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Health and social care funding: what’s in, what’s out and who offers the most?

Richard Murray looks beneath the headline commitments at what the main parties are really offering in terms of funding for the health and care system.

By Richard Murray - 6 December 2019

Five hits, five misses: public and population health and the main party manifestos

Health is about more than the NHS and social care. Here, David Buck looks at the parties’ wider commitments that will affect the population’s health.

By David Buck - 4 December 2019

Five reasons why this NHS winter may be different

Siva Anandaciva considers the prospects for a NHS dealing with winter pressures, workforce challenges and limited funding, while planning for a no-deal Brexit.

By Siva Anandaciva - 2 December 2019

Genomic medicine: a tool for population health?

Genomic medicine has been hailed as the magic bullet for prevention, diagnosis and personalised treatment. But what can we really expect from this field? Cecilia Price looks at the impact of the 100,000 Genomes Project to better understand the future role of genomics in health and care.

By Cecilia Price, NHS graduate management trainee - 7 November 2019

Not just the NHS: manifestos need to consider other health and care priorities too

Sally Warren calls for political parties to consider more than just the NHS in their manifestos. To truly improve health and care, public health, social care, mental health, workforce and funding must also be priorities.

By Sally Warren - 1 November 2019

Securing money to improve mental health care... but no staff to spend it on

Ambitions to improve the quality of mental health care will fail if they are not accompanied by plans to address staff shortages. Helen Gilburt looks at the effect of staff shortages on staff, patients and quality of care.

By Helen Gilburt - 22 October 2019

The deteriorating state of the NHS estate

Each year, NHS provider trusts survey their estate and estimate the costs of restoring buildings and equipment to mandatory standards. Today’s data for 2018/19 shows more investment is needed to tackle the rising backlog of maintenance issues.

By Siva Anandaciva - 17 October 2019

Politicians should avoid the temptation of another NHS top-down re-organisation

Following today’s Queen’s Speech and an election looming, Richard Murray warns that a major re-organisation of the NHS risks damaging a service that is already under strain.

By Richard Murray - 14 October 2019

Does the NHS really have a new strategic health infrastructure plan?

Following the launch of the new health infrastructure plan, Siva Anandaciva considers the potential implications and limitations of this new funding.

By Siva Anandaciva - 9 October 2019

Does learning disability nursing need the maintenance grant back?

David Maguire considers the impact of scrapping student nursing bursaries on the learning disability nursing workforce.

By David Maguire - 7 October 2019

Party conference season: the key announcements on health and social care

As this year’s party conference season comes to a close, what have we learned about the main parties’ priorities for health and social care? Richard Murray weighs up the key commitments, from funding and the NHS workforce to social care reform.

By Richard Murray - 4 October 2019

Scrapping prescription charges: should it be a priority?

Following Labour’s announcement that it will abolish prescription charges, Nicholas Timmins weighs up the costs and implications, and questions whether it should be considered a priority.

By Nicholas Timmins - 24 September 2019

Inside England’s first accident and emergency department for older people

With accident and emergency performance reaching new lows across England, one NHS hospital is taking an innovative approach to meet the needs of its older patients.

By Siva Anandaciva - 20 September 2019

The Spending Round: what does it mean for health and care?

Sally Warren considers what the government’s one-year spending round will mean for the NHS, public health and adult social care.

By Sally Warren - 4 September 2019

Looking ahead to the Spending Review

Sally Warren considers the importance of the upcoming Spending Review for health and social care and outlines how the numbers are only part of the funding problem.

By Sally Warren - 23 August 2019

Making local government finance even more local

How might prospective changes to local government finance impact on health and wellbeing? Sally Warren considers how two changes will affect how local authorities are able to raise funds and meet the needs of their populations.

By Sally Warren - 16 August 2019

What has a pensions tax crisis got to do with your hip operation?

Siva Anandaciva explores how changes to pensions tax policy are exacerbating workforce issues in the NHS and having a real impact on patient experience, as clinicians and managers are not taking on additional work.

By Siva Anandaciva - 5 August 2019

Public health spending: where prevention rhetoric meets reality

As the government publishes its Green Paper on prevention, Dave Buck considers the impact of cuts to local government budgets on public health spending and the funding needed to ensure the commitments made can become a reality.

By David Buck - 23 July 2019

'We will back you': a positive approach to risk

In order to deliver personalised care to people using council services in Wigan, the council has adopted a fundamentally different approach to risk. Dan Wellings highlights how training staff to have ‘different conversations’ with people using their services and backing them to act on what they hear has allowed this transformation to take place.

By Dan Wellings - 12 July 2019

Primary care networks and community health services: further, faster!

As primary care services come together under the new primary care networks, Richard Murray reviews progress to date and what’s next for general practice, from integration and workforce to technology and the estate.

By Richard Murray - 5 July 2019

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