New research from The King's Fund explores why direct payment uptake varies so widely across England and what local authorities can do to improve it. We found no shortage of effort or innovation. But ...

The King’s Fund said a TERN study linking A&E overcrowding to increased mortality highlights urgent system pressures. Danielle Jefferies called for stronger action on community care, social care ...

Reviews of maternity services have repeatedly exposed poor-quality care and unacceptable failures during pregnancy and childbirth. Improving maternity services and ensuring that timely, high quality, ...

It is time to think differently about health and social care. Although good progress has been made in improving NHS performance in the past decade, the health and social care system faces ...

Our research We looked at national and international literature and spoke to primary care leaders in the UK and internationally. We drew up a long list of different delivery models of general practice ...

The King’s Fund is committed to supporting equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), both in our own work and across health and care systems. This is essential to deliver our vision and mission. We ...

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 ...

People who sleep rough have some of the worst health outcomes in England. We explore how four local areas are delivering effective health and care services to people sleeping rough and what other ...

Multi-year funding increases and a series of reforms resulted in major improvements in NHS performance between 2000 and 2010, but performance has declined since 2010 as a result of much lower funding ...

A year on from our December 2024 poll, our latest research shows no improvement in people’s experiences of NHS admin. NHS admin plays a central role in shaping how people experience and perceive the ...

NHS admin – how the NHS communicates with people about their appointments and care – is a fundamental aspect of a patient’s access to and experience of health care. This briefing sets out 10 actions ...