With shrinking budgets but increasing demand, neighbourhood health needs to find radical ways to meet local needs. Adam Lent ...

UK life expectancy is among the lowest relative to comparable countries. Veena Raleigh asks whether the 10 Year Health Plan’s ...

In the near future, the government will once again release league tables of hospital trusts. How helpful will they be when ...

Following the pandemic, the NHS waiting list – although large – is still not as high as once anticipated. While good news, ...

tackle the biggest risk factors affecting people’s health. This briefing focuses on how to improve access to out-of-hospital care, including GPs, social care, community services and community mental ...

The 2022 Health and Care Act introduced new legislative measures that aim to make it easier for health and care organisations to deliver joined-up care for people who rely on multiple different ...

The activities of an organisation as large as the NHS inevitably have consequences for the environment. Carbon dioxide emissions attributable to the NHS in England alone are greater than the total ...

The Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE) programme has encouraged and enabled nurse-led teams to work in partnership with patients to improve the environment in which they deliver care. The EHE ...

Community pharmacy is a critical part of primary care in England, but its role and relationship to the wider NHS is often poorly understood. This explainer looks at the community pharmacy sector in ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has put the UK health and care workforce under unprecedented pressure. The workforce had been struggling to cope even before the pandemic took hold. Staff stress, absenteeism, ...

This explainer looks at provider collaboratives in England, the opportunities they provide and the unresolved questions to consider when thinking about their role in the changing health and care ...