How does UK health spending compare across Europe over the past decade?
Icaro Rebolledo and Anita Charlesworth use five charts to compare UK health care spending with EU countries before the pandemic.
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Lower paid NHS and social care staff turnover
The REAL Centre team explores trends in turnover among lower paid NHS and adult social care staff during the past decade.
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Public health grant
The public health grant is used to provide vital preventative services that help to support health. It has been cut by 26% on a real-terms per person basis since 2015/16.
Public perceptions of health and social care: expectations tracker
The expectations tracker, produced in partnership with Ipsos, will monitor changing public perceptions of the standards of NHS and social care services.
Is poor health driving a rise in economic inactivity?
Around 700,000 more people are economically inactive now than before the pandemic. This article looks at what is driving this increase and explores the role of ill health.
Quantifying health inequalities in England
Quantifying health inequalities is vital to better focus policies designed to address them. This analysis uses a novel approach to explore the extent of diagnosed health inequalities across different ...
The GP shortfall in numbers
Analysis from the Health Foundation’s REAL Centre warns that without urgent, significant policy action, the NHS in England is facing a crippling shortage of GPs over the coming decade. We take a close...
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Health and care for older adults during the pandemic
Between March and June 2021, The Commonwealth Fund surveyed older adults across 11 countries about their health and health care mid-pandemic. We report the findings from a UK perspective.
Spring Statement 2022: What does rising inflation mean for health and social care?
With the public finances squeezed by higher inflation, we look at what the Spring Statement could mean for health and social care funding pressures.
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