Press release 24/06/2019
Our Director of Strategy Helen Buckingham responds to the Health Select Committee’s "NHS Long-Term Plan: legislative proposals" report.
Blog post 19/06/2019Andi Orlowski
In a guest blog, Andi Orlowski of Imperial College Health Partners explains why population health management has become so important for health systems all over the world – and why it is different from the previous approaches we have taken in public health or within the NHS.
Press release 13/06/2019
The underlying deficit for trusts has grown to around £5bn, the equivalent to the annual costs of 11 acute hospitals, despite services making a further £3bn in cost savings.
Blog post 06/06/2019Mark Dayan
After President Donald Trump told a press conference in London this week that the NHS could form part of a future trade deal between the UK and the United States, Mark Dayan looks at whether we really have cause for worry.
Briefing 02/06/2019
This briefing examines the potential impact of the Immigration Bill on the NHS and social care.
Report 31/05/2019Sophie Castle-ClarkeRachel Hutchings
As a new body, NHSX, becomes established to lead national policy for technology, digital and data, and with the Secretary of State firmly behind plans to create a fully digital NHS, this report seeks to understand how national policy for digitisation is working from the perspective of acute trusts....
Briefing 14/05/2019
This short briefing takes a look at the publication of the NHS Long Term Plan in January 2019 and the ambitions and promises its set out. This briefing was originally written for the WHO/EU European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
Briefing 14/05/2019
This short explainer takes a look at the changes to the GP contract made in 2019. The document was originally written for the WHO/EU European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
Blog post 14/05/2019Sophie Castle-Clarke
Sophie Castle-Clarke describes what it’s like to live with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, the cost to the NHS of a system currently failing rare disease patients, and what can be done to improve matters.
Report 13/05/2019John ApplebyLaura Schlepper
This briefing looks at differences in basic pay between men and women employed by the NHS in England, based on data from the NHS electronic staff record for one month. As well as drawing on previous analyses to describe the extent of overall pay differences by staff group, pay band, age and ethnicit...