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Why our perceptions of the NHS matter
Claudia Barclay and Charles Tallack explore why countering misperceptions about the NHS is vital to...
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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...
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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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The Chancellor’s squeeze on public spending signals a long and deep period of austerity
While the Chancellor is spending big on the rescue phase of COVID-19, the Budget was silent on how...
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Why the market matters in adult social care (and what we can do about it)
There are endemic failures in the adult social care market. In this blog we explain why reform is...
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Years of underinvestment made the UK’s death toll so much higher than it need have been
The scene for the current crisis was set long before the virus arrived. Anita Charlesworth explores...
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Staff shortages left the NHS vulnerable to the COVID-19 storm
We are seeing the consequences of years of workforce planning failures, says Anita Charlesworth.
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How is COVID-19 impacting people working in adult social care?
We bring together emerging evidence of the pandemic’s impact so far on a workforce that has for too...
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Addressing the nursing shortfall
Nihar Shembavnekar introduces the REAL Centre's nurse supply model, and explains why we hope it will...
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To govern is to choose
Choices about health and social care must be made with a strong emphasis on their long-term...
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It’s time to see the bigger picture
Sir Andrew Dilnot writes that to get the best out of the NHS and social care, we need more and...
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We can shape the future
Dr Jennifer Dixon explores how the REAL Centre will help to identify what future health and care...
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A new frontier
Anita Charlesworth blogs about the establishment of a new centre to provide independent projections,...
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