Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive of The King's Fund, comments on the first NHS situation report data of 2026. The service is ...

What’s Likely To Make The Headlines In Health And Care This Year? Sarah Woolnough Explores What To Look Out For In 2026 And ...

Siva Anandaciva and Danielle Jefferies look back on the health and care trends, key figures, news stories and policy changes ...

The UK’s health is in trouble, and it’s holding us back. The evidence is stark and consistent: more people are living with long-term illness, working-age health is declining, improvements in life ...

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 project was supported by the Health Foundation. The views expressed in the report are those of the authors and all conclusions are the authors Adapt to thrive in digital health and care Join our ...

There is growing national interest in the potential for wider and deeper partnerships between the NHS and life sciences sector. The UK life sciences industry is a significant asset and there is a ...

What we did We wanted to understand the development of ICSs through the eyes of people involved in the workforce agenda, exploring the successes and challenges they have encountered in attempting to ...

In the run up to the general election, The King’s Fund will explore what national government can do to improve health and care in England, consider political parties’ policy proposals, and make sense ...

Why we did this research During the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a huge augmentation and expansion of community champions programmes in England, enabled by the availability of national funding. This ...

Use of the Mental Health Act has increased. Many more people are getting to a state of crisis where detention is necessary rather than being able to receive support earlier. There are an increasing ...