With wider national priorities and economic storms facing the country, it's understandable that little was said on the NHS ...

If you look through the detailed Autumn Budget 2026 documents and add them all up, there is a surprisingly large number of small announcements for the health and care system. Step back from the detail ...

A framework for understanding the impact of regulation We have developed a new framework that outlines eight ways in which regulation can affect provider performance. This framework will help ...

Responding to the announcement that Healthwatch England and local Healthwatch organisations will no longer be abolished, Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive at The King’s Fund said: ‘We’re pleased the ...

Young people are less satisfied with the NHS, but does that mean they are losing faith in it? We explore how attitudes to the NHS differ across generations.

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 ...

Alan has 40 years’ experience in international investment management, having led two investment businesses in the UK and US. His most recent full-time position was as a main board director and Chief ...

wider determinants of health, for example quality of housing. This explainer provides an overview of how health inequalities are shaped and experienced in England’s population. Where possible, we use ...

Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd (Novartis) has fully funded this non-promotional initiative, as part of their 2026 corporate partnership with The King’s Fund. Novartis has contributed to topics ...

Professor Sir Chris Ham no longer works for the Fund. Chris Ham was Chief Executive at the Fund from 2010 until 2018. He rejoined the Fund in 2010, having previously worked here between 1986 and 1992.

With health inequalities widening, healthy life expectancy falling, and health spending and public finances on a concerning trajectory, there is increasing consensus that the current health and care ...