The King’s Fund reports councils are draining reserves to cover rising adult social care costs, boosting care access but ...

In a rapidly changing landscape, does the health and care system have the analytical capability it needs – and a plan to ...

Report from the scoping phase of an evaluation of the CQC’s regulatory model ...

The 10 Year Health Plan is hugely ambitious in scope, and its success depends on robust and strategic workforce planning, with clearly defined actions and responsibilities at local, regional and ...

Our experts dissect the NHS planning guidance for 2026/7 to 2028/29.

What impact will 'Fit for the Future: The 10 Year Health Plan for England' have for people, patients, staff and the health and care system? We analyse the key areas of the government's plan.

For organisational development partnership working to succeed, open, safe and trusting working relationships are essential. At The King’s Fund, we work in partnership with organisations to craft and ...

Why we did this research There is little information available nationally about place-based partnerships – how they are set up, what they do, what resources they have, and what factors facilitate or ...

‘Previous experience shows that a focus on cutting costs makes collaboration – key to strategic commissioning – harder’ Lillie Wenzel It appears that ICBs’ role as commissioners will be the main ...

This report explores public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2024. Just 1 in 5 people in 2024 said they were satisfied with the NHS. This is the lowest level of satisfaction recorded since ...

The British public are deeply unhappy with the National Health Service – just 1 in 5 people (21%) in 2024 said they were satisfied with the way the NHS runs. That’s according to analysis of the latest ...

Greater emphasis on primary and community care is one of the three ‘big shifts’ the Labour government wants to see in the health and care system. In early 2024 The King’s Fund published Making care ...