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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
In her latest blog, Sophie Hawkesworth from Wellcome discusses the advantages of adopting a complex systems approach to public health research.
The funding increase announced by the Prime Minister, while substantial, is below the estimates of the funding growth of 4% a year that would be required to further improve and modernise the NHS.
Anita Charlesworth is Director of Research and REAL Centre (Research and Economic Analysis for the Long term) at the Health Foundation.
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