Our annual report looks back at highlights from our work in 2024 and ahead to our plans. It also presents financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
Improving the nation’s health has never been more vital. The headlines in 2024 gave a flavour of why, with the NHS remaining under immense pressure and the limp state of the UK economy prominent in the news. There were, of course, lots of reasons for this but a few stats jumped out: namely the 20% of the working-age population economically inactive, and the record-high number of 2.7 million people who put this down to chronic illness.
The Health Foundation is uniquely placed to help understand and find solutions in this challenging context, to make a real difference for the people of the UK. Our endowment gives us ambition, independence, stability and freedom to think longer term – significant assets in today’s world. Our role in providing robust evidence and well-informed, independent analysis is essential as we take the opportunity to influence the decisions and priorities of the new government as well as other significant organisations and groups.
Our annual report presents key our achievements by strategy area, including our work to improve the Foundation through equity, diversity and inclusion, environmental sustainability and public participation. We then set out our plans for 2025 and share our financial review and statements.