Latest data shows record levels of health inequality prior to the pandemic
Our response to the Office for National Statistics data on health state life expectancies by national deprivation deciles.
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1.5 million potential years of life lost to COVID-19 in the UK, with each life cut short by 10 years on average
New analysis from the Health Foundation reveals the ‘devastating’ scale of loss in the pandemic, with UK response ‘falling short in key areas’.
Government should do more to improve the public’s health
New briefing looks at whether the NHS is currently meeting public expectations and who is responsible for keeping us healthy.
How has hospital use among those clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 been impacted by the pandemic?
Using secondary care data linked to the shielded patient list, this analysis explores the pandemic's impact on hospital care use among clinically extremely vulnerable people during the first wave
1 year on since lockdown began – our lives have changed but what lessons have we learned?
Jo Bibby takes stock of the past year of the pandemic, reflecting on how our recovery must draw on diverse evidence to build back fairer.
Health Foundation responds to HSC and HCLG report on long term funding of adult social care
This report is a further reminder that England’s social care system is beyond patch up and mend, and requires fundamental reform.
New and Emerging Data UK
Our response to the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) consultation on the establishment of New and Emerging Data UK (NEDUK).
Exploring the potential of AI to help address health inequalities
Brhmie Balaram from NHSX and Adam Steventon from the Health Foundation discuss the new £1.5m research call into AI and racial and ethnic inequalities in health and care.
Additional NHS funding will mean tough choices over tax rises
New analysis sets out how NHS spending has evolved over time and the pressures that it now faces, what the new funding announcements mean for spending going forward, and how the government could fund ...
Rescue to recovery: why we must keep looking ahead
‘In the middle of a global pandemic it has sometimes felt strange to be thinking long term’, reflects Anita Charlesworth. But that’s what our new REAL Centre is here to do. She explains why that’s so ...
