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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...
How to talk about the building blocks of health
A communications toolkit showing people how to tell a more powerful story about health.
NHS workforce projections 2022
The REAL Centre sets out its projections of future NHS workforce supply and demand in England, up to 2030/31.
A matter of life and death
An evidence-based framing strategy for shifting understanding and building greater support for action to address the wider determinants of health.
Access to and delivery of general practice services
This briefing from the Improvement Analytics Unit examined data from 146 GP practices in England using the askmyGP online consultation system.
Does the cap fit?
A joint IFS and Health Foundation briefing that analyses the government’s proposed amendment to the English social care charging system.
Public perceptions of health and social care (November–December 2021)
Findings from the first wave of our new programme of polling looking at public perceptions of health and social care.
Our ageing population
This report explores the complex relationship between age, health and social care need, and how this is changing. Understanding this dynamic is crucial as likely trends in demand will influence future...
Nurses’ pay over the long term: what next?
We examine long-term trends in UK nurses' pay and ask whether the system for deciding nurses’ pay remains fit for purpose.
A radical new vision for social care
Acclaimed author and social innovator Hilary Cottam asks what might it take to turn our current thinking about care on its head, reimagining care not merely as a cost but as an investment in our socia...
Public perceptions of climate change and health (September 2021)
This report presents the findings of a survey with the UK public commissioned by the Health Foundation and conducted by Ipsos MORI between 22 and 28 July 2021. The results show that there is a high le...
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