This #WorldMentalHealthDay we're highlighting the struggles our children and young people face. However, we have the opportunity to work together to improve their wellbeing. Join Chris Hickford MBE Founder and CEO, The Eikon Charity as he explores this topic. https://bit.ly/4vv2msm

How do you shift public services towards prevention? Ruth Robertson shares initial reflections from Manchester and Scotland on taking a system-wide approach to helping people stay healthy and keeping services sustainable for the future. Read her blog: https://bit.ly/4ARyIBF

What Scotland and Greater Manchester are learning about prevention

What does it take to shift public services toward prevention? We share reflections from Scotland and Greater Manchester on defining prevention, sharing power and learning across places.

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What happens when women are given the space to show up as their authentic selves? Circles Programme Director Naja Felter reflects, those who engage fully with the programme 'don't leave the same.' Find out more about our Circles leadership programme for women today. https://bit.ly/4h5LwMS

Bronte Edwards 2025 Lead of the NHS Youth Forum, shared her reflections on what it means when organisations like The King's Fund make space for young voices to be heard. Join the conversation Tuesday 1 December, find out more today https://bit.ly/4vv2msm

We spoke with three leaders about their experiences leading digital transformation and creating the conditions for meaningful change. We'll be continuing the conversation at our event on delivering the next generation of health innovation on 13 October. Find out more: https://bit.ly/44pZp1c

From prevention and health inequalities, to neighbourhood health and system reform. Get the latest insights and analysis from The King's Fund delivered straight to your inbox. 📩 Subscribe today to The King's Fund's Weekly Updates ➡️ https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/email

Circles, our female-leadership programme is now open for applications for the February 2027 cohort. In Circles, you’ll strengthen your self-esteem and learn to trust your own voice, so you can navigate uncertainty with presence and decisiveness. https://bit.ly/4h5LwMS

Our latest policy briefing explores the risks and opportunities of delegated commissioning and what must happen to ensure immunisation programmes remain effective, equitable and sustainable. Sponsored by MSD. Read the briefing: https://bit.ly/3TyTN30

How can we truly make care closer to home a reality? Come together on 9 December at our virtual conference to explore how to build the infrastructure needed to deliver neighbourhood health at scale. Book your ticket now: https://bit.ly/4gNLAiX

Betty's story is one we have heard many times. Policy-makers must choose between rationed social care or widening eligibility and rebalancing responsibility between the state and individuals. Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4ynxBI3

How often do we ask young people what matters to their health and wellbeing, and truly listen to the answer? Join us on Tuesday 1 December 2026 to hear directly from young people and explore how their insights can help shape healthier futures. https://bit.ly/4vv2msm

Join us at the Labour Party Conference events: From promises to progress: making adult health and social care reform a reality 🕑 2pm – 3.45pm, Today From missed appointment letters to lost referrals: making NHS admin work for patients 🕘 9am – 10.45am, Tomorrow At the Royal Liver Building

Don't get left behind. Health and care never stands still, get the latest evidence, policy analysis and expert insights in your inbox tomorrow morning, and every Monday after. Independent voice. Bold thinking. Practical insight. Sign up today https://bit.ly/43CatrH

Are you attending the Labour Party Conference 27-29 Sep? Our Chief Exec, Sarah Woolnough will be attending panels at two fringe events on the day. Come along & join the conversations on health and care. For further information, email mediaoffice@kingsfund.org.uk

What do direct payment uptake figures really tell us? Our new research, commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care, explores the issues with direct payments in England and what can be done to improve them. Read the new blog: https://bit.ly/3Tq83Lk

Direct payments uptake: what the numbers don't tell us

New research from The King's Fund explores why direct payment uptake varies so widely across England and what local authorities can do to improve it. We found no shortage of effort or innovation. But ...

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What will it take to make care closer to home a reality? Working in partnership with Roche, we've spent the past year exploring the innovation landscape across health and care. Find out what we’ve learnt: https://bit.ly/4yblf5Y

Before vaccines, smallpox alone accounted for around 300 million deaths worldwide in the 20th century. The impact of vaccines is immense. Our new explainer unpacks how vaccines were invented, how they work, and what uptake looks like in England and beyond. 👉 https://bit.ly/46mLCcQ

Vaccines In England Explained | The King's Fund

An explainer on vaccines in England, covering vaccine safety, immunisation programmes, uptake rates, inequalities and public health outcomes.

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It's said that ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ – so how can the growing, changing village of today work better together to raise the healthiest generation of children? Join the conversation, Tuesday 1 December. https://bit.ly/4vv2msm

🏩 The hospital of the future: designing for a changing NHS Join over 1000 health and care professionals, online. 📆 Tuesday 29 September 🕛 12.00pm - 1.00pm 💻 Online This event is free to attend Book your place today ➡️ https://bit.ly/4fKwRpQ

Everyone has an opinion about AI. Far fewer people have experience of implementing it. Join us on 12 November to hear what organisations are learning from real-world adoption, what’s working and what good implementation looks like in practice. 👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3T0foAS

How Will AI And AI Scribes Change Health And Care?

How can health and care organisations successfully implement AI scribes and ambient voice technology (AVT)? Join leaders, clinicians and innovators to explore practical lessons on implementation, gove...

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How can innovation help more people receive high-quality care closer to home? Our latest long read, in partnership with Roche, explores the innovation landscape, the barriers to adoption, and what it will take to make community-based care a reality. Read the long read: https://bit.ly/4yblf5Y

This World Alzheimer's Day, Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive of The King's Fund and Michelle Dyson CB, Chief Executive of Alzheimer's Society asks: what can dementia care learn from cancer care? Read the full piece today: https://bit.ly/4cHEg7q

Dementia is where cancer was 50 years ago: How we can use cancer as a blueprint for improving dementia care

Dementia care is where cancer care was 50 years ago. So what can we learn from the transformation in cancer care to better support people with dementia?

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The National Cancer Plan has set a clear direction for cancer care. The harder question is what it will take to deliver it. Join us on 21 October to explore the realities of delivering change across cancer care. 👉 Find out more today: https://bit.ly/4gku6Mi

Fixing Today, Building Tomorrow: Delivering Cancer Care Now And For The Future | The King's Fund

Cancer care is under growing pressure with progress uneven across the system. Join us to explore what it takes to turn ambition into real improvements for patients.

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In 2025, Northern Ireland's most senior allied health professional leaders set out to find a stronger collective voice. What did they learn along the way? Read their reflections: https://bit.ly/4xciTlK

Join us as we look at what is already being achieved through new hospital developments and what that could mean for the future of health and care. 29 September | 12.00pm - 1.00pm Book your free place today ➡️ https://bit.ly/4fKwRpQ

In our latest long-read, Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive of The King's Fund, and Michelle Dyson, Chief Executive of Alzheimer's Society make the case for a more hopeful national conversation about dementia – one that could help drive progress in prevention, research and care. https://bit.ly/4cHEg7q

There are difficult questions at the heart of using technology and innovation to improve the country's health. We'll be talking about the key trade-offs between speed, access, cost and risk with leaders across sectors on 13 October. Book your place: https://bit.ly/4xzUG9y

Children and young people are calling for change. What will you do differently to help improve their health and wellbeing? At our children's health conference Tuesday 1 December, Professor Sir Michael Marmot will look ahead to the future of children's health and wellbeing. https://bit.ly/4vv2msm

Vaccines are one of the most effective public health interventions ever introduced. Yet vaccination uptake is falling in parts of England and inequalities are widening. Our new explainer examines the challenges facing vaccination programmes today. 👉 Complete read: https://bit.ly/46mLCcQ

Learn from diverse perspectives, challenge assumptions and build connections that last. Our Leadership for Population Health programme brings together senior leaders from across the NHS, public health, local government and the VCSE sector. Find out more today: https://bit.ly/4pwZYA3