Elaine Kelly Head of Economics Research
Elaine Kelly joined the Health Foundation in October 2018 as Head of Economics Research.
Elaine worked for the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) for seven years, after completing her PhD. She worked on a range of academic and policy-focused projects across health and health care, including Securing the Future, co-authored with the Health Foundation.
Elaine retains a part-time role at the IFS as Senior Research Economist and Deputy Director of the NIHR Social Care Workforce Policy Research Unit.
She has a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, and an MSc and PhD in Economics from University College London. She was also a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard University.
Related publications
Research report
Securing the future: funding health and social care to the 2030s
This research looks at how much health spending would need to rise to provide the level of service...
Latest articles
Analysis
Projections: General practice workforce in England
We summarise key findings of our analysis on workforce supply and demand in general practice in...
Data analysis
Where next for NHS nurses' pay?
This analysis looks at the impact of high inflation and other factors affecting nurse pay, and...
Working paper
How many NHS workers will we need over the coming decade?
The latest REAL Centre working paper examines how many full-time equivalent staff the NHS in England...
Report
Our ageing population
This report explores the complex relationship between age, health and social care need, and how this...
Blog
Getting REAL on future health and social care funding
What’s next, and what’s needed, for health and social care funding? Elaine Kelly rounds up recent...
Chart
Use of primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: May 2021 update
There have been dramatic shifts in primary care activities and outcomes in response to the COVID-19...
Analysis
The bigger picture
In the REAL Centre's first report, we look back at the care and treatment provided by the NHS in...
Chart
Use of primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic
There have been dramatic shifts in primary care activities and outcomes in response to the COVID-19...
Chart
How is COVID-19 changing the use of emergency care by region?
Changes in the overall number of ambulance incidents have been small but there are large changes in...
Chart
How is COVID-19 changing the use of emergency care?
Elaine Kelly and Zoe Firth look at how activity in the emergency care sector has changed since the...
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