Key facts on current state of social care
Useful facts on adult social care, following the manifesto pledges on social care from the Conservative party.
Conservative manifesto pledge will deliver extra money for NHS but leave £12bn funding gap by 2020/21
Our response to the Conservative pledge to increase funding for the NHS in England in their 2017 manifesto.
Labour NHS manifesto pledge will deliver extra money but leave £7bn funding gap by 2020/21
Labour’s pledge today to invest over £30bn in the English NHS would result in an immediate £7.4bn upfront cash boost for the health service, which would include an extra £2bn a year for capital inv...
General Election 2017: New report shows NHS facing toughest decade of funding growth in its history
The Health Foundation has called for increased investment in the NHS to halt planned reductions in spending per person over the next two years, in what will be the toughest decade of funding growth...
New report warns that England could face a shortfall of 42,000 nurses by 2020
England could face a shortfall of 42,000 nurses by 2020, equivalent to 12% of the workforce, according to a new Health Foundation report.
General Election 2017: Health Foundation response to Labour policy pledge on NHS workforce
The NHS in England is facing a major shortage of nurses. The latest data shows a shortfall of approximately 30,000 nurses based on estimates of the number needed by the NHS.
'Current model of social care unsustainable' - comment on Institute for Fiscal Studies report
The Health Foundation today commented on research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies which has found that one in ten councils have cut spending on adult social care by more than a quarter. The res...
Non-NHS organisations delivering increasing share of planned care, new report finds
The NHS in England used almost half of the £2bn real terms increase in funding it received in 2015/16 to commission care from non-NHS organisations and support the under-funded social care system, ...
Health Foundation responds to Budget
The Health Foundation today responded to the 2017 Budget. Anita Charlesworth, Director of Research and Economics at the Health Foundation, said: 'The £1bn extra for social care announced in toda...
New research shows £2bn social care funding gap putting local health reform plans at risk
New analysis by the Health Foundation of local plans to reform the health service has revealed that the gap in social care funding for England is at least £2bn in 2017/18. This puts unacceptable pr...
