Report 08/07/2021Billy PalmerLaura SchlepperNina HemmingsNadia Crellin
Despite psychology being a popular subject to study at degree level, staffing mental health services remains hugely challenging. With ambitions to grow the numbers of psychologists and psychotherapists by 2023/24, this report looks at the size and make up of the workforce of those with a background...
Data story 07/07/2021
Each week we present analysis of data in chart form to illustrate some key issues and invite discussion. How have people with severe forms of common lung diseases like asthma and COPD been affected by the pandemic? Jessica Morris takes a look at emergency admissions for these illnesses over the past...
Press release 06/07/2021
Nigel Edwards responds to the publication of the 2021-22 Health and Care Bill.
Blog post 02/07/2021Dr Charlotte Paddison
Seven in 10 unpaid carers have provided more care during the pandemic, but at what cost to them? As the debate about social care reform continues to focus on a potential cap on care costs, Charlotte Paddison argues that unpaid carers must not be forgotten.
Blog post 28/06/2021Mark DayanMartha McCarey
Long read: Only six months since it left the EU single market, talks have begun for the UK to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. Mark Dayan and Martha McCarey look at the key ways in which joining the CPTPP could affect health in this cou...
Indicator 25/06/2021
We use Hospital Episode Statistics data to look at potentially preventable emergency admissions to hospital.
Indicator 25/06/2021
We explore how often ambulance handovers are delayed by over 30 minutes.
Indicator 25/06/2021
We analyse how NHS hospital bed occupancy has changed over time.
Indicator update 25/06/2021Jenny Davies
We’re monitoring trends in the quality of urgent and emergency care.