But the obesity timebomb is still here and ticking down. There were 14 obesity strategies in England between 1992 and 2020.

The Ockenden and Amos reports highlight how listening, psychological safety and compassionate leadership are essential to improving maternity services and patient safety.

There are 7.2 million more adults living with obesity adults than would have been if obesity rates had stayed the same as 1993, the year after the first of 14 national obesity strategies was published ...

The NHS Modernisation Bill (known formally as the Health Bill), which was introduced to parliament in May 2026, includes measures to enable the establishment of a single patient record (SPR) to ...

The safety of maternity services is of paramount importance. Maternity teams face many challenges in delivering safe care to mothers, babies and families. The King’s Fund launched an independent ...

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 ...

This paper describes a co-ordinated service delivery model – the ‘house of care’ – that aims to deliver proactive, holistic and patient-centred care for people with long-term conditions. It ...

We work with the media by providing impartial analysis on health and social care. We only comment on issues relating to health and care in England, and we aren't able to comment on specific local ...

The King's Fund was formed in 1897 as an initiative of the then Prince of Wales to allow for the collection and distribution of funds in support of the hospitals of London. Its initial purpose was to ...

The King's Fund said this sends a very clear signal that the government wants to make meaningful reform to adult social care ...

This report considers the potential of place-based partnerships to improve population health and support truly integrated care, and highlights principles to guide their development and the support ...

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.