Evidence for healthy lives
We want a better evidence base for decision making on what works to improve people’s health.
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We want a better evidence base for decision making on what works to improve people’s health.
The Health Foundation is a member of the UKPRP, an alliance of funders supporting research into the primary prevention of non-communicable diseases.
Lasting change requires all sectors of society – across government, the voluntary sector, the private sector, media and local communities – to acknowledge the impact of what they do on people’s health...
Our Director of Improvement Will Warburton looks at our plans for 2018.
Susannah Pye, a paediatrician and Clinical Fellow at the Health Foundation, writes about the impact of winter pressures on health care for children.
Sridhar Venkatapuram reflects on our unique ‘X Factor’ style event, which aimed to expand and diversify the evidence base for public health interventions and policymaking.
Campbell Robb, Chief Executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, writes about the link between poverty and health in our latest Healthy Lives blog series.
To improve care for people with long-term conditions, our sectors must come together more often, listen better and learn from one another, write Jo Bibby and Kieron Boyle.
Dr Rebecca Fisher, a GP and Policy Fellow at the Health Foundation, considers what the data can’t tell us about winter pressures on the NHS.