Why were nurse bursaries removed?
The surprise election has reignited the debate over the removal of student nurse bursaries, only a few months since the policy was officially confirmed. Student nurses in England currently receive a b...
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The surprise election has reignited the debate over the removal of student nurse bursaries, only a few months since the policy was officially confirmed. Student nurses in England currently receive a b...
The die has been cast and the 2017 General Election is firmly underway – so what now lies ahead for health and social care? The UK’s decision to leave the EU has monopolised public and political de...
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Sometimes we can be so bombarded with information about how the system is broken, there is no space to talk about what is working and the opportunities to do things better. That's why, with the suppor...
As the good book notes ‘Without a vision the people perish’. While not on a biblical scale, the Five Year Forward View published in 2014 set out what was a broad road for the NHS in England. Last week...
It is a momentous week for the Improvement Analytics Unit. The first analysis conducted by the unit – our partnership with NHS England to provide rapid feedback on the impact of new care models and ot...
Today NHS England published Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View. Just as Next Steps looks to find ways that the NHS can improve the way it delivers care, we at the Health Foundation also grap...
Over the course of the last parliament, half a million more people joined the ranks of the self-employed in England, while half a million fewer people received adult social care. In the Spring Budget ...
I have just come back from the launch of the fifth round of our Innovating for Improvement programme. As ever, it was inspiring to spend the day with front line teams passionate about improving health...
There is a growing policy focus on how to empower and engage people and communities in their own health and care. The NHS Five Year Forward View talks about ‘harnessing the renewable energy’ of patien...
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