Our latest survey completed with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social tracking the UK public’s views on the NHS and social care shows nearly half of the public (48%) delayed or avoided contacting their GP practice about a health concern in the previous 12 months.
Read more findings 👇
https://bit.ly/4tTv1ru
Big qual study on access to general practice
Changes linked to 10 year plan offered some benefits, but also unintended effects—including undermining continuity and human connection, fragmentation of care, and widening inequities
Careful design, implementation, and evaluation of new services needed
The Health Foundation NHS Productivity Commission From diagnosis to delivery A framework for accelerating NHS productivity growth November 2025
The #NHSProductivityCommission has published its first major report, setting out the scale of the productivity challenge within the NHS and highlighting key drivers for and barriers to improving productivity.
Read more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/3WBvBef
Line chart of responses to the question, 'Which of the following political parties, if any, do you think would do the best job in improving the NHS? (% of people who voted, March to September 2025) showing historic trust in Labour's potential to improve the NHS has started to wane.
Polling from @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social shows how progress on NHS could be pivotal in shaping future political fortunes. Kate Duxbury and @pstilwell.bsky.social set out core concerns among voters, drawing on polling and themes we heard at our party conference panel events⬇️
https://bit.ly/47qtpfz
🧵 In our latest podcast, Sajid Javid – former health & care secretary – spoke about the NHS funding model. Sajid thinks the NHS is at a crossroads and that the funding model needs to change, likely shifting to a social insurance system, to manage rising demand. www.health.org.uk/features-and...
At the end of July, the government said that it had delivered 4.6 million extra appointments since it came to power, more than double its manifesto pledge of 2 million.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Policy exchange, backed by Sajid Javid, think we need to switch the NHS funding model to social insurance, and introduce new charges for NHS services, like to see a GP
policyexchange.org.uk/publication/...
These are not new ideas, but they are bad ideas
A thread with some evidence
NEW: Report analysing levels of poverty among the UK residential care workforce and the impact of raising the wage floor in social care.
See headline findings below and read the full analysis ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4lSiik2
Our Chief Executive @jenniferthf.bsky.social and Director of Policy @hughalderwick.bsky.social reflect on the government's 10-Year Health Plan published today, including what it covers and what will be needed make it a reality.
Read more in our full response ⬇️
www.health.org.uk/press-office...
Insightful thread from @charlestallack.bsky.social on the trajectory of the waiting list. In short, government is set to be on track to achieve its 18 week target by the end of the parliament. BUT lots of caveats remain including how referral rates change in the coming years. 👇
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On 16 March, DHSC announced “crack teams” of top clinicians working in 20 trusts had reduced the waiting list by 130% more than in trusts elsewhere. As a result, the scheme (called FF20 – Further Faster 20), is being rolled out across the country.
The claim examined🧵
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The government is right to say that the challenges facing the health service require a long-term plan. But there is little clarity over how its 10-year strategy will work in practice
writes the @healthfoundation.bsky.social's Phoebe Dunn
Worth a read of @hughalderwick.bsky.social's thoughts on the NHSE abolition...and the risks.
@healthfoundation.bsky.social HF CEO Jennifer Dixon and Minister Stephen Timms set out the scale of the working age health challenge at the launch of new report from our commission on #healthierworkinglives
NEW: Latest survey with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social of the UK public’s views on the NHS and social care, and first under the new Labour government, shows making it easier to get appointments at GP practices has risen to the top of the public’s priorities for the NHS.
Full findings 👇
buff.ly/43auwOQ
We’re proud to launch the NHS Productivity Commission.
Drawing on lessons from the NHS, the wider economy, and international health systems, the Commission will focus on developing solutions to boost NHS productivity over the next decade.
Learn more ⬇️
https://buff.ly/3CrLmhm
New Blog from Ruth Thorlby @healthfoundation.bsky.social. NHS problems are not unique to the UK...shared challenges all across Europe. www.health.org.uk/features-and...
Crucially, this will depend on how fast referrals increase. We have assumed referrals will continue to grow at 1.5% per year; but if they rise faster, treatments will also need to rise further.
The number of people being removed from the waiting will need to increase from 20.8 million a year in July 2024 to 23.5 million a year in July 2029 - 500,000 extra treatments in year 1, rising to 2.6 million extra treatments in the final year, an annual increase of 2.4%.
Our new @healthfoundation.bsky.social analysis assesses how realistic the govt's 18 week elective target is. www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...
Treasury must focus on prevention in UK public spending, says report from us @healthfoundation.bsky.social and Demos
BREAKING -
@wesstreeting
says he's made "very difficult choices" after a "thorough review of the NHS budget" for 2025-26 in order to put 7.2% cash growth in GP contract, roughly 4.8% real terms
story soon from
@caitlintilley
Quick roundup of #NHS winter weekly situation report data from w/e 15 December.
Hospital capacity still under pressure, with adult G&A bed occupancy averaging 95.2% - slightly below the same week in 2023/24 and 2022/23.
Yes please
