With the new 10 Year Plan for the NHS featuring a central role for neighbourhood health teams, we spoke to Thea Stein about what they are and what needs to happen for them to be successful.

The vision of community healthcare is right but marred by the belief it will save money

Yesterday I did three radio/TV interviews about leaked proposals from the 10YP. I was asked in all three for my view on the withholding of money from hospital payment when a patient says they are diss...

Women spend more years of their life living in poor health than men, including through their working years. This QualityWatch data story shows how the burden of disease affects working-age women and men differently. It considers the health conditions and societal issues behind some of these differen...

The Nuffield Trust has published a new analysis on the state of child dental health across different regions of England.

While the recent budget brought better news for hard-pressed public services, social care was not so lucky. With many organisations fearing that changes to the Employer National Insurance Contribution...

We look at the number of patients experiencing delayed discharges from acute hospitals, their reasons for delay and where bottlenecks are most apparent.

If the NHS was on Desert Island Discs, our bet is that songs about ‘change’ would feature heavily. You can hear it now, as Sam Cooke tells us it’s gonna come, Dylan tells us it’s happening while Bowie...

Debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.

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If the NHS was on Desert Island Discs, our bet is that songs about ‘change’ would feature heavily. You can hear it now, as Sam Cooke tells us it’s gonna come, Dylan tells us it’s happening while Bowie...

A pilot programme in Westminster suggested the scheme could cut hospital admissions by 10 per cent

With debates ahead of the general election hotting up, it’s perhaps unsurprising we’ve already heard that how the NHS is funded is one reason why it has problems, and that a move to a social insurance...

We are looking to recruit a new Fellow to work on projects relating to the funding and financing of health and social care services.

The partnership model in general practice in England has been in place since before the NHS was formed, but its future is uncertain. The number of GP partners has fallen significantly, and relatively ...

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About 64% of people had difficulties with health service last year relating to communication about care

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