Blog post 25/02/2021Nigel Edwards
The pandemic has meant that we could not this year hold our annual Health Policy Summit in the usual way, but our first ever virtual Summit series (March 9-18) offers the opportunity to open up the event in a way we could not achieve in a single room. With session registrations now open, Nigel Edwar...
Blog post 17/02/2021Natasha Curry
With Covid-19 having a particularly hard impact on care homes, Natasha Curry takes a closer look at why they were hit so badly last spring, whether they have fared any better this winter, and the importance of what happens next. Her blog accompanies an explainer from Sarah Scobie, which looks in det...
Blog post 17/02/2021Sarah Scobie
Covid-19’s impact on care homes has been well documented. Nearly a year since the start of the pandemic, this explainer from Sarah Scobie looks in more detail at new data on the deaths of care home residents. The numbers have exposed the fragile state that the care sector was in before the pandemi...
Blog post 16/02/2021Dr Charlotte Paddison
The role of unpaid carers has been more vital than ever during the pandemic, but there has been variation so far in how such carers have been identified ahead of the Covid-19 jab. With more details set to emerge on how carers will be identified and contacted for their vaccines, Charlotte Paddison ar...
Blog post 12/02/2021Lucina Rolewicz
There is a commitment to have 6,000 new GPs by 2025, but are we on track to meet it? Lucina Rolewicz takes a closer look at the latest numbers, and how general practice is very much not just about doctors.
Blog post 25/01/2021Nadia CrellinJohn Appleby
The coronavirus has brought significant and speedy changes to how health care services are delivered. That has further highlighted the need for rapid evaluations, with evaluators under pressure to produce timely findings to support decisions. Ahead of this week’s rapid evaluation in health care co...
Blog post 18/01/2021Mark DayanHelen BuckinghamNatasha CurrySarah ReedNigel EdwardsDr Elizabeth FisherCamille Oung
Long read: With proposals having been made for a significant legislative overhaul of the English health service, in this long read we look at both history and current trends to highlight the traps that need to be avoided if any reforms are to be successful.
Blog post 14/01/2021Sarah Scobie
With another lockdown underway for most of the UK, Sarah Scobie answers some key questions on how mortality figures are collected and measured during the pandemic. This explainer was originally published last May, was updated again in October, and has now been updated further to reflect the latest d...
Blog post 12/01/2021Sarah ReedBilly Palmer
Long read: The Covid-19 vaccination campaign brings much hope, but it’s clear that for the foreseeable future we also very much need to control transmission. One key way to do so is effective self-isolation, but data suggests that adherence in the UK with self-isolation rules is l...
Blog post 30/12/2020Martha McCarey
Martha McCarey follows on from our recent report on the impact of Brexit on health in the UK by assessing what we should now look out for on medical products. This blog was originally published on 30 December, and has been updated to reflect that the UK has now left the EU single market.