Efficiency – also described as allocative efficiency – means the best possible use of available funding in order to resource. Improved productivity is improving the quantity or quality of health outcomes with the same amount and type of resource (staff, hospitals and medical technology).
Despite the challenges it is facing, NHS productivity has increased at a higher rate than that of the wider UK economy. But, in the face of high projected spending growth and restricted funding, further increases in productivity are still required for a sustainable health and social care system.
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This research looks at how much health spending would need to rise to provide the level of service it does today and how much it would need to modernise and improve for the future.
Health Foundation new analysis looks at health care funding in England
REAL Centre economist Stephen Rocks analyses what last month’s Autumn Statement means for the NHS’s activity and efficiency targets – and considers what is realistic.
Icaro Rebolledo showcases the REAL Centre’s recent work, bringing into focus the need for greater resilience across the health and social care system.
In his REAL Challenge lecture, Andrew Haldane, Chief Executive of the RSA, argues health has rarely mattered more to the UK's growth and resilience.
Our new analysis of the Autumn Statement 2022 finds health spending over next two years will grow less than during austerity era.
Icaro Rebolledo and Anita Charlesworth use five charts to compare UK health care spending with EU countries before the pandemic.
The Health Foundation publishes its analysis comparing UK health spending across Europe.
In the REAL Centre's latest analysis, we review past trends and set out our projections for the number of general and acute hospital beds required in England between 2018 and 2030.
With England having fewer beds per person than comparable countries, new analysis raises big questions for incoming government over where investment should go to alleviate pressures in hospitals.
Analysis from the Health Foundation’s REAL Centre warns that without urgent, significant policy action, the NHS in England is facing a crippling shortage of GPs and general practice nurses over the co...
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