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

It is your last chance to book your place at 'From evidence to impact: making prevention stick', being held tomorrow at The King's Fund. Come together with peers from across the sector to kickstart the prevention revolution. Book your ticket now: https://bit.ly/4nyktLI

‘‘Live Well’ is Greater Manchester’s approach to supporting residents that focuses on addressing problems earlier... The aim is to operate a ‘no wrong door’ policy – so wherever someone seeks help, they get the support they need to stay healthy and in a good job.’ ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ci4yNj

What is holding us back from making progress on prevention? Don't miss out on your chance to hear Hazel and Rachel speak at 'Session one: From ambition to action' of our prevention conference on 15 September, where they will discuss how change really happens. Book your place: https://bit.ly/4nyktLI

Will AI scribes become as commonplace as electronic patient records? Join us 12 Nov to hear from NHS early adopters and explore how to build trust, improve patient experience and deliver sustainable benefits. 👉 Find out more: https://bit.ly/3T0foAS

If allied health professionals play an important role in prevention and person-centred care, why aren't they always in the room when priorities are being set? Northern’s Ireland’s senior AHP leaders reflect on how they found a stronger collective voice to improve care: https://bit.ly/4xciTlK

Dr Danielle Butler, Head of Development at National Energy Action, sets out why warm homes are the foundation of good health: https://bit.ly/4xNPnUI Danielle will be speaking at our prevention conference next Tuesday, 15 September. Don't miss out, book your ticket now: https://bit.ly/4cldAZZ

'A&E performance delivered by the NHS was once the envy of the world, but as anyone that has walked into a waiting room in recent years will be able to say, that is no longer the case.' We respond to the National Audit Office's report showing marginal A&E performance: https://bit.ly/4zY9fpP

The King's Fund responds to NAO report showing marginal A&E performance

A&E performance delivered by the NHS was once the envy of the world but as anyone that has walked into a waiting room in recent years will be able to say, that is no longer the case.

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British Social Attitudes chapter 43, ‘Waiting for treatment: can the NHS recover?’, co-authored by Sir John Curtice at NatCen, The King’s Fund, and Nuffield Trust, compares Labour’s NHS inheritance in 1997 and 2024. Read the full chapter: https://bit.ly/4xKhaWc

BSA 43 | Waiting for treatment | National Centre for Social Research

This chapter compares Labour's NHS inheritance in 1997 and 2024, exploring the causes of rising and falling public satisfaction.

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How can we build the infrastructure needed to deliver neighbourhood health at scale? On 9 December, come together to hear from leading voices in health and care. Network with peers and connect with senior leaders. Book your ticket now: https://bit.ly/4gNLAiX

NHS and social care staff work tirelessly to support patients and deliver high-quality, person-centred care. Yet the complexity, pressure and fragmentation of the systems they work in often limit their ability to do so consistently. Read more: https://bit.ly/4ewYeSj

‘My friends have never been this interested in my job before. A month before the whole country focused its eyes on Greater Manchester and its then-Mayor Andy Burnham, I started a secondment... supporting their work on prevention.’ Keep reading: https://bit.ly/4ci4yNj

Vapes/e-cigarettes, are now more common than smoking among adults in England. Their use is particularly high among 16–24 year olds, with 12.9% reporting daily or occasional use in 2024, down from 15% the previous year. Read how vaping is impact young people's health: https://bit.ly/4cSyI9V

As digital transformation becomes a key driver of the 10 Year Health Plan, innovative technologies are creating new opportunities to improve prevention, productivity and access to care. Join us at 10 Year Health Plan: one year on, 8 September. Find out more https://bit.ly/42dggUe

Are you ready to find your voice as a leader? There are still a few spaces remaining for Release Your Potential’s last ever cohort. Join the many leaders in health and care who have transformed the way they work. Apply now for an October start: https://bit.ly/4rBK8nK

In our latest guest blog, Lawrence Dunhill explores the uncomfortable lesson behind the rise of Make America Healthy Again. What can public health learn about storytelling in the social media age? https://bit.ly/4gUDUvw

The uncomfortable ‘Make America Healthy Again' breakthrough

Despite the damage caused by MAHA, its ability to get Americans talking about prevention and chronic disease offers valuable lessons.

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Digging into our podcast archives, we spoke with Dr Nikita Kanani MBE to talk about the values at the heart of her leadership, and the power of connection and community. Listen to the episode: https://bit.ly/3SctOOh Hear more from Nikita at our life sciences event on 13 Oct: https://bit.ly/3T8nA1H