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ONS data reveals healthy life expectancy improvements stalling
Health Foundation response to ONS data on health state life expectancies, UK: 2015 to 2017.
Loneliness is a key risk factor for the future health of young people
Health Foundation response to the Office for National Statistics release on children’s and young people’s experience of loneliness.
Future health of the next generation at risk due to lack of opportunities in home towns
The Health Foundation is warning that the core building blocks for a healthy future - a place to call home, potential for secure and rewarding work, and supportive relationships with their friends, fa...
As pressure on services continues to build, performance falls against targets
Health Foundation response to NHS Improvement quarterly performance data
Radical rethink required to close gap on cancer survival between England and comparable countries
Early diagnosis and investment in diagnostics must be a priority, says a major report out today.
It is time that our nation’s health is treated as an asset
Health Foundation response to Health at a Glance Europe 2018 report.
Renewed focus on community care is welcome, but change won't happen simply by moving money around
Health Foundation response to Government's announcement of £3.5bn a year funding for primary and community healthcare by 2023/4.
Staffing shortfall of almost 250,000 by 2030 is major risk to NHS long term plan
Critical and lasting shortages in the health care workforce mean that the forthcoming NHS Long Term Plan risks becoming an unachievable ‘wish list’ of initiatives to improve the health service.
People in most deprived areas of England develop multiple health conditions 10 years earlier than those in least deprived
People in the most deprived areas in England can expect to have two or more health conditions at 61 years.
Health Foundation selects five projects for new programme to increase continuity of care in general practice
The Health Foundation is supporting five large-scale GP practices and federations to carry out targeted improvement work to increase continuity in their practices.
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