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This was the first in a series of breakfast events focusing on the first 100 days of the new government and the prospects for health and social care. Saffron Cordery, Dr Sarah Wollaston MP and Nick Timmins discussed what the election result means for health and social care.

Roger Kline, Research Fellow, Middlesex University Business School, explains why the absence of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) staff from the leadership of the NHS is serious, systemic and has shown no real sign of improving in recent years. He emphasises that diversity in health care leadership makes a decisive difference to patient care and to the wellbeing of health care staff.

David Branford and Maureen Baker announce a new joint initiative between the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, under which pharmacists will work in GP surgeries to ease pressures on general practice and improve patient care.

At this event Sam Everington, Chris Hopson and Ceinwen Giles discussed the priorities for the first 100 days after the election from a commissioner, provider and patient perspective.

At this event Sam Everington, Chris Hopson and Ceinwen Giles discussed the priorities for the first 100 days after the election from a commissioner, provider and patient perspective.

At this event Sam Everington, Chris Hopson and Ceinwen Giles discussed the priorities for the first 100 days after the election from a commissioner, provider and patient perspective.

Graham Browne, Living with Dementia Ambassador at the Alzheimer's Society, speaks at our conference on leading change in dementia diagnosis and support. Graham shares his story of living with dementia, explaining what he thinks needs to change. He criticises the price of nursing homes and a lack of information given to people living with dementia about the services available to them. However, Grah...

Frank Arrojo tells his powerful and touching story of the time he spent caring for his late mother who lived with dementia. Frank details some of the challenges he faced and the impact this had on both himself and his mother. He stresses that his story is by no means unique.

Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, discusses the role the NHS five year forward view will play in setting the agenda for the next parliament, and at the next steps of its implementation.

Chris Ham, Chief Executive of The King's Fund, talks through the key findings of our report, Implementing the NHS five year forward view,

Sir John Oldham, Chairman of the Independent Commission on Whole Person Care, speaking at The King's Fund on 4 February 2015.

Lord Layard, Professor Emeritus at London School of Economics and Founder of Action for Happiness, speaks at our event on taking the conversation on mental health from rhetoric to reality. The event was part of our breakfast series on the big election questions.

Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of Mind, speaks at our event on taking the conversation around mental health from rhetoric to reality, part of our breakfast series on the big election questions.

Claire Murdoch, Chief Executive of Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, speaks at our event on taking the conversation on mental health from rhetoric to reality, part of our breakfast series on the big election questions.

Catherine Foot presents our new report People in control of their own health and care, published in partnership with National Voices. Catherine explains in detail the eight key priorities to transform individual involvement in health and care. She goes on to discuss the report's key recommendations, including the need for a fundamental national conversation about a new relationship between citizen...

Catherine Foot talks through the eight key steps towards putting patients in control of their own health and care, as detailed in our report People in control of their own health and care.

Drawing on the findings of our latest quarterly monitoring report, Richard Murray, Director of Policy at The King's Fund, looks at the consequences of not providing additional funding for health and social care. He also makes the case for a transformation fund to give the NHS and social care the headroom to change services.

Mary Riddell, Columnist at the Daily Telegraph, looks at how issues around health and social care funding could play out in the run-up to the next general election, and at the main parties' thinking on public spending and taxation.

Paul Johnson, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, discusses what’s happening with government spending across public services at the moment and the implications this has for health and social care. He says that protecting health, schools and pensions means an overall cut of 35 per cent in other areas of government spending.

Professor Lewis Wolpert, biologist and broadcaster, shares a personal and humorous journey of growing old - from a brief history of attitudes to ageing, biological systems and genetic research into 'ageing-prevention' to the challenges faced as we live longer.

Sir David Dalton shares his journey as Chief Executive of Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust – a case study from which forms part of our Reforming the NHS from within report – and explains how the trust have developed an organisational culture focused on delivering safe care.

The RT Hon Stephen Dorrell MP talks about the challenges of NHS reform - which he defines as not about changing structures but about ensuring the service delivered reflects the needs of patients and service users. He describes how access to health care is intrinsically political, with the role of politicians to be accountable for commissioning.

Professor The Lord Darzi, Professor of Surgery, Imperial College London, looks back at previous NHS reform efforts and explains that, while they were not necessarily unsuccessful, we now face a new set of challenges and need a different approach to tackle them. He says that system reform is not the same as service reform – the focus needs to be on the latter – and describes how, for innovation to...

Sandie Keene, Director of Adult Social Care at Leeds City Council, shared some of the successes that adult social care services in Leeds are currently seeing and talked about how best to tackle the challenges ahead in order to achieve more integrated care. She joined with The King's Fund in calling for a Transformation Fund as an 'invest to save' model to improve the delivery of adult social care...

Resonating with our call, Sir Merrick Cockell, Chairman of the Local Government Association (LGA), called for a new transformation fund to support the Better Care Fund to stop the NHS approaching a major financial crisis. In his vision for local government going forward he saw a lead role for health and wellbeing boards in commissioning local services and for councils to work together to co-design...