Health and care
Our research assesses the performance of health and care services and how to improve them.
Performance Tracker 2023
Performance Tracker 2023: General practice
Despite a declining workforce, GPs are delivering more appointments than ever, though this may be increasing workloads and burnout.
Performance Tracker 2023: Hospitals
Despite more funding and higher staff numbers, hospitals are struggling to return to pre-pandemic performance levels.
Performance Tracker 2023: Adult social care
The government has provided more funding, but the sector may struggle to address unmet need in the face of rising costs and competing priorities.
Latest comments
Six things we learnt from the 2023 autumn statement
The chancellor presented his autumn statement alongside the latest forecasts from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility.
Forcing the NHS to reallocate capital spending is a false economy
The Sunak government is still choosing short-term fixes over long-term solutions.
Short-term policy making has trapped public services in a ‘doom loop’
Chronic short-termism is harming service performance in key public services.
Our analysis
Funding health care in England
The NHS’s recent travails have led once again to claims that the model is “broken” and that the answer is to change how health care is funded.
The NHS productivity puzzle
The NHS crisis will only be solved with capital investment, increasing management capacity and staff retention – not just more doctors and nurses.
The NHS crisis: Does the government have a plan?
The government's NHS crisis response is likely too little and too late for this winter.
Adult social care: Short-term support and long-term stability
The government's plan won't turn around adult social care performance.
Devolved public services
Since their creation in 1999, the devolved governments have chosen to fund and run public services in very different ways.
How to fix the funding of health and social care
A parliamentary inquiry is likely to be the best way to secure long-term funding for health and social care.
Health and social care levy
The government announced plans for a new ‘health and social care levy’. But how will it work?
Devolution and the NHS
In the UK, the NHS is the umbrella term for the four health systems of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
NHS pay
Nurses and most other NHS staff were “offered” a 1% pay rise by the government. But how are decisions about NHS pay made?
UK Health Security Agency
What is the UK Health Security Agency (UKSHA)? What does it do? How is it organised?