Recent reports

A clear road ahead: Creating a coherent quality strategy for the English NHS

11th July 2016

Every health system should have a strategic and coordinated approach for delivering high quality health services within finite resources. Through … Read more

Deficits in the NHS 2016: A King’s Fund Report

11th July 2016

Unaudited figures indicate that NHS commissioners (clinical commissioning groups and NHS England) and providers in aggregate ended 2015/16 in deficit … Read more

Politicians must be honest with the public about the NHS – Deficits in the NHS 2016

11th July 2016

The King’s Fund is calling on the government to review its priorities for the NHS and be honest with the … Read more

Five big issues for health and social care after the Brexit vote

30th June 2016

Helen McKenna of the Kings Fund writes : Health is not an area of significant EU competence; its role is … Read more

Discharging Older Patients from Hospital: an NAO report

31st May 2016

The National Audit Office’s key findings in this report are as follows: Rising demand for services, combined with restricted or reduced … Read more

Lightning Review: Access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services May 2016

31st May 2016

This report by The Children’s Commissioner came to the following conclusions: — Access to CAMHS is a post code lottery: … Read more

Save the NHS bursary

28th May 2016

The government’s plans to scrap NHS bursaries will leave student nurses, midwives and allied health professionals with over £52,000 worth … Read more

Mental health services must get the funding they need – Saffron Cordery

9th May 2016

The phrase “parity of esteem” when used to describe the treatment of mental health services in the NHS is rightly … Read more

Understanding pressures in general practice – A King’s Fund report

6th May 2016

Increasing demands on general practice over the past five years – not just a heavier workload but the increasing complexity … Read more

90% of GP trainees to shun full-time clinical work

5th May 2016

Only one in ten GP trainees expect to be doing full-time clinical work in five years’ time, a major report … Read more