Richard Angell, CEO of the Terrence Higgins Trust, considers the success of opt-out HIV testing in A&E – and what it could ...

A recent US study showed one simple intervention resulted in 27% fewer visits to emergency services. Could it work in the UK ...

We welcome the protection of NHS funding but highlight the risk rising demand, fragile social care, industrial action and ...

Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive of The King's Fund, responds to a government announcement that milk-based and ...

Nearly two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese. Child obesity is growing at an unprecedented rate. Urgent action is ...

Rising rates of obesity are putting pressure on the NHS and worsening health inequalities. In this submission, we recommend a more joined-up approach to prevention, including better access to healthy ...

Responding to the Public Accounts Committee’s report which found that the NHS is missing its recovery targets despite billions in extra funding and that the government's planned NHS reforms are ...

Children’s health and wellbeing has seen a concerning decline in recent years, with children in the UK experiencing some of the worst health outcomes in Europe. Many lifelong health issues are ...

The bombshell news of the merger/reorganisation/abolition of NHS England has largely overshadowed a potentially equally seismic shift in the set-up of the health system – a complete overhaul of the ...

Greater emphasis on primary and community care is one of the three ‘big shifts’ the Labour government wants to see in the health and care system. In early 2024 The King’s Fund published Making care ...

Our health and care system is in crisis and at risk of becoming financially and operationally unsustainable. The King’s Fund supports the need for transformational shifts in how health and care ...

There is growing national interest in the potential for wider and deeper partnerships between the NHS and life sciences sector. The UK life sciences industry is a significant asset and there is a ...