Desire paths are preferred routes that people take for quicker travel, but could the concept also help us to understand ...

This long read explores insights from Chief People Officers on the most challenging issues facing the NHS workforce.

How can leaders advocate for leadership development during financially challenging periods? Mandip Randhawa explains why ...

Tight NHS budgets are having an impact on integrated care boards, systems and hospitals. Tight budgets mean tough decisions, ...

For organisational development partnership working to succeed, open, safe and trusting working relationships are essential. At The King’s Fund, we work in partnership with organisations to craft and ...

Place-based partnerships are non-statutory collaborative arrangements within integrated care systems (ICSs) in England. They bring together NHS, local government and other organisations responsible ...

This project was supported by the Health Foundation. The views expressed in the report are those of the authors and all conclusions are the authors Adapt to thrive in digital health and care Join our ...

Integrated care systems (ICSs) were created to increase collaboration in the health and social care sector and to enable the NHS, local authorities and other partners to take collective responsibility ...

Younger workers are under-represented in social care: only 8% of the workforce is under 25. The King’s Fund spoke to people from 11 social care providers about their organisations’ experience of ...

Since 2017, the mental health workforce has seen a year-on-year expansion in numbers overall. Despite this, the rate of workforce growth and retention has been insufficient to meet current demand and ...

Mental health 360 aims to provide a ‘360-degree’ review of mental health care in England. It focuses on nine core areas, bringing together data available at the time of publication with expert ...

The health and care system in England must shift its focus away from hospital care to primary and community services if it is to be effective and sustainable. Despite successive governments repeating ...