Publications and resources on health and social care sustainability
We conduct research and analysis to inform policymaking and ensure the debate is evidence-based, and focused on the future.
Our work in this area looks at topics such as NHS funding and sustainability, social care, workforce, and efficiency and productivity, and is available in a number of formats.
Publications
Our publications can be read online or downloaded and some are also available as printed copies, which can be ordered free of charge.
Briefing
Investing in The NHS long term plan
A briefing analysing the challenges for health and social care following the publication of the NHS...
Research report
Closing the gap
Staffing is the make-or-break issue for the NHS in England. This report sets out a series of policy...
Briefing
Failing to capitalise
A report outlining how short-term thinking has resulted in years of inadequate capital spending for...
Research report
A critical moment
Our third annual report analysing the staff profile and trends in the NHS workforce in England in...
Research report
A fork in the road: Next steps for social care funding reform
Our new report looks into the costs of social care funding options, public attitudes to them, and...
Research report
Securing the future: funding health and social care to the 2030s
This research looks at how much health spending would need to rise to provide the level of service...
Charts and infographics
Our charts and infographics illustrate some of the key trends and issues in health and social care sustainability.
Chart
Large drop in the number of new nurses coming from the EU to work in the UK
July 2018 chart of the month. The number of EU nurse registrants has dropped by 87% from 6,400...
Chart
Views on NHS and social care workforce after Brexit
May 2017 chart of the month. 87% of those asked thought that when Britain leaves the EU, staff from...
Journal articles
The research we fund or carry out is frequently published in academic journals.
Journal article
Shifting from under supply to over supply: does NHS workforce planning need a paradigm shift?
The National Health Service in England is currently halfway through the most austere decade in its...
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