If you look through the detailed Autumn Budget 2026 documents and add them all up, there is a surprisingly large number of small announcements for the health and care system. Step back from the detail ...

With wider national priorities and economic storms facing the country, it's understandable that little was said on the NHS ...

Join your peers at our virtual and physical conferences, free online events and guest lecture series, which explore key topics from across health and social care. You can also catch up with our past ...

Young people are less satisfied with the NHS, but does that mean they are losing faith in it? We explore how attitudes to the NHS differ across generations.

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In response to our launch blog, we received 96 direct expressions of interest from a broad mix of NHS organisations, voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations, social care, industry, ...

Our experts dissect the NHS planning guidance for 2026/7 to 2028/29.

Designing inclusive digital tools by engaging people and communities Taking practical action to address the fundamental barriers to digital inclusion is essential but needs to be combined with ...

This report explores public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2024. Just 1 in 5 people in 2024 said they were satisfied with the NHS. This is the lowest level of satisfaction recorded since ...

What impact will 'Fit for the Future: The 10 Year Health Plan for England' have for people, patients, staff and the health and care system? We analyse the key areas of the government's plan.

The workforce crisis engulfing the health and care system is well documented. In the NHS, increases in staff numbers are not keeping pace with demand for staff and services. In 2021/22, for the first ...

This question changed in 2021. In previous years the question specified social care provided by local authorities. In 2021 the reference to local authorities was removed and instead the question asked ...