Following the recent announcement of changes to the top of NHS England, Nicholas Timmins and Professor Sir Chris Ham take a ...

Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive, responds to the announcement that Amanda Pritchard will step down as Chief Executive of NHS ...

Loading unfunded costs on care providers ultimately leads to fewer people receiving social care support. That’s the key lesson in this year’s Social care 360 review, both for the government and the ...

What was the annual change? The number of new requests for support increased from 2.0 million in 2022/23 to 2.1 million in 2023/24. Requests for support from working-age adults and older people both ...

Local authorities spent similar proportion of money on long-term support for working-age adults (£10.4 billion) and older people (£11.0 billion) in 2023/24, compared with 2022/23. However, the pattern ...

If to govern is to choose, then the government needs to clearly define and prioritise its goals in order to achieve ...

The Strategic Clinical Leaders programme is a leadership course aimed at senior leaders working in all sectors of the health and care system, from public health and social care to dentistry and the ...

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Before joining The King’s Fund in September 2017, Simon spent almost 10 years as Director of Policy at the older people’s charity Independent Age, researching and campaigning on issues including care ...

Danielle is an analyst in the policy team and works with data from across the health and social care landscape. She has a particular interest in health inequalities. Before joining the Fund, Danielle ...

The vacancy rate is an important indicator of providers’ capacity to deliver social care services. Staffing also affects quality: higher staff-to-bed ratios in care homes correlate with higher Care ...

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.