Yvette Cooper has been gifted the health and care portfolio. With an overflowing in-tray and commitments to drastically ...

Responding to new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s recent comments on social care and the appointment of Yvette Cooper as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive ...

The FIFA Men’s World Cup is one of the most watched sporting events in the world. For a few weeks every four years, people ...

The King’s Fund said the ADASS survey highlights unsustainable social care pressures, rising waiting lists and funding ...

Sarah Woolnough welcomed the RCPCH report, warning children’s health is worsening and inequalities persist. She called for ...

First will be the overall decisions Burnham has to make about running the country, which will have knock-on effects for the NHS and social care. Those decisions include his overall fiscal framework, ...

Responding to the annual GP Patient Survey published by NHS England, Beccy Baird, Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund, said: ‘These results clearly show the front door of the NHS is becoming easier to ...

Responding to new NHS England guidance, The King’s Fund welcomed tougher action against unauthorised access to patient ...

The King’s Speech to parliament on 13 May 2026 opened the government’s new legislative session and outlined its next areas of focus. One of the key pieces of legislation laid before Parliament was a ...

So, that’s it then. Wes Streeting won his seat in Ilford North by just over 500 votes in the July 2024 general election. The next morning, he walked into his new office at the Department of Health and ...

Proposals to create, merge or otherwise restructure require much more scrutiny and challenge, particularly where apparently arbitrary numerical targets are advocated. In general, the claims made will ...

This research was commissioned by The Health Foundation and delivered jointly by The King’s Fund and the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare. The research, analysis and writing were conducted ...