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

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

The 10 Year Health Plan has a lot riding on it. The government has been saying for the past year that the NHS is broken, backed by an investigation in 2024 by Lord Darzi that comprehensively ...

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

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 ...

The country desperately needs a prevention revolution, and this government should make good on its promise to deliver one, ...

This explainer was updated on 3 September 2025. It was previously updated on 17 June 2022 and originally published in February 2020. Health inequalities are avoidable, unfair and systematic ...

David works in the policy team. Before joining the Fund, David worked at the Department of Health as deputy director for health inequalities. He managed the Labour government's PSA target on health ...

Robert Francis’s report into the failings at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust was published in February 2013. Since then, issues of patient safety, quality of care, and leadership have been in ...

Technology plays an increasingly important role in our health and care system. This shift towards technology can, and should, be positive; technology can drive change, facilitating better outcomes and ...

Essential facts and figures to understand the NHS, health and social care in England.

How is the NHS funded? The vast majority of public NHS funding comes from general taxation and National Insurance contributions. A small proportion of funding (1% of the total Department of Health and ...