Hypothecation – the earmarking of a tax to be spent on a specific area of public expenditure – is back on the political agenda. All the major parties seem agreed that a longer-term and sustainable settlement for NHS expenditure – and quite possibly one for social care as well – ...
This report finds that the market for home care providers is extremely fragile, with squeezed margins and low fees forcing providers to leave. In 2017 providers handed back home care contracts in more than one in three local authorities, and some of the largest providers have withdrawn from the publicly ...
This new report, written with The Health Foundation, pulls together new financial modelling, public perceptions work and policy analysis to identify the problems with adult social care in England and outline options for its reform. It concludes that reforming the current system will be expensive, but that if reform is ...
Staffing is the make-or-break issue for the NHS in England. In this joint report with the Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation, we set out the policy actions that need to be at the heart of the workforce implementation plan due to be published later this year. In this joint ...
This briefing has been prepared ahead of the Queen's Speech debates and it outlines the key issues for health and social care in the new parliament. It emphasises the need for long-term sustainable options for social care and for greater funding for the NHS to address spending pressures and increased ...
Nuffield Trust, the Health Foundation and The King’s Fund are urging the government to address the critical state of health and social care in its forthcoming Autumn Budget. The briefing calls on the government to recognise the immediate funding pressures facing the sector in 2018/19, which will see NHS funding ...
This working paper is produced as part of the Social Care Funding Options project, a joint project between the Health Foundation and The King’s Fund. and This paper considers the following approaches to funding social care for older people in England: improving the current system; the Conservative Party’s proposals at the time of the 2017 general election (a revised means test and a cap on care costs); a single budget for health and social care; free ...
This briefing paper argues that an additional £3.2 billion a year is required to reverse the impact of government cuts to the public health grant and ensure that it is re-allocated according to need. The grant enables local authorities to deliver vital public health services, such as obesity programmes, drug ...
The King’s Fund and the Health Foundation both support the concept of a Transformation Fund for the NHS in England. The two organisations came together to undertake a programme of work detailing the key aspects of such a fund. This appendix gives details of the work done to consider how ...
This paper is a formal response to the Department of Health’s draft guidance on proposals for regulations and guidance in relation to the draft legislation on personal care at home currently before Parliament.
