More than 6 million people are waiting for elective care in England
Our new analysis explores the role of the independent sector in clearing the elective care backlog
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Health Foundation response to the Pay Review Body (PRB) announcement on pay for NHS staff.
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A communications toolkit showing people working in public health how to tell a more powerful story about health
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Evidence hub: What drives health inequalities?
Data and insight highlighting how the circumstances in which we live shape our opportunities for...
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A tale of two hospitals: the pandemic and its aftermath in Berlin and London – with Professor Heyo Kroemer and Professor Tim Orchard
Episode 22. Professor Heyo Kroemer of the Charité in Berlin and Professor Tim Orchard of Imperial...
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NHS workforce projections 2022
The REAL Centre sets out its projections of future NHS workforce supply and demand in England, up to...
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How to talk about the building blocks of health
A communications toolkit showing people how to tell a more powerful story about health.
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Boris Johnson didn’t ‘fix social care’ - the next PM must
Response from the Health Foundation on the Levelling-Up, Housing and Communities Committee report...
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Health Foundation appoints new Director of Communications
Patrick South has been appointed as Director of Communications at the Health Foundation.
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Waiting for NHS hospital care: the role of the independent sector
New analysis explores the role of independent sector health care providers in delivering NHS-funded...
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A tale of two hospitals: the pandemic and its aftermath in Berlin and London – with Professor Heyo Kroemer and Professor Tim Orchard
Episode 22. Professor Heyo Kroemer of the Charité in Berlin and Professor Tim Orchard of Imperial...
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We can't wait for government to act on health inequalities
Political instability has yet again got in the way of public health policy. What is certain is the...
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Party conference schedule 2022
The Health Foundation will be holding multiple fringe events and partnering with other organisations...
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What can the COVID-19 response tell us about public health interventions and inequalities? Three reflections from Newham
Jason Strelitz, DPH for Newham, shares some important lessons from the experience of managing public...
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Government’s nursing target could still leave NHS short of nearly 40,000 nurses by next election
Analysis from the Health Foundation's REAL Centre highlights scale of long-term workforce challenges...
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Eighteen European health leaders selected for Sciana Network’s fifth cohort
Sciana: The Health Leaders Network have selected 18 new members to join its fifth cohort.
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Unfunded NHS staff pay increase could leave big hole in severely stretched NHS budget
Health Foundation response to the Pay Review Body (PRB) announcement on pay for NHS staff.
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What do the public think about taking action to improve health inequalities in Scotland?
Introducing the Health Foundation’s work with partners to conduct an independent review of health...
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The capacity challenge: workforce, funding and beds
Anita Charlesworth rounds up the REAL Centre’s recent work looking at the capacity challenges in the...
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Webinar: How to talk about the building blocks of health – a new toolkit for public health communicators
In this webinar, we will delve into our new communicators’ toolkit, developed with FrameWorks UK,...
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Webinar: What does the future look like for the general practice workforce?
In this webinar, we explored the REAL Centre’s upcoming report on updated NHS workforce supply...
