Last year the Chancellor announced £22.6bn in extra NHS funding as a ‘down payment’ on the much-anticipated 10-Year Health Plan. This briefing, which sets out the state of health care funding in ...

“Comparing changes to pay at the same point in time, using different measures of inflation, also results in very different ...

Tooth extractions, largely driven by tooth decay, were the biggest reason why children aged between five and nine in England ...

Since its introduction in 2019, the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme has led to significant changes in the skill mix of the general practice workforce, with a rapid increase in roles such as ...

This new research, which was funded by the Health Foundation, underlines the challenges and risks women in prison face because of barriers to accessing health and care services. All prisoners have a ...

The NHS in England is facing a new normal of sickness absence in hospitals and community services having seen a 29% jump in the most recent calendar year compared with the year before the pandemic (an ...

Defining the problem Social care services in England face longstanding pressures.With consistent underfunding, access to publicly funded care for older adults 1 is now limited to those with the lowest ...

There is growing public recognition that care workers have long faced a formidable number of challenges. These include low pay, poor terms and conditions, hugely variable access to training, and ...

Following on from our 2022 report looking at the health landscape six years on from Brexit, this report aims to look deeper at key trends we identified in the supply of products needed for health, the ...

The seismic changes to the relationship with our nearest neighbours and the impact of Brexit have only added fuel to the fire of severe challenges facing health and social care in the UK today, making ...