Publications

Paul Radin speaks to us about his experience of patient involvement at The King’s Fund.

We examine the big issues and recent NHS performance on waiting times.

Services are at full stretch and struggling to maintain standards, says Chris Ham.

In July NHS England published its first 'progress dashboard' for the 44 new sustainability and transformation partnerships, but these new ratings are narrowly focused and centrally driven, say Hugh Alderwick and Veena Raleigh.

Ahead of our Digital Health and Care Congress in July, we speak to Helen Arthur about how the vanguards are applying technology and what other areas can learn from them.

Ahead of the general election, we look at how the NHS compares with international health systems.

Dan Wellings reviews the polls to uncover what the public are looking for from politicians when it comes to the NHS.

Ahead of the general election, we consider what policies are needed to improve children's health.

Ahead of the general election, we explore whether the government met its pledge to tackle childhood obesity.

This report explores whether machine learning can help find wider meaning in millions of unstructured online conversations about mental health.

The government should heed the warning signs and embark on fundamental reform.

The Care Quality Commission's State of Care report has both reassuring and disturbing messages: reassuring in that the majority of services are good, but disturbing in that there is significant variation in quality and particularly safety.

With the right local leadership and central government support, localism could help address the broad range of factors that drive health inequalities in a particular area, writes David Buck.

We speak to Tim Kelsey, National Director for Patients and Information at NHS England, about the role of technology in improving care.

The experience of Blue Cross and Blue Shield in the US offers lessons for the NHS about some of the ingredients needed to improve population health, says Hugh Alderwick.

We speak to writer Nicci Gerrard about her father's hospital care, and her campaign – John's Campaign – that calls for the families and carers of people with dementia to be allowed to remain with them in hospital for as many hours of the day and night as necessary.

Politicians must look for evidence-based solutions and avoid the NHS becoming a political football, says Chris Ham.

How can patients be encouraged to participate in their own care? And just what does it mean to be an empowered patient?

An article for the NHS Directory on the Enhancing the Healing Environment programme.

It is the lynchpin of health policy for third-term Labour, but how much does the public understand about what choice offers? Rebecca Rosen reports on new research.