What impact will 'Fit for the Future: The 10 Year Health Plan for England' have for people, patients, staff and the health and care system? We analyse the key areas of the government's plan.

People who sleep rough have some of the worst health outcomes in England. We explore how four local areas are delivering effective health and care services to people sleeping rough and what other ...

The 2022 British Social Attitudes survey found that overall satisfaction with the NHS fell to 29 per cent – a 7 percentage point decrease from 2021.

This question changed in 2021. In previous years the question specified social care provided by local authorities. In 2021 the reference to local authorities was removed and instead the question asked ...

Why we did this research During the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a huge augmentation and expansion of community champions programmes in England, enabled by the availability of national funding. This ...

Our new report assesses the coalition government's record on the NHS. It comes in two parts, with this first part focusing on the reforms set out in the Health and Social Care Act.

This report considers the potential of place-based partnerships to improve population health and support truly integrated care, and highlights principles to guide their development and the support ...

The policy context Throughout the history of the NHS, a series of policies have sought to strengthen and co-ordinate services outside hospitals. The levers used to do this have often been structural ...

The health needs of the population are changing, and many people need more co-ordinated care across primary, community, social and hospital services. More co-ordinated care requires organisations and ...

Despite having a diverse workforce, ethnic minority staff in the NHS continue to experience worse levels of bullying and a lack of opportunities for career progression. This report looks at how three ...

We need to move away from a system just focused on diagnosing and treating illness towards one that is based on promoting wellbeing and preventing ill health. Our report sets out a new vision for ...

This report explores public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2024. Just 1 in 5 people in 2024 said they were satisfied with the NHS. This is the lowest level of satisfaction recorded since ...