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We also offer a range of long reads on key subjects related to our work.
Our most recent blogs
Top-down clarity, bottom-up agency: fading freedoms or here to stay?
Penny Pereira and Ruth Thorlby look at what factors have enabled new levels of ingenuity in frontline staff during the pandemic, speeding up service change and finding solutions to challenging problem...
A pandemic winter: what can we offer?
We look back on a long summer fighting COVID-19. In the light of what we know, what more can the Health Foundation do to help?
Emerging evidence on COVID-19’s impact on money and resources
Frank Soodeen from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation explores the impact of the pandemic on household money and resources and how this may shape the nation's health prospects.
Should the government rethink its immigration policy for social care?
Lucinda Allen and Tim Gardner discuss new polling that shows strong public support for an immigration route for social care and what such a policy could mean for the sector's workforce challenges.
Innovation and leadership post-COVID: 5 things your teams want from you
We explore out 5 things people working in health and care want from their leaders to enable them to build a stronger, more resilient system for the future.
Who would want to be 20 in 2020?
Our Director of Health, Jo Bibby, looks at the experience of coronavirus through the eyes of young people.
Building the evidence base on video consultations
Bryan Jones and Jo Scott explore the evidence around virtual consultations and highlight priorities for future research to help practitioners and policymakers implement these effectively.
Emerging evidence on COVID-19’s impact on health and health inequalities linked to housing
We explore the impact of housing on health and health inequalities, likely to have been increased in the wake of the pandemic and the measures taken to control the spread of the virus.
Supporting staff wellbeing during COVID-19: a Northumbrian experience
Annie Laverty, Chief Experience Officer at Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust, offers her reflections on engaging with NHS staff meaningfully during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Emerging evidence on health inequalities and COVID-19: July 2020
Louise Marshall gives our third round up of the emerging evidence on COVID-19 and inequalities for July 2020.
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