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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
Covid-19 recovery and resilience: what can health and care learn from other disasters?
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Covid-19 recovery and resilience: what can health and care learn from other disasters?

What do communities need to be able to recover from Covid-19 and build resilience? This long read identifies key insights from people involved in disaster recovery around the world.
4 February 2021
Long read

Deaths from Covid-19 (coronavirus): how are they counted and what do they show?

Veena Raleigh examines the methods being used to count deaths from Covid-19 and discusses what the numbers to date show.
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By Veena Raleigh - 19 August 2020 15-minute read
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Mental health and primary care networks: understanding the opportunities

This report, published jointly by The King’s Fund and the Centre for Mental Health, explores the opportunities the emergence of primary care networks creates for improving the support and treatment provided to people with mental health needs.
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By Chris Naylor et al - 23 July 2020
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What is social prescribing?

Social prescribing enables GPs, nurses and other primary care professionals to refer people to a range of local, non-clinical services to support their health and wellbeing. But does it work? And how does it fit in with wider health and care policy?
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By David Buck et al - 4 November 2020
Commissioned report

Technology and innovation for long-term health conditions

It has become received wisdom that the NHS struggles to adopt digital innovation, but during the Covid-19 pandemic, many NHS providers have moved services online at astonishing pace. Ben Collins looks at four digital innovations in health services from the UK and the Nordic countries.
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By Ben Collins - 3 August 2020
Long read

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
Long read

What is happening to life expectancy in the UK?

2011 marked a turning point in long-term mortality trends in the UK, with improvements tailing off after decades of steady decline. Veena Raleigh examines the trends in life expectancy.
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By Veena Raleigh - 26 June 2020
Long read

Testing times: the government’s approach to Covid-19 testing

Testing is a central strand of the government’s approach to tackling the Covid-19 outbreak. This explainer looks at how testing works and the thinking behind the current strategy.
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By David Buck - 1 May 2020
Long read

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
What role to taxes and regulation play in promoting better health?
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What role do taxes and regulation play in promoting better health?

It’s an issue that has generated heated debate – so how can regulatory and fiscal policy tools be used to improve people’s health? This briefing explores the role these tools might play.
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By Jake Beech et al - 6 March 2020
Delivering health and care for people who sleep rough: going above and beyond
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Delivering health and care for people who sleep rough: going above and beyond

People who sleep rough have some of the worst health outcomes in England. We explore how four local areas are delivering effective health and care services to people sleeping rough and what other areas might be able to learn from them.
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By Julia Cream et al - 3 March 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
Article

Public health funding uncertainty is hitting hard

This article was first published on the LGC website. The lack of news from the government about the public health grant contrasts with the long term certainly it has given the NHS, writes Sally Warren.
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By Sally Warren - 31 January 2020
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The English local government public health reforms: an independent assessment

This report, commissioned by the Local Government Association, assesses the success of the 2013 reforms to public health in England, which were part of the Coalition government’s wider health reform programme.
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By David Buck - 13 January 2020
Long read

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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Leading for integrated care: 'If you think competition is hard, you should try collaboration'

This report explores the progress, challenges and opportunities the move towards greater integration presents, through interviews with 16 people leading or chairing an integrated care system or sustainability and transformation partnership.
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By Nicholas Timmins - 27 November 2019
Evidence and consultation

Implementing the NHS long-term plan: written submission to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee

Successful implementation of the NHS long-term plan depends on adequate funding for social care and public health, NHS education and training, and capital investment.
7 November 2019
Evidence and consultation

Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s consultation

Our response to the government's consultation paper on prevention focuses on the additional areas we would like future government policy to cover.
14 October 2019
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Creating healthy places: perspectives from NHS England’s Healthy New Towns programme

Creating healthy places: perspectives from NHS England’s Healthy New Towns programme provides personal insights from those involved in the programme, illustrating how powerful a coherent local approach to improving population health can be.
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By Chris Naylor - 26 September 2019
Commissioned report

Volunteering in ambulance services: developing and diversifying opportunities

Commissioned by the Office for Civil Society, this report explores the role and value of volunteering within ambulance services in England and identifies examples of different ways in which volunteering opportunities are being developed.
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By Helen Gilburt - 30 May 2019
Commissioned report

Investing in quality: The contribution of large charities to shaping future health and care

This commissioned report explores how the work of the National Garden Scheme and its beneficiaries contributes to supporting and shaping health and care.
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By Helen Gilburt et al - 15 May 2019
Evidence and consultation

NHS long-term plan: legislative proposals inquiry: Written submission to the Health and Social Care Committee

Our response to the Health and Social Care Committee's legislative proposals inquiry. We support the spirit of these proposals, which are intended to make it easier for local NHS bodies to work together to improve the health and care of their populations.
24 April 2019
Commissioned report

Outcomes for mental health services: what really matters?

An independent commissioned report, Outcomes for mental health services, considers the difficulties in measuring outcomes in mental health services, and calls for consensus between health care professionals and service users on what outcomes actually matter.
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By Ben Collins - 27 March 2019
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