This report examines the content of the 44 sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) that were submitted in October 2016. STPs are the main vehicle for transforming health and care services in England in line with the NHS five year forward view. The report discusses the main challenges that lie ahead ...
These essays highlight a number of themes, including the value of taking a place-based approach to population health, the need for specific action on health inequalities, the importance of working closely with communities and the potential to use new places as a test bed for integrated care. The report concludes ...
This research sought to understand the current state of community services and to explore how the health and care system needs to change to enable these services to meet the needs of the population now and in the future.
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 paper looks at compassion – which involves attending, understanding, empathising and helping – as a core cultural value of the NHS and how compassionate leadership results in a working environment that encourages people to find new and improved ways of doing things.
This briefing has been prepared ahead of the Queen's Speech debates and it outlines the key issues for health and social care in the new parliament. It emphasises the need for long-term sustainable options for social care and for greater funding for the NHS to address spending pressures and increased ...
The King’s Fund and the Health Foundation both support the concept of a Transformation Fund for the NHS in England. The two organisations came together to undertake a programme of work detailing the key aspects of such a fund. This appendix gives details of the work done to consider how ...
This research was carried out by The King's Fund for NHS South of England. and The problem of growing demand for urgent care continues. There have been overall improvements in urgent and emergency care performance but there is wide variation in performance in NHS South of England in both organisations and local systems and signs of decline nationally. This report brings together the key findings ...
This response presents a number of reservations about whether the policy objectives behind the introduction of quality accounts – to drive quality improvement and increase public accountability - can be achieved and includes comments about the detail of the proposals.