Following recent press speculation that the UK may soon agree to pay more for drugs used within the NHS as part of a trade ...

As the ongoing Covid Inquiry turns its focus to the social care sector, and with social care in desperate need of ...

As the Hallett Inquiry turns its focus to social care this week, this blog draws on a set of interational case beinng ...

Women spend more years of their life living in poor health than men, including through their working years. This QualityWatch ...

“People living in poorer areas get sicker younger, but general practice is under-funded and there are fewer GPs in deprived ...

Poor oral health, in the form of tooth decay, can at best be unpleasant and at worst all-consuming. For children, its consequences include having difficulties with sleeping and eating, school absences ...

The Health and International Relations Monitor project, supported by the Health Foundation, explores how the dramatic changes to the UK’s international relations following Brexit have affected health ...

Changes to Employer National Insurance Contributions announced last month look set to cost the adult social care sector over £900m next year, more than wiping out the extra funds allocated to social ...

While the recent budget brought better news for hard-pressed public services, social care was not so lucky. With many organisations fearing that changes to the Employer National Insurance ...

The drumbeat of pre-budget speculation is a familiar rhythm for the NHS. It is not unusual for the Treasury to want to leak out rumours of an NHS settlement early: at well over a third of total ...

Backlogs in NHS care and long waiting times in England are widespread, and politicians, policymakers and the public are well aware of this. But headline numbers obscure important distinctions, and ...

There are continued hopes that artificial intelligence (AI) will help solve some of the NHS’s problems. In this guest blog, Dr Jessica Morley from Yale University says it is important that the ...