Sarah Arnold, Senior Policy Lead, responds to the latest monthly NHS performance data. With depressing predictability, health ...

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 ...

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 ...

‘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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Commenting on the latest weekly NHS performance data, Sarah Arnold, Senior Policy Lead at The King’s Fund, said: ‘The NHS in England, already under-bedded and under-staffed in comparison to similar ...

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