Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive, comments on the the announcement of a commission on social care from the Department of Health and Social Care.

Siva Anandaciva and Danielle Jefferies look back on the health and care trends, key figures, news stories and policy changes that happened in 2024.

The data shows that the NHS estates maintenance backlog is eye-wateringly large. The really worrying thing, though, is that ...

In July 2023, the Home Office, Department of Health and Social Care, National Police Chiefs’ Council, Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and NHS England announced an agreement to work to ...

Responding to the latest monthly NHS performance data and latest NHS weekly winter sit reps, Danielle Jefferies, Senior Analyst at The King’s Fund, said: ‘The situation in the NHS is fraught as it ...

Commenting on new data from the ONS on life expectancy in local areas, Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow, The King’s Fund, said: ‘The data continues to show the geographical divide in health that has ...

Our health and care system is in crisis and at risk of becoming financially and operationally unsustainable. The King’s Fund supports the need for transformational shifts in how health and care ...

The change in government has brought renewed political energy to the challenges in health and care, and there’s been no shortage of ‘hot takes’ on the issues or repairs required to mend what is, in ...

On 29 November, Kim Leadbeater MP’s Bill to legalise assisted dying for some terminally ill people passed its second reading in the House of Commons. This was a historic moment, the first time MPs ...

Commenting on today’s ONS data, Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow, The King’s Fund, said: ‘Healthy life expectancy 1 in England in 2021–23, at 61.5 years for males and 61.9 years for females, is still well ...

I recently had the privilege of joining a shift with the London Ambulance Service. I learnt a lot about how the service is trying to improve its operations and culture, and could write a blog on the ...

The government is committed to a 10-year health plan and a wider mission for the health of the population. Over the last six years, following the publication of The King’s Fund’s Vision for Population ...