The King's Fund Library Service

Knowledge and research support services | The King's Fund The King's Fund knowledge service provides specialist research support in the field of health and care policy and management.

From 1st December 2025 our library enquiry service will be closed. You can still search our library resources including our database via the updated Knowledge Services page on our website www.kingsfund.org.uk/work-with-us...

Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES) An NHS initiative designed to provide timely, accessible care for patients with urgent or minor eye conditions.

Policy alert: Community Urgent Eyecare Service (CUES), www.nhsconfed.org/case-studies...

Policy alert: Reinventing FTs and creating IHOs: autonomy, accountability and flexibility, nhsproviders.org/resources/re...

Active bystanders: promoting inclusion, civility and respect Hear how this OD-led programme tackles organisational culture head on, equipping staff at all levels to speak out on issues in the workplace.

Policy alert: Active bystanders: promoting inclusion, civility and respect, www.nhsemployers.org/case-studies...

Policy alert: Better regulation, better care: consultation on improving how we assess and rate providers, www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/how...

NHS England » Research matters: enabling and sustaining a research-positive culture for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals NHS England » Research matters: enabling and sustaining a research-positive culture for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals

Policy alert: Research matters: enabling and sustaining a research-positive culture for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals, www.england.nhs.uk/publication/...

The 10 Year Health Plan for England This briefing provides an overview of the government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England, published in July 2025. It also includes a summary of some of the key stakeholder responses and analysis, and up...

Policy alert: The 10 Year Health Plan for England, commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

Costs of clinical negligence - NAO report Our report looks at how liabilities for clinical negligence have changed over time, and what is behind those changes.

Policy alert: Costs of clinical negligence
www.nao.org.uk/reports/cost...

Society | The State of Ageing 2025 Older people take on varied roles in their communities but frequently come up against barriers of ageism, digital exclusion and cutbacks in local amenities and services.

Policy alert: The state of ageing 2025
@ageingbetter.bsky.social
ageing-better.org.uk/society-stat...

Policy alert: Causes of trauma from children's healthcare
@starlightuk.bsky.social
www.starlight.org.uk/assets/docum...

Policy alert: Care Quality Commission consultation - Better regulation, better care
www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/how...

How will waiting times in community health services affect the shift towards neighbourhood health? Community services are under growing strain, with more than 1.1 million people waiting for care, and the steepest rise among children and young people. Focus to date has largely been on efforts to imp...

Policy alert: How will waiting times in community health services affect the shift towards neighbourhood health?
@nuffieldtrust.org.uk
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/how...

Policy alert: The big mental health report 2025
www.mind.org.uk/about-us/our...

Policy alert: State of the adult social care sector and workforce in England 2025
@skillsforcare.bsky.social
www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Adult-Social...

Policy alert: Investing in the NHS: empowering the sector to drive productivity, renewal and growth
@nhsproviders.bsky.social
nhsproviders.org/resources/in...

Life-saving targeted prostate cancer screening would cost just 0.01% of annual NHS budget, reveals new report The introduction of a national prostate cancer screening programme targeted at men at highest risk is practical, affordable, and will save thousands of lives, according to a major new report due to be...

Policy alert: Prostate cancer screening: the impact on the NHS, www.prostate-cancer-research.org.uk/life-saving-...

Policy alert: Healthcare professionals report 2025: UK healthcare workers’ experiences, confidence and comfort supporting trans patients, transactual.org.uk/healthcare-p...

Community-based glaucoma monitoring services Addressing demand and capacity challenges in secondary care by monitoring low-risk cases in the community.

Policy alert: Community-based glaucoma monitoring services, www.nhsconfed.org/case-studies...

Promoting work as a health outcome: guidance for AHP leaders Guidance developed with allied health professional (AHP) leaders to support the promotion of work as a health outcome.

Policy alert: Promoting work as a health outcome: guidance for AHP leaders, www.gov.uk/government/p...

Voices of Homecare: Workforce

Policy alert: Voices of homecare: workforce, www.homecareassociation.org.uk/resource/voi...

‘Make or break’ for social care as councils warn of a ‘triple whammy’ of risks from government reorganisation plans - County Councils Network Splitting county councils into multiple small unitary councils could hit millions of vulnerable people with a triple whammy of worse services, higher costs for care, and not enough staff to deliver su...

Policy alert: Local government reorganisation: analysing the impact on people services, www.countycouncilsnetwork.org.uk/make-or-brea...

Policy alert: The state of bring your own devices (BYOD) in the adult social care sector, www.digitalcarehub.co.uk/resource/the...

The tough choices at the heart of the government’s dispute with big pharma The government has been locked in a dispute with pharmaceutical companies for a number of months over how much the NHS pays for new branded medicines. Sally Gainsbury and Huseyin Naci set out the issu...

Policy alert: The tough choices at the heart of the government’s dispute with big pharma
@nuffieldtrust.org.uk
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/th...

Taking stock: Counting the economic costs of alcohol harm | IPPR The World Health Organization’s guidance on alcohol is clear: there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. Alcohol is known to cause at least seven types

Policy alert: Taking stock: counting the economic costs of alcohol harm
@ippr.org
www.ippr.org/articles/tak...

Reforming financial flows Guidance, case studies and key principles to support designing and implementing new payment mechanisms, as set out in the 10 Year Health Plan.

Policy alert: Reforming financial flows: lessons from systems
@nhsconfed.org
www.nhsconfed.org/publications...

Proposed changes to the availability of puberty blockers for under 18s Proposal to make a permanent order to prevent new patients aged under 18 from beginning to take puberty blockers for the purposes of gender incongruence and/or gender dysphoria, under the care of priv...

Policy alert: Consultation outcome: proposed changes to the availability of puberty blockers for under 18s
www.gov.uk/government/c...

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Tuberculosis National Action Plan 2026 to 2031 Add your evidence and priorities for the Tuberculosis National Action Plan 2026 to 2031.

Policy alert: Tuberculosis National Action Plan: 2026 to 2031 www.gov.uk/government/c...

Fixing Social Care: The Six Key Problems And How To Tackle Them Different people have different opinions about what’s ‘wrong’ with social care and how to fix it. This long read outlines the six key issues and the options cited to tackle them.

The social care system is not fit for purpose. Many people can't access the care and support they need and others are left facing catastrophic costs. Our new long read outlines the six key issues and the options cited to tackle them. https://bit.ly/3VPOdH3

Policy alert: WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000–2024 and projections 2025–2030, www.npa.co.uk/membership/o...