From insight into action: how can local government better use its data to address inequalities?
Ellen Coughlan shares initial findings from work looking into how local government can make better use of data to tackle health inequalities.
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Putting people at the heart of data-driven health systems to address inequalities
Mai Stafford and Josh Keith reflect on partnership work with the Ada Lovelace Institute to explore inequalities in the UK’s data-driven health systems, and what we can do to address them.
Can you tell we care?
The millions of unpaid carers in the UK need support to perform their roles and protect their health and wellbeing. This Networked Data Lab study looks at how local authority and GP records can be use...
How do the public and NHS staff feel about virtual wards?
This long read looks at our polling on what the public and NHS staff think of virtual wards, and what policymakers can do to increase support for their rollout.
Longer hospital stays and fewer admissions
In this analysis, we explore patterns in hospital admissions between 2019 and 2022, drivers of recent falls in admission numbers and implications for policy.
Realising the potential of community-based multidisciplinary teams
This briefing summarises evidence from IAU evaluations of three MDTs and wider evidence to inform current efforts to develop integrated care in England.
Four priorities to advance social care data analytics in the new year
Ellen Coughlan reflects on learnings from the Health Foundation’s Strengthening Social Care Analytics programme.
What have we learnt from involving and engaging with patients and the public in our health data science projects?
Anne Alarilla from our data analytics team sets out four important lessons from recent PPIE work focusing on ethnicity.
A short-term drive on international recruitment is no quick fix for social care
With 1 in 10 social care posts vacant, does international recruitment on a 'mass scale' hold the answer to the sector's workforce problems?
Improving children and young people’s mental health services
Drawing on local, linked data sources, this briefing presents analysis from the Networked Data Lab (NDL) about children and young people’s mental health. It explores trends in mental health presentati...
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