This report from UK think tank the Nuffield Trust looks at how far have we come in improving support for unpaid carers in England. People who provide care unpaid for a family member or a friend due to illness, disability, or mental health provide a vital role bridging gaps in state-funded support. But despite the...

This report from UK think tank the King's Fund looks at the role of culture and leadership in joined-up care. Integrated care systems (ICSs) and provider collaboratives are ushering in a move towards more collaborative working across organisations in health, social care and the voluntary and community sector – and digital health technologies have an...

This report from UK think tank the King's Fund looks at how local authorities in England improve the quality of adult social care. In this discussion paper, we look at how local authorities in England improve the quality of adult social care. This discussion is timely because the government intends to increase funding for improvement...

This report from UK think tank the King's Fund looks at how the number of people who have died from Covid-19 is counted. Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is the name given to the disease associated with the virus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), which led to a global pandemic that began in 2020. This...

This report from UK think tank the Nuffield Trust uses hospital data to understand the key health care issues for women in prison. This new research, which was funded by the Health Foundation, underlines the challenges and risks women in prison face because of barriers to accessing health and care services.  All prisoners have a...

This report from UK think tank New Local looks at making prevention a reality in the NHS. As the NHS faces ever-rising demand, its founding principles of being free and universal are under threat. But there is a solution: a radical shift towards a healthcare system focused as much on preventing illness as treating it....

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at change programme that could reverse the decline of the NHS. The NHS is in serious decline, plagued by extensive and deep-seated issues and facing immense pressures from the pandemic and Brexit. In this briefing, Lord Warner sets out a change programme that could...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice looks at how to harness the Health Service to end domestic abuse. Domestic abuse affects more than 2 million women men and their children. It is both a public health crisis – affecting mental and physical health – and a crime. The sad reality...

This report from UK think tank Demos maps out the barriers to smoking cessation and the uptake of nicotine alternatives. In 2019 the government announced its ambition to make England smoke-free by 2030. Nicotine alternatives, such as e-cigarettes, have an important role to play in aiding smoking cessation. With that in focus, Demos has released...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at how a decade of cuts and rising demand for social care affected local services. England’s most deprived areas were hit by the largest local authority spending cuts during a decade of austerity. In a week in which elections are being held in 144...

This report from UK think tank Civitas provides a comparison of global health systems and how the UK fares. A major new comparison of global health systems places the UK second to bottom across a series of major health care outcomes, including life expectancy and survival rates from cancer, strokes and heart attacks. This comparative...

This report from UK think tank IPPR introduces their new Commission on Health and Prosperity. Covid-19 has been the most significant health shock in modern history. So far, the pandemic has cost 180,000 lives across the UK, and millions continue to experience ongoing disruption to their lives. In 2020, Covid-19 also caused the largest fall...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at how safer smoking alternatives can level up health and tackle the cost of living crisis. This paper argues that the Government can reduce health inequality and boost incomes by accelerating the adoption of safer smoking alternatives. By accelerating the adoption of safer smoking...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at introducing a statutory levy on the gambling industry to be overseen by a new board. This paper makes the case for introducing a statutory levy on the gambling industry, to be overseen by a new independent board led by the Department of Health...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at lessons for public bodies from the pandemic response in health. Leadership in a crisis like the pandemic must come from bodies across the public sector, not just from the centre of government. This requires ministers doing more to understand how arm’s-length bodies (ALBs)...