Hold tight please: Are buses good for our health?
What is the impact on our health of changes to bus services? Chris Todd of the Campaign for Better Transport explores some of the issues.
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Insight research programme
National clinical audits and patient registries can offer real insight into the quality of care provided by the NHS. Diane Redfern-Tofts, Assistant Research Manager at the Health Foundation outlines t...
How can behavioural insights support families to choose the best option for their unwell child?
Pressures on emergency departments (EDs) are again dominating headlines, but what about children?
Sunshine House and the Wigan Deal
There’s no shame in being poor unless someone shames you for being poor. At Sunshine House Community Centre, the team takes a fresh approach to community action. Barbara Nettleton, Chief Community Off...
Building the evidence around the social and economic value of health
We know a lot about the impact of the social and economic determinants on people’s health. However, the relationships are complex and dynamic, and little is understood about the other direction: the i...
A nudge in the right direction: Insights from the Behavioural Sciences Summit
As doctors, we pride ourselves on being highly motivated, trained and able. But does this always mean we’ll make choices that result in optimal patient outcomes?
New options for funding the NHS and social care in the UK
The task facing the government is not just to secure resources and deliver service change for the coming 5 years, but also to place health and social care services on strong financial foundations for ...
Liza McAlonan
Liza McAlonan is the Health Foundation’s Assistant Director of Communications. She joined the organisation in January 2008.
Can you really link delayed discharge to mortality?
Newspapers have recently reported that up to 8,000 people die every year in England because of delays in discharging patients home from hospital. But what is the evidence for this claim?
Co-production: Everybody’s talking about it, but am I really doing it?
On World Mental Health Day, it’s timely to reflect on how mental health services are changing.
