Over the course of the last parliament, half a million more people joined the ranks of the self-employed in England, while half a million fewer people received adult social care. In the Spring Budget ...
Today NHS England published Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View. Just as Next Steps looks to find ways that the NHS can improve the way it delivers care, we at the Health Foundation also grap...
It is a momentous week for the Improvement Analytics Unit. The first analysis conducted by the unit – our partnership with NHS England to provide rapid feedback on the impact of new care models and ot...
As the good book notes ‘Without a vision the people perish’. While not on a biblical scale, the Five Year Forward View published in 2014 set out what was a broad road for the NHS in England. Last week...
Sometimes we can be so bombarded with information about how the system is broken, there is no space to talk about what is working and the opportunities to do things better. That's why, with the suppor...
Do the words ‘social care’ make you feel bleak? In England, there has been a relentless drip of bad news about the state of social care provision: most recently evidence that hundreds of care workers ...
The die has been cast and the 2017 General Election is firmly underway – so what now lies ahead for health and social care? The UK’s decision to leave the EU has monopolised public and political de...
The surprise election has reignited the debate over the removal of student nurse bursaries, only a few months since the policy was officially confirmed. Student nurses in England currently receive a b...
There are three fundamental issues that any incoming government will need to address if health and social care are to be sustained.
It should have come as no surprise that the start of Mental Health Awareness Week heralded a major related policy announcement. Echoing and expanding upon her maiden speech as prime minister, Theresa ...
