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Last year the Chancellor announced £22.6bn in extra NHS funding as a ‘down payment’ on the much-anticipated 10-Year Health ...
Tooth extractions, largely driven by tooth decay, were the biggest reason why children aged between five and nine in England ...
“Comparing changes to pay at the same point in time, using different measures of inflation, also results in very different ...
Since its introduction in 2019, the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme has led to significant changes in the skill mix of the general practice workforce, with a rapid increase in roles such as ...
While the Chancellor’s recent Spring Statement made no immediate tax and spend commitments, it did suggest that, depending on progress with the government’s debt/deficit reduction goals, there might ...
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic reached the UK in January 2020, the drive for the NHS to make better use of digital technology had already started to take centre stage, with the government placing ...
There were, on average, 83,000 people in prison in England and Wales at any one time last year, yet relatively little is known about prisoners’ physical health care needs; how and why they access ...
There are some 342,300 nurses working in NHS hospital and community health services, and 23,900 working in general practice. 1 Yet vacancies are widespread: there were 39,000 full-time equivalent ...
This briefing explores the impact the pandemic has had on the delivery of rural and remote health services in England, highlighting the underlying challenges faced by these services – and outlining ...
The UK has had a health system dominated by state funding and state provision for decades. It is seen globally as a defining example of a publicly run health service, and polling shows that this is a ...