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Facts, statistics and explainers on key issues for people looking for an easy route to a better understanding of the complex world of health and social care policy.

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GPs are taking ‘collective action’. What does that mean?

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  • 09/08/2024
  • Dr Becks Fisher

What is the government's pay offer to junior doctors and how much will it cost the NHS? A Q&A

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  • 02/08/2024
  • Sally Gainsbury

How much spending on the NHS have the major parties committed to in their election manifestos?

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  • 14/06/2024
  • Sally Gainsbury

Falling through the gaps? A closer look at NHS Continuing Healthcare

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  • 05/06/2024
  • Rachel Hutchings | Dr Miranda Davies | Natasha Curry

Where does the NHS money go?

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  • 30/05/2024
  • Sally Gainsbury | Sophie Julian
Hospital care blue

How much planned care in England is delivered and funded privately?

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  • 23/06/2023
  • Stuti Bagri | Dr Sarah Scobie

The NHS workforce in numbers

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  • 07/02/2024
  • Lucina Rolewicz | Dr Billy Palmer | Cyril Lobont

The state of community health services in England

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  • 10/02/2023
  • Dr Sarah Scobie | Stephanie Kumpunen

Peak leaving? A spotlight on nurse leaver rates in the UK

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  • 30/09/2022
  • Dr Billy Palmer | Lucina Rolewicz

Digital health care across the UK: where are we now?

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  • 18/08/2022
  • Rachel Hutchings | Jessica Morris

Patient-initiated follow-up: does it work, why it matters, and can it help the NHS recover?

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  • 25/01/2024
  • Sarah Reed | Dr Nadia Crellin

Virtual wards and Covid-19: An explainer

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  • 14/03/2022
  • Dr Holly Walton | Prof Naomi Fulop