The newly released elective care plan sets some bold targets for reducing elective waiting times. But can these goals ...

As 2025 gets underway, Sarah Woolnough takes a look at some of the key issues that will shape the health and care landscape ...

The QMR features survey results from NHS trust finance directors and CCG finance leads, and interactive charts on selected NHS performance data. The quarterly monitoring report was produced to provide ...

Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive, comments on the the announcement of a commission on social care from the Department of ...

‘In recent weeks the government has pledged that, by the end of this parliament, 92% of patients waiting for planned hospital care will be seen within 18 weeks. It is an ambitious goal as the latest ...

A recent roundtable at The King’s Fund explored the challenges and opportunities presented by the delegation of specialised services to integrated care boards. Charlotte Wickens outlines the main ...

Siva Anandaciva and Danielle Jefferies look back on the health and care trends, key figures, news stories and policy changes that happened in 2024.

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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 ...

Charlotte joined The King's Fund in May 2021 as a policy adviser. She sits within the responsive policy team and her work at the Fund is primarily external facing, identifying, analysing and ...