2012
Report

Transforming the delivery of health and social care: The case for fundamental change

This paper explores how the current health and social care delivery system has failed to keep pace with the population's needs and expectations.
Thumbnail
By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 6 September 2012
Article

Setting objectives for the NHS Commissioning Board

One of the principal aims of England’s Health and Social Care Act 2012 is to distance politicians from the day to day management of the NHS. This aim is being pursued by the creation of the NHS Commissioning Board, which will take responsibility for allocating resources to clinical commissioning groups and commissioning some services directly.
Thumbnail
By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 6 September 2012
Viewing 1 - 20 of 41

Pagination

  • Previous page
  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Next page

Subscribe to our Weekly Update newsletter

""

Health and care explained: Making sense of the health and care system

This selection of content aims to make sense of the health and care system – including videos, articles, illustrated summaries and more.

Got a question? Ask a librarian

Quick links

  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Corporate partners
  • Job vacancies
  • Multimedia
  • Press centre
  • Projects
  • Who's who

Connect with us

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Youtube

Latest Tweet

Weekly Update newsletter

Subscribe for a weekly round-up of our latest news and content

Footer

  • Privacy notice and cookies
  • Accessibility
  • Terms and conditions
  • Comments policy
  • Copyright
© The King's Fund 2022 Registered charity: 1126980