Health And Social Care Policy, Leadership Development And …
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Supporting healthier lives – the shift towards prevention. Join 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 a health and social care charity. We shape policy, provide leadership development services and host events for …
About Us - The King's Fund
WEBIn 1897, the then Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, founded The King’s Fund to raise money for London’s voluntary hospitals. The work of the Fund has evolved over time in response to the changing needs of the population, but our mission – to improve health and care for all – has endured. The money invested in the Fund more than a ...
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.
Health inequalities in a nutshell - The King's Fund
WEBDec 18, 2023 · Health inequalities are caused by a wide range of factors. Worse health outcomes occur when people have limited access to health care, experience poorer-quality care, and practise more risky health-related behaviours (for example, smoking). These factors are often influenced by wider determinants such as …
How health care is funded - The King's Fund
WEBMar 23, 2017 · The majority of Americans get health insurance through an employer (their own or a family member’s), funded by a combination of employee and employer tax-exempt premium contributions (Robertson et al 2014). Most plans require members to cover some of their care costs through co-payments and other charges.
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 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 ...
Adult Social Care: Key facts And figures | The King's Fund
WEBJul 1, 2024 · In 2022/23, the total expenditure on adult social care by local authorities was £28.4 billion, up £2.7 billion compared with 2010/11. However, as a result of Covid-19, some expenditure in 2020/21 and 2021/22 went on support for the social care sector rather than individuals’ care, so totals are not comparable with previous years.
NHS: Key Facts And Figures | The King's Fund
WEBThe NHS is one of the world’s largest employers, with around 1.34 million full-time equivalent staff in England, as of February 2024. Consequently, the wage bill for the NHS makes up a substantial proportion of its budget. In 2022/23, the total cost of employing the staff in the NHS was £71.1 billion – 45.6% of the NHS budget.
The health and social care White Paper explained
WEBOn 11 February 2021, the Department of Health and Social Care published the White Paper Integration and innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all, which sets out legislative proposals for a health and care Bill.. The White Paper brings together proposals that build on the recommendations made by NHS England and NHS Improvement in Integrating care: next steps to ...