Season of bewilderment: Delivering health and social care in an environment of uncertainty
It seems hard to grasp that the general election was only two months ago: the political world seems to spin much faster than conventional time.
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What next for publicly funded social care?
Reduced funding, rising pressures, fewer people receiving care and greater unmet need for people with the lowest incomes – there is no doubt that the adult social care system in England is at breakin...
Spending on health: How does the UK compare internationally?
How much should we spend on the NHS? Many feel that we should be spending more. And not without reason, perhaps.
The value of health
By better understanding the value of health, and finding effective ways to invest in health across a person’s life, it may be possible to improve people’s economic and social outcomes.
Bromley by Bow: Listening to communities and shaping public spaces to improve health
To move away from paternalistic relationships between communities and providers to ones where shared decision making and co-production is possible, we need to build spaces that enable and embody these...
Creating a culture of health through new collaboration
What action could we take, in partnership with others, to improve the factors that shape our health known as the social and economic determinants?
People, power and places: The keys to good health
As a new system of public health in Scotland brings the public’s health to the fore, how can we highlight the impact on our health of our spaces and places, while giving communities the power to shape...
Do we now have a basis for a coherent quality strategy in the NHS?
The end of last year saw the publication of a significant new policy document: the National Quality Board’s (NQB’s) Shared commitment to quality. You may not be hugely familiar with the NQB: the Bo...
Countdown to the Q Improvement Lab
It's no secret that health and care systems all over the world are under pressure and organisations are facing increasingly complex challenges. Some of the current approaches to tackling these challen...
Healthier lives: Our plans for 2017
Twelve months ago, the Health Foundation set out to explore our contribution to enabling everyone in the UK to live a healthy life. Starting with an international seminar in Salzburg, the year unfolde...
