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The King's Fund
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The King's Fund
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The King's Fund is an independent charity working to improve people's health. Our vision is a world where everyone can live a healthy life.
- Health and care services are often featured in heated political discussion. Earlier this year, we took five myths that sometimes feature in this debate and debunked them. Head to our website to read more: kingsfund.org.uk/publications/h…
- How does the NHS in England work? Watch our new animation
- ‘Why is compassion still considered ‘soft’ in leadership and management circles, when in practice being a compassionate leader requires guts and tenacity to do the right thing every day?’ writes @bailey_suzie
- Our recent report comparing the NHS to the health systems of other countries has found that in comparison to 18 similar countries, the UK has below-average health spending per person and low levels of key clinical staff. Read the full report today 📝 kingsfund.org.uk/publications/n…
- We need to move away from a system just focused on diagnosing and treating illness towards one that is based on promoting wellbeing and preventing ill health. Read our new #populationhealth report
- Here are the ten fantastic charities that have won 2020 @GSK IMPACT Awards for their outstanding contributions to improving the UK's health and wellbeing… #GSKIMPACTUK #CharityTuesday
- ‘Public Health England (PHE) appears to have been found guilty without a trial. It is unclear what problem government are hoping to solve by carving up PHE and redistributing its responsibilities...' Read our response to the shake up of public health.
- ‘You can’t just take health as one aspect of somebody’s life and ignore housing, education, poverty levels, social care—all the other things. We can’t just look after people in slices.’
- Yesterday was the 25th @GSK IMPACT Awards ceremony! Congratulations to all the winning charities and to overall winners @mapyoungpeople 🎉 #GSKIMPACTUK
- Compassionate leaders don’t have all the answers and don’t simply tell people what to do, instead they engage with the people they work with to find shared solutions to problems. Read our explainer to find out more about leading with #compassion:
- In our new long read, we outline seven key areas for action that we believe the government's forthcoming 10-year health plan should prioritise to ensure the #NHS can better tackle #HealthInequalities. See our seven priorities below – and read more here: kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…
- The path to recovery from the pandemic won't be linear and people will experience a range of emotions at different phases. So what's needed for successful recovery? We spoke to people involved in disaster recovery around the world to find out: features.kingsfund.org.uk/2021/02/covid-…
- ‘Why is compassion still considered ‘soft’ in leadership and management circles, when in practice being a compassionate leader requires guts and tenacity to do the right thing every day?’ Catch up with @bailey_suzie's blog on compassionate leadership:
