Heatwaves put England’s health system under pressure in summer 2026. We explore what soaring temperatures meant for demand ...

The King’s Fund responds to new analysis on England’s social care workforce, as international recruitment falls and demand for care grows.

Our health is determined by a complex mix of factors including income, housing and employment, lifestyles and access to health care and other services. There are significant inequalities in health ...

Responding to the announcement that government will row back on plans to make international social care workers wait 15 years to qualify for settled status, Simon Bottery, Senior Fellow at The King’s ...

Until now, most efforts to promote integrated care have focused on bridging the gaps between health and social care or between primary and secondary care. But the NHS five year forward view has ...

The adult social care workforce is struggling with high vacancies and turnover, but how many people work in this sector in England, and what are their roles? Social care is provided and organised by ...

How is the NHS funded? The vast majority of public NHS funding comes from general taxation and National Insurance contributions. A small proportion of funding (less than 1% of the total Department of ...

This paper reviews the impact of three approaches to NHS reform in England since the late 1990s: targets and performance management, inspection and regulation, and competition and choice. It argues ...

From integrated care to lived experience, across the whole life-cycle and in every sector, the health and care system is evolving rapidly. The demands on clinical leaders have never been greater. We ...

Dr Havi Carel is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Bristol and also teaches at Bristol Medical School. She is currently a British Academy Fellow, writing on a monograph for Oxford ...

The leadership in action series is offers practical advice for leaders in health and social care (including board members) to improve their leadership skills.

Matthew was a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Fund. In October 2018 he started as Interim Chief Executive of Croydon Health Services – a combined acute and community trust. In addition to leading the ...