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Investing in The NHS long term plan
A briefing analysing the challenges for health and social care following the publication of the NHS long term plan, including the implications for activity levels and workforce in the NHS in England.
NHS funding Funding increases of around 4% a year above inflation are needed to ensure the quality of care and meet rising pressures, which is significantly higher than current plans
The NHS needs adequate funding to meet rising demand and costs but funding has increased at historically low levels in the past decade.
We conduct research and analysis of NHS finances and funding to inform policymaking and ensure the debate is evidence-based and focused on the future.
700,000 more workers are projected to be living with major illness by 2040
Our REAL Centre release their report on how the levels of illness across different areas of deprivation in England are projected to change by 2040
New analysis shows NHS budget squeezed by inflation and population growth
Health Foundation new analysis looks at health care funding in England
Net zero NHS: what does the public think?
This blog looks at what the public thinks about the ambition for the NHS to reach net zero.
Health care funding
This analysis from the REAL Centre explores the latest health care funding figures for England, including how much funding has been committed, how it compares to historical levels and how it stacks up...
REAL Centre
Adult social care funding pressures
Our estimates of the cost of meeting the growing demand for adult social care in England and making some targeted improvements.
REAL Centre
Health care students could be 1 in 6 of those starting higher education by 2031/32 under NHS workforce plan
Extra 50,000 training places needed to meet NHS ambitions over next decade.
How can we make it easier to think long term about health and care?
Toby Watt reflects on publication of the REAL Centre's landmark report on ageing and multimorbidity, and explains why resources like it should form part of long-term planning to reform, modernise and ...
REAL Centre
2.5 million more people in England projected to be living with major illness by 2040
Our REAL Centre release their report on how the levels of illness in England are projected to change by 2040
A once-in-a-generation opportunity to tackle the NHS’s workforce crisis
Anita Charlesworth describes the REAL Centre’s work to independently assess the projections modelling in the new NHS Long Term Workforce Plan.
REAL Centre
What does all the recent turmoil mean for the current status and future prospects of the health service?
Anita Charlesworth reflects on the challenges still facing the health service and rounds up the REAL Centre's recent work.
REAL Centre
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