Constructive comfort: accelerating change in the NHS
This report asks how best to design national policy on the NHS to accelerate improvements to health care
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Levels of harm
The scan summarises readily available research about levels of patient harm in acute and primary care and the potential causes of such harm.
Could quality be cheaper?
This case study looks in detail at three improvement projects that received support from our Shine 2010 programme.
Q: momentum is growing
With the 70-year anniversary of the NHS, July has been a month for combining celebration for what the NHS continues to achieve with calls for further debate and action to ensure health and care servic...
Children’s A&E attendances: Linking data to explore why parents’ mental health matters
A new data linkage study examines drivers of children's use of health care services such as who they live with and the health of their parents, particularly their mental health.
We need a coherent approach to our NHS workforce woes
In its 70th year, the NHS faces a particularly virulent form of a recurring problem: workforce shortages. The risk is that current critical shortages become endemic in the system.
Supporting carers to stay healthy and connected at work
Work plays a huge part in our health and wellbeing. This is especially true for the 3 million workers in the UK who care for loved ones with disabilities or serious health conditions.
A changing society is putting the future health of the next generation at risk
Experiences between the ages of 12 and 24 play a crucial role in determining young people’s health and wellbeing in the long term. In her latest blog, Jo Bibby explores the latest results of the young...
Good work for an ageing workforce
Over 10% of all over 65s are still in paid employment. In his latest blog, Christopher Brooks from Age UK discusses the importance of good work for an ageing workforce.
Facilitating complex systems research for public health
In her latest blog, Sophie Hawkesworth from Wellcome discusses the advantages of adopting a complex systems approach to public health research.
