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Responding to COVID-19
How the Health Foundation is supporting the UK's health and care system to deal with current...
At the start of the pandemic, NHS earnings had fallen in real terms by over £600 per employee over the last decade
Health Foundation response to the government's evidence to the NHS review body of a proposed 1% pay rise for NHS staff.
New research shows the health care use of individuals with multiple conditions also depends on health of those they live with
Health Foundation research shows that the health and health care needs of people living in the same household are interconnected.
A budget for rescue but not recovery
Universal credit uplift and furlough extension welcome but public services underpinning recovery left perilously underfunded
Five projects selected to be part of new programme to help the social care sector respond to COVID-19 and its aftermath
Five projects have been selected to take part in a new programme, Strengthening Social Care Analytics, which aims to demonstrate how data analytics can be used to improve social care, in particular in...
This Budget must protect those most at risk from the pandemic and its financial consequences
Comment from the Health Foundation ahead of next week's Budget.
Research highlights need for a transport system that better supports the nation’s health
Our new analysis finds an increase in walking and cycling could prevent up to around 6,100 deaths a year in England.
Workforce strategy urgently needed
Our response to Health and Social Care Select Committee published evidence showing that an additional 1 million staff will be needed across health and social care in England by 2033/34 to keep up with...
Young people must be given the support that they need to avoid second health crisis later in life
Health Foundation response to additional government funding for summer schools.
Nursing shortages require urgent action
Health Foundation response to the publication of the Institute for Fiscal Studies report, Cost of Living and the Impact on Nursing Labour in NHS Acute Trusts.
Build back better should start right now, and target risk
Health Foundation response to the Prime Minister's announcement on the 'road map' out of lockdown.
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