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 ...

Report from the scoping phase of an evaluation of the CQC’s regulatory model ...

Our experts dissect the NHS planning guidance for 2026/7 to 2028/29.

What impact will 'Fit for the Future: The 10 Year Health Plan for England' have for people, patients, staff and the health and care system? We analyse the key areas of the government's plan.

A year can be a long time in politics. Over the past twelve months, the government has made some big calls on health and care funding. Some decisions tightened the purse strings – for example, ...

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 ...

This report explores public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2024. Just 1 in 5 people in 2024 said they were satisfied with the NHS. This is the lowest level of satisfaction recorded since ...

Greater emphasis on primary and community care is one of the three ‘big shifts’ the Labour government wants to see in the health and care system. In early 2024 The King’s Fund published Making care ...

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 ...

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 ...