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CEO
  
Chris Ham (2010–)

Founded
  
1897

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The King's Fund is a think tank in England, which is involved with work relating to the health system in England. It organises conferences and other events.

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Since 1997, they have combined with GlaxoSmithKline to fund a yearly award system. They reward small to medium-sized health charities who are improving people's health.

The Chief Executive is Chris Ham.

History

Founded as the Prince of Wales's Hospital Fund for London in 1897, the fund changed its name in 1902 to King Edward's Hospital Fund after the accession to the throne of King Edward VII. In 1907, Parliament incorporated the fund as the King's Fund.

George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen worked closely with the future George V in building the charity's endowment fund. Lord Mount Stephen was the charity's most important benefactor, having made gifts to the amount of £1,315,000.

The fund was originally set up to contribute to London's voluntary hospitals. It later started to inspect hospitals. After the NHS was created in 1948, the fund became a think tank.

Independence

Former NHS Trust Chief Executive Officer Gary Walker has claimed that the King's Fund has received over £511,000 from the Department of Health since 2010, (as of 10 April 2014).

References

King's Fund Wikipedia