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Call for national system to assess people's social care needs

By Lee Peart 08 October 2025

A new report by The King’s Fund think-tank has proposed moving to a national system for assessing people’s social care needs such as in Australia, Germany and Japan.

NUFFIELD TRUST

Deep inequalities revealed in access to NHS funded care packages

By Lee Peart 26 September 2025

Deep inequalities have been revealed in access to NHS funded care packages with an almost fivefold difference between the ICBs with the highest and lowest rates of CHC eligibility.

PREVENTION

Tooth decay leading cause of hospital admissions among children

By Lee Peart 25 September 2025

Tooth outpaces other common childhood conditions, including acute tonsillitis, as the leading cause of hospital admissions among 5 to 9 year olds in England, new research has found.

WAITING LISTS

Government projected to fall 'just short' on key NHS pledge

By Lee Peart 25 September 2025

The Government will fall just short of its flagship NHS target of ensuring 92% of patients waiting less than 18 weeks by the end of Parliament, The Health Foundation has forecast.

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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.