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The health of people from ethnic minority groups in England

This explainer examines the differences in health outcomes for ethnic minority groups, highlighting the variation across groups and conditions, and considers what’s needed to reduce health inequalities.
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By Veena Raleigh et al - 17 February 2021
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The road to renewal: five priorities for health and care

Covid-19 is the biggest challenge the health and care system has faced in living memory; it's essential that lessons are learned from this experience. So how can the system build on this learning to bring about positive change and renewal? This long read sets out five priorities to help guide the approach to renewal across health and care. 
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By Anna Charles et al - 16 July 2020
What are health inequalities?
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What are health inequalities?

This explainer provides an overview of how health inequalities are experienced in England’s population.
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By Ethan Williams et al - 18 February 2020
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What does the NHS England review of waiting times mean for accident and emergency departments?

As NHS England proposes new waiting times targets, Siva Anandaciva weighs up the impact of the four-hour target and outlines seven key issues for the new standards that have been proposed for emergency departments.
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By Siva Anandaciva - 18 April 2019
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Integrated care systems explained: making sense of systems, places and neighbourhoods

Integrated care services represent a fundamental shift in the way the health and care system is organised. This explainer looks at how these bodies are structured and the progress made before the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak took hold.
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By Anna Charles - 8 April 2020
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Unconventional health and care: five organisations delivering care differently

How can we make sure that people always receive the compassionate care they need? Ben Collins looks at five organisations that are thinking differently about how they support patients and service users, and considers what we can learn from their unconventional approaches.
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By Ben Collins - 5 December 2019
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Community health services explained

Community services play a key role in keeping people well, treating and managing acute illness and long-term conditions, and supporting people to live independently – and yet they are poorly understood compared to other parts of the NHS. In this explainer we set out what community services are, the challenges faced and how they're changing.
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By Anna Charles - 14 January 2019
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Shared responsibility for health: the cultural change we need

We believe that the relationship between the public and the NHS, and between patients and the staff who care for them, needs to be transformed. As well as ensuring that the resources (funding and workforce) needed to deliver care are available, national and local leaders must work to fully engage patients and the public in improving health and care.  
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By Professor Sir Chris Ham et al - 23 November 2018
Diagram showing the four main approaches to working with communities in improving health.
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Communities and health

The role of communities in improving population health is receiving increasing, and long overdue, attention in health policy and practice. This piece gives an overview of the different approaches to working with communities for health.
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By David Buck et al - 14 February 2018
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How hospital activity in the NHS in England has changed over time

Why is the NHS struggling to maintain standards of care despite increased funding? Demand for services is rising.
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By David Maguire et al - 20 December 2016
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