Publications

The NHS may have to restrict what it provides with its budget, says Chris Ham.

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

In recent years, spending on the NHS has been protected while other budgets have been subject to significant cuts. Despite this, health services are facing unprecedented financial and operational pressures. Does the NHS need more money?

Chris Ham looks at Simon Stevens' unprecedented public intervention on NHS funding and what might happen next.

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.

We talk to Matthew Lanham, Chief Executive of the Neuromuscular Centre – a charity that won a GSK IMPACT Award in recognition of its work to improve people's health.

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.

The outcome of the general election will mean more of the same for the NHS and social care in the short term, and huge uncertainty on two fronts in the medium term, says Chris Ham.

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.

None of the main political parties has pledged enough to cover even half the funding increase needed for the NHS to deal with pressures faced in the next five years.

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 explore whether the government has delivered on its 2015 pledge to increase NHS funding.

In this article for Public Finance, Richard Murray considers the question of whether the NHS could borrow money from the private sector.

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

In this article published in the British Medical Journal, Chris Ham reflects on the ambitions outlined in the NHS delivery plan.

The NHS can no longer afford to fund new treatments to the extent that it has done in the past. This potentially has big implications for patients, but the message is being delivered by un-elected NHS organisations when it should be ministers and the budget setters taking responsibility for this.

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

Chris Ham reflects on Simon Stevens challenge to the government either to find more money for the NHS and social care, or be honest with the public about the consequences.