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 ...
For busy clinicians the general election may seem a superficial distraction. But is it? While not all political parties have published their manifestos yet, we’ve had clues from speeches and leaks. Ho...
There are few things that all political parties agree on in this general election. The need to focus on the health and social care workforce appears to be one of them.
How much would be spent on the NHS in England under the different parties’ proposals?
The International Centre for Social Franchising (ICSF) was born out of frustration that successful solutions often fail to scale, so social organisations waste scarce resources by needlessly reinventi...
