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WEBJoin us in October 2024 to delve into how a prevention approach to health and care can create a healthier nation. The King's Fund is an independent charitable organisation working to improve health and care in England. The King's Fund is a health and social care charity. We shape policy, provide leadership development services and host events ...
Insight And Analysis | Our Work | The King's Fund
WEBInsight and analysis. Explore our independent insight and analysis of health and care in England. Delve into our in-depth reports and research on pressing issues, make sense of what's going on with our explainers and animations, or tune in the latest episode of our podcast. Our archive of independent research on health and social care.
The Health and Care Act: six key questions - The King's Fund
WEBShort answer. The main purpose of the Health and Care Act is to establish a legislative framework that supports collaboration and partnership-working to integrate services for patients. Among a wide range of other measures, the Act also includes targeted changes to public health, social care and the oversight of quality and safety.
What Is Social Prescribing? - The King's Fund
WEBSocial prescribing, also sometimes known as community referral, is a means of enabling health professionals to refer people to a range of local, non-clinical services. The referrals generally, but not exclusively, come from professionals working in primary care settings, for example, GPs or practice nurses. Recognising that people’s health ...
The NHS Long-term Plan Explained - The King's Fund
WEBJan 23, 2019 · In June 2018, the Prime Minister announced a new five-year funding settlement for the NHS: a 3.4 per cent average real-terms annual increase in NHS England’s budget between 2019/20 and 2023/24 (a £20.5 billion increase over the period). To unlock this funding, national NHS bodies were asked to …
The NHS budget and how it has changed - The King's Fund
WEBJun 18, 2024 · Since 1955/56, spending on the NHS has increased by an average of 3.6% per year in real terms, but this masks substantial variation over time depending on the decisions made by the government of the day. Looking more recently, between 2015/16 and 2022/23 spending increased by 2.8% a year on average in real terms.
The Health and Care Act 2022 - The King's Fund
WEBThe 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 services, building on earlier recommendations by NHS England and NHS Improvement. The King’s Fund has spent many years making the case for integrated ...
Integrated Care Systems Explained | The King's Fund
WEBAug 19, 2022 · Integrated care systems (ICSs) are partnerships that bring together NHS organisations, local authorities and others to take collective responsibility for planning services, improving health and reducing inequalities across geographical areas. There are 42 ICSs across England, covering populations of around 500,000 to 3 million people.
The Francis Inquiry report - The King's Fund
WEBRobert 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 public eye more than ever. This page brings together our work around the report and on creating positive organisational cultures to enable ...
Community health services explained - The King's Fund
WEBJul 4, 2024 · Community health services (also known as community services) play a key role in keeping people well, treating and managing acute illness and long-term conditions, and supporting people to live independently in their own homes. However, compared with other parts of the NHS, community health services are often poorly understood by …
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