Responding to COVID-19 How the Health Foundation is supporting the UK's health and care system to deal with current challenges and building the evidence needed to understand longer-term implications on the nation's health

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic represents an unprecedented challenge to health and care services, bringing intense pressure and radical change to systems, organisations and to all of us as individuals.
As a foundation with a mission to improve health and health care, we are supporting individuals and organisations across the health and social care system to deal with current challenges, but also building the evidence needed to understand longer term implications on the nation's health.
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Surviving COVID
Surviving COVID is a Channel 4 documentary, and series of short films, supported by the Health...
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COVID-19 impact inquiry
This UK-wide inquiry explored the relationship between the pandemic and people's health and health...
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COVID-19 policy tracker
A timeline of the national policy and health system responses to COVID-19 in England in 2020.
Long read
The continuing impact of COVID-19 on health and inequalities
About 17 mins to read
Just over a year after our COVID-19 impact inquiry published its findings, what more do we know...
COVID-19 and health inequalities
Research report
Unequal pandemic, fairer recovery
A comprehensive review of the factors that affected the UK’s devastating COVID-19 death toll.
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Will COVID-19 be a watershed moment for health inequalities?
About 15 mins to read
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and the wider governmental and societal response, have brought...
COVID-19 and social care
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Adult social care and COVID-19
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound impact on people receiving social care, their...
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Public perceptions of health and social care in light of COVID-19 (November 2020)
Results from an Ipsos MORI survey commissioned by the Health Foundation between 13 and 24 November...
COVID-19 and young people
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Generation COVID-19
About 13 mins to read
The pandemic has highlighted existing inequalities and new challenges for young people. Our analysis...
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Surviving COVID: The impact of the pandemic on young people
A short film exploring the impact on children and young people who are caring or grieving for...
COVID-19 and workforce
Blog
Staff shortages left the NHS vulnerable to the COVID-19 storm
We are seeing the consequences of years of workforce planning failures, says Anita Charlesworth.
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Surviving COVID: The impact of the pandemic on the mental health of NHS workers
This film illustrates the impact of the pandemic on the mental wellbeing of NHS workers and...
COVID-19 and technology
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Securing a positive health care technology legacy from COVID-19
About 21 mins to read
During the pandemic, the NHS has rolled out technologies at impressive speed. But what will need...
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Webinar: Tech and NHS recovery – what you should know
How can technological innovation help speed the recovery of the NHS and sustain high quality care in...
COVID-19 and elective care
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Elective care: how has COVID-19 affected the waiting list?
Latest analysis looks at the scale of the elective care backlog, and how pent-up demand is affecting...
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Almost £17bn needed to clear backlog and treat expected rise in patients needing NHS hospital care
New analysis from the Health Foundation’s REAL Centre sets out the scale of the challenge facing...
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