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We are an independent charity working to improve health and care in England. Our vision is that the best possible care is available to all.

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@TheKingsFund
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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:
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‘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
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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 📝
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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
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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
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‘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.
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‘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.’
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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 :
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Yesterday was the 25th @GSK IMPACT Awards ceremony! Congratulations to all the winning charities and to overall winners @mapyoungpeople 🎉 #GSKIMPACTUK
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‘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:
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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:
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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
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To ensure wellbeing and motivation at work, and to minimise workplace stress, research evidence suggests that people have three core needs. We use an ABC framework to outline eight key recommendations to improve the work lives of nurses and midwives:
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We spoke to @DonBerwick , President Emeritus at @theIHI , to ask him how leaders can take care of themselves, and their teams during this crisis. Find out more:
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Research has shown a compelling link between compassion in leadership and staff wellbeing and performance. Learn practical ways that you can develop a #compassionate mindset in your professional relationships with our free online course. 📚
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We've developed a diagram to show how integrated care systems will work under the proposals in the Health and Care Bill:
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There is clear evidence that compassionate leadership results in more engaged and motivated staff with high levels of wellbeing, which in turn results in high-quality care. Learn more in our new explainer:
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To ensure wellbeing and motivation at work, and to minimise workplace stress, research evidence suggests that people have three core needs. We use an ABC framework to outline eight key recommendations to improve the work lives of nurses and midwives:
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Satisfaction with health and care services has dropped significantly, prompting an often heated political discussion. We have taken five myths that sometimes feature in this debate and debunked them. Head to our website to read more:
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To ensure wellbeing and motivation at work research suggests that people have three core needs – autonomy, belonging and contribution. Our report sets out eight key recommendations to transform the working lives of nursing and midwifery staff – read more:
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Compassionate leadership isn't about having all the answers and telling people what to do. It's about listening to the people around you and collaborating on solutions and strategies. Find out more in our video and explainer ➡️
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🧵 This week is #CarersWeek Unpaid carers contribute the equivalent of 4 million paid care workers to the social care system. Who is classed as an unpaid carer? Are they able to access the support they need? We explore these questions in our new report:
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‘Every allied health professional plays an important role in tackling health inequalities. This framework has been created to help you to find your own unique role in this and to explore ways to maximise your contribution.’ #AHPs
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'Compassionate leadership requires huge courage, resilience and belief – it requires a commitment by you as a leader to be the best that you can be.' Catch up with one of our most read blogs from 2019 by @bailey_suzie and @WestM61 . #KFLead
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How is the NHS structured and how does the money flow? See our diagrams
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To ensure wellbeing and motivation at work research suggests that people have three core needs – autonomy, belonging and contribution. Our report sets out eight key recommendations to transform the working lives of nursing and midwifery staff – read more:
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‘Collaborative, inclusive and compassionate leadership is essential to deliver the highest quality care for patients and tackle deep-seated cultural issues in the NHS, including unacceptable levels of work-related stress, bullying and discrimination.’
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‘Every allied health professional plays an important role in tackling health inequalities. This framework has been created to help you to find your own unique role in this and to explore ways to maximise your contribution.’ #AHPs
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'Organisations need to be clearer about leadership accountability, with the ‘lived experiences’ of their own staff being the most important indicator of inclusion.' New blog from @TracieJolliff @NHSLeadership
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Research has shown a compelling link between compassion in leadership and staff wellbeing and performance. Learn practical ways that you can develop a #compassionate mindset in your professional relationships with our free online course. 📚
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To ensure wellbeing and motivation at work, and to minimise workplace stress, research evidence suggests that people have three core needs. We use an ABC framework to outline eight key recommendations to improve the work lives of nurses and midwives:
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How is the NHS structured and how does the money flow? See our diagrams
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With the increasing possibility of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, we’ve joined with @NuffieldTrust & @HealthFdn to outline the four major areas in health & care where the impact of #NoDealBrexit could be felt most sharply. Read our letter to MPs:
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To ensure wellbeing and motivation at work, and to minimise workplace stress, research evidence suggests that people have three core needs. We use an ABC framework to outline eight key recommendations to improve the work lives of nurses and midwives:
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To ensure wellbeing and motivation at work, and to minimise workplace stress, research evidence suggests that people have three core needs. We use an ABC framework to outline eight key recommendations to improve the work lives of nurses and midwives:
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Compassionate leadership isn't about having all the answers and telling people what to do. It's about listening to the people around you and collaborating on solutions and strategies. Find out more in our video and explainer ➡️
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To improve health and reduce inequalities, local and national action is required across four pillars of #populationhealth . Resources currently focus on the health system. We need to rebalance this:
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The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report says the Commission requested new research from us to aid their work. That’s not strictly true. We did share some existing work, but it wasn’t specially commissioned. 1/4
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Our health is shaped by a range of factors. We need to move away from a system focused on diagnosing & treating illness towards one that is based on promoting wellbeing & preventing ill health. Revisit our #populationhealth report here:
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The principles of #CompassionateLeadership are now a key part of leading in health and care. But what is compassionate leadership and how can it benefit both staff and organisations? Find out more in our video and explainer:
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‘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
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"Matt Hancock indicated that next year’s planned cut in public health spending will not be reversed. This is no longer just disappointing but is out of kilter with his message that prevention is better than cure" says @davidjbuck in this new blog.
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Transformational change is multi-layered, messy, fluid and emergent. It is not merely about changing how a service operates, but also about shifting mindsets, changing relationships and re-distributing power. Read our report
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Confused by commissioners, providers and regulators? Our diagrams look at how the money flows
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We spoke to @Prerana_Issar , the Chief People Officer for the NHS, to ask her why leadership is so important during the Covid-19 crisis.
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Leadership is about relationships, not being a superhero. Here are five things to keep in mind that can help retain your team's collective strength.
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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? Take a look at our long read:
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To ensure wellbeing and motivation at work, and to minimise workplace stress, research evidence suggests that people have three core needs. We use an ABC framework to outline eight key recommendations to improve the work lives of nurses and midwives:
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'The effort of explaining and undoing discrimination shouldn’t fall on those most affected by it; this work must also be taken on by those who continue to benefit from it.' New guest blog from @DrHNaqvi
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The failure to grow and invest in primary and community health and care services ranks as one of the most significant and long-running failures of policy and implementation in the NHS and social care for more than 30 years. Read our latest report:
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The role of communities in improving population health is receiving increasing (and long overdue) attention in health policy and practice. This piece gives an overview of the different approaches to working with communities for health:
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How can leaders foster a work environment where people feel safe to speak up, share new ideas and work in innovative ways? Amy Edmonson explains why psychological safety at work is so important and what leaders can do to create it:
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@realDonaldTrump . @realdonaldtrump the NHS provides universal & comprehensive health services for around half the cost of health care in the US. Public support for the NHS remains high & a majority of people say they’d be willing to pay more in taxes to help fund the NHS...
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Are you confused by commissioners, providers and regulators? Our diagrams look at how money in the NHS flows
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Compassionate leadership helps to create psychologically safe working environments by encouraging team members to share learning and improve the quality of their work. Read our explainer to find out more about leading with #compassion :
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🧵Today we published our analysis, commissioned by @jrf_uk , which reveals that people living in poverty find it harder to live healthy lives, harder to access #NHS services, live with greater illness and die earlier than the rest of the population.
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When faced with austerity, @WiganCouncil redesigned their relationships with the community, NHS and other providers to transform their services. @profchrisham speaks to CEO Donna Hall about the Wigan Deal. Watch the interview here:
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What is psychological safety and why is it important in a workplace? Amy Edmonson explains:
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'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?' says @bailey_suzie . Explore one of our most read blogs from 2019.
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'Staff must never again be damaged by being subjected to chronic excessive workloads. Leaders must accept excessive workloads on staff as their priority, not treated as a pattern in the wallpaper they no longer pay attention to.' @WestM61 @bailey_suzie
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'Listening with humility and humanity is the first and most important attitude shift that must therefore take place.' @TracieJolliff explores some key questions around inclusive leadership:
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Transformational change is multi-layered, messy, fluid and emergent. It is not merely about changing how a service operates, but also about shifting mindsets, changing relationships and re-distributing power. Read our new report #kflead
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Transformational change is best brought about from within, led by frontline staff and services users, and needs collaborative and distributive leadership styles. Read our report
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'The secret of leadership is to find people who are smarter than you, who you trust, and bring them around you.'
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Compassionate leadership isn't about having all the answers and telling people what to do. It's about listening to the people around you and collaborating on solutions and strategies. Find out more in our video and explainer ➡️
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'Staff must never again be damaged by being subjected to chronic excessive workloads. Leaders must accept excessive workloads on staff as their priority, not treated as a pattern in the wallpaper they no longer pay attention to.'
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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 :
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#HealthInequalities are avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health between different groups of people. Check out our latest nutshell to examine the key data on this complex and wide-ranging issue. 📊
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What do nurses and midwives need in order to flourish and thrive at work? @westm61 shares from our latest report:
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We spoke to @NavinaEvans , Chief Executive of @NHS_ELFT , about the importance of nurturing as a leader.
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"We need to recognise that the meaning of our behaviour is in its impact, not in our intention, and then change our behaviour to make it psychologically safer for others."
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Our new report out today looks at the current organisation of #communityservices and considers how the health & care system needs to change to meet the needs of populations now and in the future
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Our new report on compassionate leadership is out today:
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There is clear evidence that compassionate leadership results in more engaged and motivated staff with high levels of wellbeing, which in turn results in high-quality care. Read our explainer to find out more about leading with #compassion :
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Earlier this year, we published a report which outlines six key #leadership practices key to successful collaboration. If you enjoyed the report, you might also be interested in our four-part Building collaborative leadership course, starting in December:
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"Realising people just six miles apart in Morecambe Bay have a difference in life expectancy of 15 years made us think about how we could begin to work with communities to change this narrative." Most recent in our #KFpublic blog series by @wellbeingandy
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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? Take a look at our long read:
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'Organisations need to be clearer about leadership accountability, with the ‘lived experiences’ of their own staff being the most important indicator of inclusion.' @TracieJolliff @NHSLeadership
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‘Every allied health professional plays an important role in tackling health inequalities. This framework has been created to help you to find your own unique role in this and to explore ways to maximise your contribution.’ #AHPs
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Health inequalities are avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health between different groups of people. So what really are #health inequalities, and how can they be measured? Find out in our explainer.
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How does the money flow in the NHS and who is involved? See our slides
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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? Take a look at our long read:
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What is social prescribing? As @DHSCgovuk has just announced £4.5 million investment for voluntary and community services, our recent long read looks at what social prescribing is, whether it works and how it fits in with the other #NHS services:
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