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Use of primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: May 2021 update
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on primary care. Our updated analysis explores activity up to the end of January 2021, using patient-level data to match activity to patients by age, region, ethnicity and pre-existing conditions.
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The Health Foundation’s REAL Centre (Research and Economic Analysis for the Long term) provides independent analysis and research to support better long-term decision making in health and social care.
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Why our perceptions of the NHS matter
Claudia Barclay and Charles Tallack explore why countering misperceptions about the NHS is vital to...
Data analysis
One year on: Three myths about COVID-19 that the data proved wrong
Three charts measuring 'years of life lost' that disprove three ‘myths’ that were prevalent at the...
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What might COVID-19 mean for England’s nurse supply?
What are the long-term challenges for nurse retention and recruitment following the pandemic? Nihar...
Working paper
Nurse supply model: exploring the impact of COVID-19
This working paper explores the potential impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on the...
Blog
Sunak was silent on social care when action is needed now
The Budget continued a pattern of minimal short-term social care funding and nothing about longer...
Blog
The Chancellor’s squeeze on public spending signals a long and deep period of austerity
While the Chancellor is spending big on the rescue phase of COVID-19, the Budget was silent on how...
Press release
At the start of the pandemic, NHS earnings had fallen in real terms by over £600 per employee over the last decade
Health Foundation response to the government's evidence to the NHS review body of a proposed 1% pay...
Chart
What next for the UK’s COVID-19 vaccination programme?
The UK’s COVID-19 vaccination programme has made an impressive start, with around 30% of the...
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