This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government examines how the abolition of NHS England creates both risks and opportunities. The abolition of NHS England comes with significant opportunities to make the health service’s centre work better within government and in leading the service. It also carries significant risks. The consistent lesson from...

This report from UK think tank Green Alliance explores how to transform the food system through legislation and mandatory reporting. The UK food system sits at the heart of major challenges facing the country: NHS pressures, climate change, food security and the cost of living crisis. It’s responsible for 12% of UK greenhouse gas emissions...

This report from UK think tank Re:State distills the key themes and recommendations from across all three reports. The past year, Re:State has been working on a landmark programme titled ‘Hospital of the Future’. This was predicated on the idea that the 'upstream' shift to prevention alone will not remediate the existential crisis hospitals are...

This report from UK think tank HEPI looks at how bold action is needed to fix the NHS clinical placement crisis. A fundamental rethink of how the NHS trains its future workforce is urgently needed, according to a new paper from the Higher Education Policy Institute, Rethinking Placement: Increasing Clinical Placement Efficacy for a Sustainable...

This report from UK think tank the Institute of Development Studies states that a systematic and implementable approach is required at national and cross-national levels. Ten years ago, the O’Neill Review on Antimicrobial Resistance called for a major effort to discover and develop new antimicrobials. It outlined a strategy for achieving this through a combination...

This report from UK think tank the Institute of Development Studies explores UK leadership in antimicrobial discovery and development. The threat of infectious diseases that resist treatment with available antimicrobials is growing. Nearly a decade after the O’Neill Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) called for systemic reform of antimicrobial research and development (R&D), the UK...

This report from UK think tank Carnegie UK measures collective wellbeing across the UK. At Carnegie UK, we are delighted to present the third edition of our Life in the UK index, a landmark research programme we have now committed to delivering until at least 2030. This year’s findings offer a nuanced picture of collective...

This report from UK think tank the Growth and Reform Network looks at how national policy can help realise the potential of devolution. Population health is currently a major policy concern in the UK. At an individual level, health is a fundamental precursor to economic participation, and poor health has consistently been recognised as a...

This report from UK think tank Re:State explores how to achieve productivity gains in the healthcare system. As clinical demand grows both in volume and complexity, health systems worldwide are searching for efficiency quick-wins. Automation is one such innovation. From pharmacy to pathology, its potential is transformative, yet often overlooked. Its benefits are multidimensional. For...

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society considers how a National Occupational Health Service could work with others in keeping people well at work. Since Labour was last in power, the number of working-age people reporting a disabling condition has increased by 4.3 million. And over 300,000 people leave work with health problems...