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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?

Explainer
  • 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

Explainer
  • 02/08/2024
  • Sally Gainsbury

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

Explainer
  • 14/06/2024
  • Sally Gainsbury

The NHS workforce in numbers

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

Junior doctor strikes: facts and figures on UK doctors in training

Explainer
  • 13/03/2023

Ambulance staff strikes: facts and figures on the ambulance workforce

Explainer
  • 20/12/2022

Nursing strikes: facts and figures on UK nursing staff

Explainer
  • 19/12/2022

The state of community health services in England

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Virtual wards and Covid-19: An explainer

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

What do Trump's tariffs and US-UK trade negotiations mean for the NHS?

Blog post
  • 25/04/2025
  • Mark Dayan

Supervision of clinicians in the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme: what more is needed to assure safety and quality?

Long read
  • 24/04/2025
  • Rebecca Best | Dr Rebecca Rosen | Dr Ben Jackson

Review of North Central London’s Start Well maternity and neonatal care: Reconfiguration proposals against the Mayor’s tests

Report
  • 23/04/2025
  • Sally Gainsbury | Camille Oung | Rebecca Best | Sophie Julian | Dr Elizabeth Fisher | Emma Dodsworth