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Use of primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: May 2021 update
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on primary care. Our updated analysis explores activity up to the end of January 2021, using patient-level data to match activity to patients by age, region, ethnicity and pre-existing conditions.
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The Health Foundation’s REAL Centre (Research and Economic Analysis for the Long term) provides independent analysis and research to support better long-term decision making in health and social care.
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The most expensive breakfast in history
20 years on from the Wanless report, we look back on its origins, methodology, and impact, and...
Blog
What action is required to make NHS workforce shortages a thing of the past?
What is needed to overcome short-termism in workforce planning for the NHS and social care? Anita...
Blog
If not now, when? The long overdue promise of social care reform
Despite government promising to 'fix the crisis in social care once and for all', no plan to reform...
Blog
Why our perceptions of the NHS matter
Claudia Barclay and Charles Tallack explore why countering misperceptions about the NHS is vital to...
Data analysis
One year on: Three myths about COVID-19 that the data proved wrong
Three charts measuring 'years of life lost' that disprove three ‘myths’ that were prevalent at the...
Blog
What might COVID-19 mean for England’s nurse supply?
What are the long-term challenges for nurse retention and recruitment following the pandemic? Nihar...
Working paper
Nurse supply model: exploring the impact of COVID-19
This working paper explores the potential impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on the...
Blog
Sunak was silent on social care when action is needed now
The Budget continued a pattern of minimal short-term social care funding and nothing about longer...
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