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Health inequalities in 2040
This report explores how patterns of diagnosed ill health vary by socioeconomic deprivation in England and projects these patterns to 2040.
Reports Our publications present knowledge and ideas gained from our research, improvement programmes and other areas of work
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Health and social care funding projections 2021
The REAL Centre sets out projections of the funding the NHS and social care system in England may need, along with workforce requirements, over the next 10 years.
REAL Centre
Directors of public health and the COVID-19 pandemic
Supported by the Health Foundation, the King’s Fund undertook a project to explore the local response to and recovery from COVID-19.
The NHS Long Term Plan and COVID-19
Our assessment of progress against the main pledges in the NHS Long Term Plan and the impact of COVID-19 on their delivery so far.
Health and social care funding to 2024/25
New analysis from the Health Foundation’s REAL Centre sets out the scale of the challenge facing government if it wants to clear the backlog in NHS care over the course of this parliament and return h...
REAL Centre
The future of the NHS hospital payment system in England
The whole health service needs to recover well from COVID-19 and transform to meet the challenges of the post-pandemic environment. This briefing, produced with Frontier Economics, considers these cha...
REAL Centre
The government’s levelling up agenda
What does ‘levelling up’ mean, and why should health be centre stage in plans to do so?
Unequal pandemic, fairer recovery
A comprehensive review of the factors that affected the UK’s devastating COVID-19 death toll.
Switched on
Analysis exploring the opportunities for automation and AI in health care and the challenges of deploying them in practice.
The most expensive breakfast in history
20 years on from the Wanless report, we look back on its origins, methodology, and impact, and highlight the learnings that can be applied to the pandemic recovery.
Adult social care and COVID-19 after the first wave: assessing the policy response in England
Our analysis of the national government policy response for social care after the first wave of the pandemic.
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