Blog post 16/10/2018Dr Rebecca Rosen
It's sometimes too easily forgotten that the staff in charge of turning ideas into reality need to be fully behind leaders' plans. If this is to happen, argues Rebecca Rosen, the people making the plans have to think carefully about the wide-ranging potential effects on those at the front line.
Blog post 16/10/2018Nigel Edwards
As we publish our new essay collection today looking at the history of NHS reforms, Nigel Edwards argues there have been too many plans happening too often.
Blog post 16/10/2018Mark Dayan
Time and again, structural change has been favoured by politicians and leaders hoping to change English health systems for the better. Mark Dayan takes a look at recent high-profile reorganisations and argues that they often have a more limited effect than their architects might hope.
Blog post 16/10/2018William PalmerJohn Appleby
The success or otherwise of any NHS plan is highly contingent on the approaches to funding that are used to support it. William Palmer and John Appleby take a look across the recent history of NHS funding and argue that the outcomes have not always necessarily matched the original intentions.
Blog post 16/10/2018William PalmerCandace Imison
William Palmer and Candace Imison argue that the workforce has often been neglected or not prioritised in previous NHS policies and plans, and pick out three key lessons so to avoid such mistakes in future.
Blog post 16/10/2018Helen Buckingham
With the NHS so valued by the British people, Helen Buckingham looks at historical attempts by the health service to engage with the public, and argues how it can do better in future.
Blog post 16/10/2018Nigel Edwards
Nigel Edwards argues the need for evidence over groupthink in NHS planning, while stressing the importance of local thinking and for sufficient time to make change happen.
Press release 15/10/2018
While there is work underway to improve child health outcomes in the UK, this report acts as a stark reminder of the road we are heading down.
Press release 11/10/2018
Performance against the headline A&E target is already at the levels that just three years ago we were seeing in January, in the depths of winter.
Press release 11/10/2018
The new report lays bare the scale of the task to improve and enhance care at a time of worrying workforce shortages and unresolved funding issues.