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Developing learning health systems in the UK: Priorities for action
A research report demystifying learning health systems and setting out important areas where action can lead to tangible progress.
Analytics and data Analytics and data can allow us to understand how health and the quality of care is changing, and where it might be improved
Our in-house Data Analytics team and the Improvement Analytics Unit (our partnership with NHS Improvement) use robust quantitative analysis and statistical methods. They look at the quality of health care across the UK, from local projects and nationwide trends.
Our recent work and content on this topic is listed below.
From insight into action: how can local government better use its data to address inequalities?
Ellen Coughlan shares initial findings from work looking into how local government can make better use of data to tackle health inequalities.
What’s driving increasing length of stay in hospitals since 2019?
Patients admitted are spending longer in hospital. In this analysis, we look at patterns of hospital admissions to explore the factors that may have contributed to this rise in the average length of h...
The (underdeveloped) power of data
Toby Watt explores why better, linked data will be key to unlocking solutions for health and care in an ageing society.
Continuity of care and consultation mode in general practice: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study using patient-level and practice-level data from before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in England
Providing evidence and analysis to improve health and care policy.
Keeping up with AI in health care: what we need to do next
Episode 38. With developments in AI advancing rapidly, what will it take to realise the benefits in health care?
Millions of workers with ill health at risk of being left behind without more action to support working age health
New analysis by the Health Foundation reveals that 3.7 million people (12% of the working population) are currently in work and reporting a ‘work-limiting’ health condition that restricts the type or ...
Can you tell we care?
The millions of unpaid carers in the UK need support to perform their roles and protect their health and wellbeing. This Networked Data Lab study looks at how local authority and GP records can be use...
BMJ Research Forum 2023
The Health Foundation is supporting the second BMJ Research Forum conference on 13–14 December 2023.
Analytical partnership with the Strategy Unit
The Health Foundation and the Strategy Unit are combining their extensive data analytics expertise to help address key health and social care issues.
Two innovative COVID-19 projects jointly win the Florence Nightingale Award for Excellence in Healthcare Data Analytics
A team that set up a mass COVID-19 testing pilot in Liverpool and a team that researched the prevalence of long COVID in Scotland have been announced as the joint winners of the 2023 Florence Nighting...
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