Today it has been announced that there will be a £6bn health and social care budget for Greater Manchester to be taken up by regional councils through devolved NHS powers. Dr Jennifer Dixon, Chief Exe...
A new report launched today (25 February 2015) reveals that while there is overwhelming support for the funding principles of our health service, British people do not have a strong preference whether...
Choices about health and social care must be made with a strong emphasis on their long-term consequences if history is not to repeat itself, writes Anita Charlesworth.
People with depression and/or anxiety are more likely to have additional long-term conditions if they live in areas of higher socioeconomic deprivation. This long read highlights longstanding inequali...
Persistent poverty matters for health because the experience of prolonged periods of poverty has cumulative effects, such as the build up of chronic stress and impact of life events over time.
People in different demographic groups have different exposure to persistent poverty, leading to health inequalities.
Child poverty has been rising – and living in poverty as a child can have longer-term impacts on someone’s health. Poor health as a child can lead to poor health later in life.
The Health Foundation has appointed Gavin Larner as a new Policy Associate. Gavin will lead on a set of projects seeking to better understand how national and local policy can support NHS staff in imp...
If someone is not in good health, they’re more likely to struggle to afford a good standard of living.
Which Secretary of State had closed ‘more hospitals than people had hot dinners’? And which said he ‘had no problems with command and control’? The Health Foundation, an independent health care charit...
