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 ...

Anna works on a range of areas including NHS reform, new models of care and community services. She conducts research and analysis, as well as working closely with local and national health system ...

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 ...

AI has the potential to transform NHS and social care services, but can providers adopt AI at the pace and scale needed to ...

The 2022 Health and Care Act introduced new legislative measures that aim to make it easier for health and care organisations to deliver joined-up care for people who rely on multiple different ...

It is now accepted that healthy cultures in NHS organisations are crucial to ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care. We developed a tool to help organisations assess their culture, ...

Robert Francis’s report into the failings at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust was published in February 2013. Since then, issues of patient safety, quality of care, and leadership have been in ...

The government’s 10 Year Plan for Health sets out how it intends to transform the NHS and create a health service ‘fit for the future’. Here you can explore our insight, analysis and commentary on the ...

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 ...