Martina Kane Policy and engagement manager

Martina joined the Health Foundation in May 2017 as Policy and Engagement Manager.
Martina spent 10 years working in policy roles for patient organisations, most recently at Alzheimer’s Society and before that at Rethink Mental Illness.
Martina is a trained psychodynamic counsellor and did her MA dissertation on counsellor’s perspectives on talking therapies policy.
Publications
- Dementia 2015: Aiming Higher to Transform Lives - A policy report for the Alzheimer’s Society providing a summary of the key issues affecting people with dementia in England in 2015, using the Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia as a reference point for progress.
- Dementia 2013: The Hidden Voice of Loneliness - A policy report for the Alzheimer’s Society including a specialist section on people with dementia living alone
- My Life Until the End: Dying well with dementia
Latest articles
Blog
Context matters: what’s needed for young people’s mental health?
Martina Kane reflects on varied Health Foundation work to better understand and support young...
Long read
Building public understanding of health and health inequalities
Exploring public attitudes towards health and health inequalities, and how public health...
Research report
Unequal pandemic, fairer recovery
A comprehensive review of the factors that affected the UK’s devastating COVID-19 death toll.
Blog
How are generation COVID-19 experiencing the pandemic?
The COVID-19 impact inquiry team round up emerging evidence of how the pandemic has affected young...
Newsletter blog
Weathering the storm? The pandemic’s impact on young people’s wellbeing
Martina Kane looks how the pandemic has affected young people’s mental health, and what society can...
Long read
Generation COVID-19
The pandemic has highlighted existing inequalities and new challenges for young people. Our analysis...
Newsletter blog
A terrible time for teens? – worrying messages from Michael Marmot for today’s young people
Martina Kane writes about the teenage boys who live down the road from her, and wonders, will they...
Report
A healthy foundation for the future
The final report from the Young people's future health inquiry, bringing together all of the...
Learning report
A place to grow
The second report from the Young people’s future health inquiry, exploring site visits with young...
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