Health Management and Policy Alert: 20 March 2026
The King's Fund reporT
The future of patient voice: learning from the Healthwatch model
On 27 June 2025, the government announced plans to close Healthwatch England. This research explores what can be learned from the Healthwatch model, including what has worked well, what the challenges have been and how this can inform the government’s planned changes to how patient and service user experiences are collected and used. The King’s Fund reviewed existing evidence, conducted interviews and carried out two workshops with local and national stakeholders.
Department of Health and Social Care
Neighbourhood health framework
This framework defines neighbourhood health and sets out the challenges neighbourhood health and care services should address. It aims to establish clear metrics for success and maps out the process systems should go through to establish local metrics. It also defines the roles of integrated care boards, local authorities, health and wellbeing boards, and other partners in neighbourhood health’s development and implementation.
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Creating intergenerational communities: housing our ageing population: placemaking intergenerationally
This report was commissioned by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Housing and Care for Older People and follows a year-long APPG Inquiry into ‘Creating Intergenerational Communities’. The Inquiry report brings together two separate themes: the need for more accommodation specifically tailored to meet the needs of an ageing population; and the desire for many people to live in mixed-age communities that bring generations together. The report captures the views of panel members and ‘witnesses’ who were called to give evidence, written examples of practice received during the course of the Inquiry, and several site visits undertaken.