CIPFA’s Zachary Scott explains the importance of spending on preventing ill health, rather than waiting to treat acute illness, and outlines work the institute is carrying out with the Health...
A rising state pension age and lack of action to support the growing number of people experiencing long-term sickness could push more into poverty, the Health Foundation has warned.
Councils will need £8.3bn more funding to meet care demand in 2032-33, but this number would need to more than double if authorities are to improve care access and fund reforms, the Health Foundation...
Covid-19 has exposed problems in health and care systems, and we need to re-think how we view efficiency in the NHS, argues the Health Foundation’s Anita Charlesworth.
The Covid-19 pandemic strengthens the argument that human capital investment can help build a healthy and prosperous society, argues senior fellow at the Health Foundation Dave Finch.
Potentially avoidable ailments like chest infections, pressure sores and urinary tract infections accounted for 41% of hospital admissions in England in 2016-17.
The ambition of improved patient care set out in the NHS long-term plan will be jeopardised without a commitment to invest in the health workforce, capital infrastructure and social care, a charity...
Households in the UK would have to pay up to £2,000 a year extra to keep the NHS afloat as it copes with increased demand, a major report out today has warned.
Pressures in the NHS have become so severe that an extra five hospitals worth of beds were needed to fully meet demand last winter, according to the Nuffield Trust.
Three health charities have said that plugging a £1.9bn social care funding gap is a more urgent priority than boosting funding for the NHS in this month’s Autumn Statement.
The chair of the health select committee has accused the government of “giving the false impression that the NHS is awash with cash” through repeated claims that ministers have provided £10bn in...
The NHS set a record deficit in 2015-16, in a year of relative wealth for the health service. If the NHS is unable to achieve financial stability by the end of this year, those ahead look very bleak...
Waiting times in the NHS are continuing to deteriorate and are unlikely to improve amid financial pressures in the health service, an analysis by the Nuffield Trust and The Health Foundation has...
With NHS finances under pressure, there is a need for more data, transparency and consistency to fully understand the implications and role of independent providers in the provision of NHS-funded...
The NHS in England needs a ringfenced transformation fund, separate from the £8bn increase already planned by government, to support the essential transformation of services as part of the Five Year...
