Professor Judith Smith, Suzie Bailey and Professor Sir Chris Ham explore why strong, well-trained NHS management is essential ...

Improving NHS admin isn’t easy – but some solutions are surprisingly simple. Julia Cream looks at two real life examples of ...

Our experts dissect the NHS planning guidance for 2026/7 to 2028/29, and ask what it means for the system, staff and patients ...

This report highlights that lack of access to community services is driving some people to seek care in A&E, and sometimes ...

Back In 2020, The NHS Became The First National Health System To Commit To Becoming Carbon Net Zero. Emma Wills Considers ...

Basic infrastructure challenges are holding back the potential for AI to improve health and care services. These challenges erode staff enthusiasm for AI and contribute to a demoralised workforce.

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, ...

For organisational development partnership working to succeed, open, safe and trusting working relationships are essential. At The King’s Fund, we work in partnership with organisations to craft and ...

The bombshell news of the merger/reorganisation/abolition of NHS England has largely overshadowed a potentially equally seismic shift in the set-up of the health system – a complete overhaul of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

There is growing national interest in the potential for wider and deeper partnerships between the NHS and life sciences sector. The UK life sciences industry is a significant asset and there is a ...