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 ...

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

Despite having a diverse workforce, ethnic minority staff in the NHS continue to experience worse levels of bullying and a lack of opportunities for career progression. This report looks at how three ...

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 ...

Improving the quality of health services is at the top of the policy agenda. However, most of the focus has been on hospital services. Other than the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) there remains ...

There are lots of different ways you and your organisation can work with The King’s Fund. Our teams provide a range of research, consultancy and advisory services that bring together our deep ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...