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Public service plans dependent on big productivity gains, says IFS

By Lee Peart 19 September 2025

The Government’s public service growth and spending plans could be derailed in the event of failing to achieve big productivity gains, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned.

Bryan Jones, senior improvement fellow, The Health Foundation and Nicola Burgess, Professor of Operations Management, York University and Health Foundation senior visiting fellow explain the import...

PRIMARY CARE

Easier GP access public's top NHS priority, poll finds

By Lee Peart 12 September 2025

Easier GP access is the top NHS priority for the public, according to a new poll.

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Less than a quarter of patients on hospital waiting lists have good experience

By Lee Peart 11 September 2025

Less than a quarter of patients (22.8%) patients on hospital waiting lists, have a good or very good experience, according to the ONS.

CORRIDOR CARE

Corridor care now a 'regrettable reality', says CQC

By Lee Peart 09 September 2025

Almost one in five (18%) of patients having to wait for a bed on a ward are kept in a corridor or hallway, the CQC has found.

HEALTH FOUNDATION

Health in all policies

By Lee Peart 23 July 2025

Sharlene McGee, policy manager in the Healthy Lives team at The Health Foundation, says new devolution powers and local growth plans should lay the ground for health in all policies, not just some.

THE HEALTH INNOVATION NETWORK

Embedding innovation at the heart of the 10-Year Health Plan

21 July 2025

The Government’s 10-Year Health Plan provides a bold and necessary framework for innovation. The challenge now is to convert that ambition into delivery, writes Richard Stubbs, chair of the Health ...

People finding it easier to contact GPs, ONS reveals

By Lee Peart 17 July 2025

Fewer people are finding it difficult to contact their GP, according to the latest ONS statistics.

SOCIAL CARE

Care home workers twice as likely to live in poverty as average worker

By Lee Peart 17 July 2025

Care home workers and their families are twice as likely to live in poverty as the average UK worker, according to new analysis.

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Premature deaths twice as likely in deprived areas, analysis finds

By Lee Peart 08 July 2025

People are almost twice as likely to die before the age of 75 in local authority areas with the highest rates of premature deaths than those with the lowest rates, new analysis has found.