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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Our latest survey completed with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social tracking the UK public’s views on the NHS and social care shows nearly half of the public (48%) delayed or avoided contacting their GP practice about a health concern in the previous 12 months. Read more findings 👇 bit.ly/4tTv1ru

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Hugh Alderwick @hughalderwick.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Big qual study on access to general practice Changes linked to 10 year plan offered some benefits, but also unintended effects—including undermining continuity and human connection, fragmentation of care, and widening inequities Careful design, implementation, and evaluation of new services needed

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The #NHSProductivityCommission has published its first major report, setting out the scale of the productivity challenge within the NHS and highlighting key drivers for and barriers to improving productivity. Read more ⬇️ bit.ly/3WBvBef

The Health Foundation NHS Productivity Commission
From diagnosis to delivery
A framework for accelerating NHS productivity growth
November 2025

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Polling from @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social shows how progress on NHS could be pivotal in shaping future political fortunes. Kate Duxbury and @pstilwell.bsky.social set out core concerns among voters, drawing on polling and themes we heard at our party conference panel events⬇️ bit.ly/47qtpfz

Line chart of responses to the question, 'Which of the following political parties, if any, do you think would do the best job in improving the NHS? (% of people who voted, March to September 2025) showing historic trust in Labour's potential to improve the NHS has started to wane.

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Jennifer Dixon @jenniferthf.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

🧵 In our latest podcast, Sajid Javid – former health & care secretary – spoke about the NHS funding model. Sajid thinks the NHS is at a crossroads and that the funding model needs to change, likely shifting to a social insurance system, to manage rising demand. www.health.org.uk/features-and...

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Charles Tallack @charlestallack.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

At the end of July, the government said that it had delivered 4.6 million extra appointments since it came to power, more than double its manifesto pledge of 2 million. www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Millions more appointments as more than 2,000 extra GPs recruited

Boost is part of Plan for Change to rebuild the NHS by shifting healthcare from hospitals into the community and ending the 8am scramble.

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Hugh Alderwick @hughalderwick.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Policy exchange, backed by Sajid Javid, think we need to switch the NHS funding model to social insurance, and introduce new charges for NHS services, like to see a GP policyexchange.org.uk/publication/... These are not new ideas, but they are bad ideas A thread with some evidence

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The NHS – a Suitable Case for Treatment? - Policy Exchange

Download Publication Online Reader ‘The NHS – a Suitable Case for Treatment?’ makes the case that the NHS is not fit for purpose and is in urgent need of reform.The report finds that NHS performance r...

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

NEW: Report analysing levels of poverty among the UK residential care workforce and the impact of raising the wage floor in social care. See headline findings below and read the full analysis ⬇️ bit.ly/4lSiik2

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Our Chief Executive @jenniferthf.bsky.social and Director of Policy @hughalderwick.bsky.social reflect on the government's 10-Year Health Plan published today, including what it covers and what will be needed make it a reality. Read more in our full response ⬇️ www.health.org.uk/press-office...

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Pete Stilwell @pstilwell.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Insightful thread from @charlestallack.bsky.social on the trajectory of the waiting list. In short, government is set to be on track to achieve its 18 week target by the end of the parliament. BUT lots of caveats remain including how referral rates change in the coming years. 👇

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Pete Stilwell @pstilwell.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

It’s a critical time to be shaping the future of health policy. This job puts you right at the heart of the Health Foundation’s influencing work. Get involved.

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Pete Stilwell @pstilwell.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Excited to be advertising for a new Head of External Affairs at the Health Foundation. Top job, top team. Please share with your networks.

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Charles Tallack @charlestallack.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

On 16 March, DHSC announced “crack teams” of top clinicians working in 20 trusts had reduced the waiting list by 130% more than in trusts elsewhere. As a result, the scheme (called FF20 – Further Faster 20), is being rolled out across the country. The claim examined🧵 www.gov.uk/government/n...

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Crack teams get patients off waiting lists at twice the speed

Sending top doctors into areas of highest economic inactivity is busting through the backlog.

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The government is right to say that the challenges facing the health service require a long-term plan. But there is little clarity over how its 10-year strategy will work in practice writes the @healthfoundation.bsky.social's Phoebe Dunn

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There are major questions facing the NHS 10 year plan

The government is right to say that the challenges facing the health service require a long-term plan. But there is little clarity over how it will...

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Pete Stilwell @pstilwell.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Worth a read of @hughalderwick.bsky.social's thoughts on the NHSE abolition...and the risks.

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Pete Stilwell @pstilwell.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

@healthfoundation.bsky.social HF CEO Jennifer Dixon and Minister Stephen Timms set out the scale of the working age health challenge at the launch of new report from our commission on #healthierworkinglives

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

NEW: Latest survey with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social of the UK public’s views on the NHS and social care, and first under the new Labour government, shows making it easier to get appointments at GP practices has risen to the top of the public’s priorities for the NHS. Full findings 👇 buff.ly/43auwOQ

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Things can only get better?

What does the public make of the new government’s early agenda for the NHS and social care? Have perceptions and expectations of NHS and care services changed? This analysis presents findings from the...

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

We’re proud to launch the NHS Productivity Commission. Drawing on lessons from the NHS, the wider economy, and international health systems, the Commission will focus on developing solutions to boost NHS productivity over the next decade. Learn more ⬇️ buff.ly/3CrLmhm

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NHS Productivity Commission

The NHS Productivity Commission aims to provide evidence and solutions to boost NHS productivity over the next decade.

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Pete Stilwell @pstilwell.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Treasury must focus on prevention in UK public spending, says report from us @healthfoundation.bsky.social and Demos

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Dave West @ HSJ @davewwest.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

BREAKING - @wesstreeting says he's made "very difficult choices" after a "thorough review of the NHS budget" for 2025-26 in order to put 7.2% cash growth in GP contract, roughly 4.8% real terms story soon from @caitlintilley

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Tim Gardner @timgardnerthf.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Quick roundup of #NHS winter weekly situation report data from w/e 15 December. Hospital capacity still under pressure, with adult G&A bed occupancy averaging 95.2% - slightly below the same week in 2023/24 and 2022/23.

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Statistics » Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Reports 2024-25

2024-25 reporting Weekly updates will commence on Thursday 5 December 2024, covering the week ending 1 December 2024, and will continue every Thursday at 09:30 throughout winter. The final publication...

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Pete Stilwell @pstilwell.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Hello. Let's hope things stay nice and wholesome on here for a little while. In the meantime, here is our latest @healthfoundation.bsky.social piece on social care. If a Commission is on the horizon let's learn from the past www.health.org.uk/publications...

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Social care commissions: looking back to move forward

Adult social care in England desperately needs reform and investment. We look back at the approaches and proposals of previous similar reviews.

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