Taxing times for health?
A recent Health Foundation report argued that planned NHS funding increases will be insufficient to keep up with demand pressures and rising costs. So what are the options for addressing this gap? Acr...
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After the election, what's the prognosis for the NHS and public health in Scotland?
Mark Hellowell and Katherine Smith from the Global Public Health Unit, University of Edinburgh, analyse the post-election landscape in Scotland.
The Heart of Devolution
Following on from the publication of Catalyst or distraction?, last week the Health Foundation hosted its first ever pecha kucha event to explore the opportunities presented by devolution of English h...
A failed firebreak
The firebreak is not enough and the plan is unravelling at frightening speed. All parts of the NHS must work together if the cataclysmic financial storm is to be survived...
Don’t just do something (and other top tips from the UK Evaluation Society conference)
I recently attended the UK Evaluation Society conference, where the theme was building a culture of evaluation. I’ve been going to this conference for a few years but this year the energy in the room ...
How does this year’s NHS budget compare historically?
New analysis from The King’s Fund and the Health Foundation looks at how this year’s NHS funding increase compares with previous years. Adam Roberts and John Appleby find that this year’s increase is ...
Shaping improvement labs to help tackle wicked problems in the health service
There is a sense of excitement and anticipation amongst the Q project team (perhaps mixed with a few drops of frantic final-touch organising!) as we prepare for the two Q community events on 4 and 13 ...
A message of hope for the NHS
There are a lot of problems in the NHS right now. And there are a lot of articles and blogs listing them one by one in all their glory. I’ve even written some of them. But this isn’t one of those blog...
Reforms, review, consensus: What’s in store for health care in Northern Ireland?
Next week, on 5 May, Northern Ireland will elect their new Assembly to oversee its devolved functions. If you aren’t as up-to-date as you might like to be on how the system works in Northern Ireland, ...
Readiness to change in NHS organisations
The context facing organisations in the English NHS is hugely challenging – this much is obvious. The state of NHS finances is parlous, care delivery targets are increasingly missed, and there is reco...
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