This briefing sets out the demand and funding pressures facing social care across the UK. It then looks in detail at the impact of these pressures in England and the barriers to funding reform. and To mark the BBC's coverage of the NHS's 70th birthday in July 2018, The King's Fund, the Health Foundation, the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Nuffield Trust have been asked by the BBC to look at five key topics, covering the relative strengths and weaknesses of the health service, ...
This new report, written with The Health Foundation, pulls together new financial modelling, public perceptions work and policy analysis to identify the problems with adult social care in England and outline options for its reform. It concludes that reforming the current system will be expensive, but that if reform is ...
Staffing is the make-or-break issue for the NHS in England. In this joint report with the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation, we set out the policy actions that need to be at the heart of the workforce implementation plan due to be published later this year. In this joint ...
This working paper is produced as part of the Social Care Funding Options project, a joint project between the Health Foundation and The King’s Fund. and This paper considers the following approaches to funding social care for older people in England: improving the current system; the Conservative Party’s proposals at the time of the 2017 general election (a revised means test and a cap on care costs); a single budget for health and social care; free ...