Climbing the social mobility ladder
A lack of upward social mobility will perpetuate health inequalities that are not only unjust for individuals, but also affects life chances between different groups in society the rest of society...
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NHS competition policy and the EU
Nearly two years ago, the Health Foundation commissioned a team of researchers at the University of York to investigate how and whether competition works in five European health systems – France, Port...
Where’s policy action needed for a healthier population?
If you were to choose a government department you would run for a day to improve the health of the population, which would it be?
Health care only accounts for 10% of a population’s health
Bernard Baruch, a US philanthropist, said that ‘the ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself’.
Dealing with an epidemic of disempowerment
What does a resident of Calton in Glasgow have in common with the average American? Neither is very healthy.
Bringing the collaborative economy to health care
We are in an era of sharing. Yet it appears that the sharing economy movement has largely failed to permeate the NHS.
What should the new government prioritise for health and social care?
The new government’s in tray is unusually full of pressing challenges, but what should it do on health and social care in England in this parliament?
Lifting the lid on a live project
The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) and the Policy Institute at King’s College London are beginning to make some inroads in our work with a London hospital to hardwire behavioural insights into the de...
People’s views on the NHS
The NHS might be 'the closest thing the English have to a religion'. To an extent this is true - but people’s views are much more mixed across the topics we polled them on.
Social care funding crisis
Each party manifesto makes promises on social care, but how far do these go towards fixing the problem?
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