Mental health policy in England

This briefing provides an overview of mental health policy in England. [...]

The NHS budget and how it has changed

Funding for health services in England comes from the Department for Health and Social Care’s [...]

Suicide statistics

A summary of statistics on suicide in the UK. Includes trends by gender, age, English [...]

Gridlocked health and care system risks the safety and quality of patient care

Ambulances and hospitals are under huge pressure – in October 2022, hospital waiting lists hit [...]

The NHS needs to ramp up treatment volumes if waiting lists are to start falling any time soon

NHS waiting lists have continued to rise this year, and in September 2022 there were [...]

UK spent around a fifth less than European neighbours on health care in last decade

Analysis published by the Health Foundation's REAL Centre has found that over the decade before [...]

State of Caring survey 2022

The State of Caring Survey is the UK’s most comprehensive research into the lives and [...]

One in ten UK older people are reducing or stopping their social care or expect to do so in the coming months as they struggle with the cost of living

More than 1 in 5 (22%) older people are already reducing or stopping spending on [...]

How to improve dialogue between Disabled people and health and care services

Fazilet Hadi, Head of Policy at Disability Rights UK, considers how Disabled people’s organisations can [...]

Adult social care workforce in England

An overview of key issues and policy concerning the adult social care workforce in England. [...]