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Explore our five guiding principles for successful implementation of @NHSEngland's new improvement approach #NHSImpact.
They're informed by nearly 20 years' learning about how to make change happen and the front-line expertise of @theQCommunity ⬇️
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CLOSING SOON ⏰
Interested in running our new £1.2m Policy Research Unit and improving health and reducing inequalities in Scotland? Apply for our funding by Wednesday 27 September.
Applicants should be based in Scotland. Find out more ⬇️
health.org.uk/funding-and-pa…
We’re delighted that our grant, as a part of the Care and Wellbeing Fund set up in 2015, has paved the way for the new @macmillancancer End of Life fund.
Find out more about the Care and Wellbeing Fund's impact in @socfinuk's report ⬇️
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OPEN TODAY: £36m fund for adult end of life care services.
With social investment from @macmillancancer, partners can get up-front funding that’s only repayable if agreed outcomes are met, with no financial return.
Deadline: 31 October. Read more ⬇️
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Funding available to set up and lead new £1.2m Policy Research Unit in Scotland.
Work with us to drive improving health and reducing inequalities in Scotland.
Applications close on Wednesday 27 September. Find out more ⬇️
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What will it take to bring improvement from the margins into the mainstream?
Register for our webinar where we’ll explore different perspectives about how to tackle the challenge of prioritising improvement in a system under pressure ⬇️
thehealthfoundation.zoom.us/…
ALT What will it take to bring improvement from the margins into the mainstream?
Thursday 12 October 2023
14.00–15.30
Rising housing costs mean more people risk living in poor quality, overcrowded conditions, falling into debt, or facing repossession or eviction. This creates instability and stress, with a significant impact on people’s health.
Explore our evidence 🔽
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There have been calls to reform the way the NHS is funded to improve its services.
What would it mean to switch the NHS to a social health insurance system? @RThorlby looks at the policy choices that would have to be made – and the possible costs ⬇️
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ALT 'Changing to a social insurance system would be highly wasteful and a diversion from the sustained investment, innovation and incremental reform the NHS needs.'
Ruth Thorlby | Assistant Director of Policy
The Health Foundation
Are you looking for a unique leadership opportunity? The @commonwealthfnd are holding an information session on 10 May at 18.00 BST about the 2024–25 Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice.
Register to find out more and attend ⬇️
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Director of policy @HealthFdn, Hugh Alderwick: 'Underlying causes of the problems facing the NHS are much longer term and are down to political choices made over the last decade'
Tonight on @SkyNews we ask: Can the NHS survive?👇
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Some NHS trusts in England are already playing a greater role in managing GP services.
@DrJudithSmith, Manni Sidhu and @Hughalderwick summarise the approaches to integration and assess the risks and benefits for a service under strain ⬇️
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ALT "The underlying pressures facing general practice in England link to the fundamental mismatch between demand for care and available GPs. Broader policy action is needed to address these problems [?] More NHS trusts managing general practice will not fix them."
Judith Smith, Manni Sidhu | University of Birmingham
Hugh Alderwick | The Health Foundation
Ambulance waiting times are increasing despite the number of paramedics increasing by 13% since March 2018.
Due to poor mental health, sickness absence amongst paramedics is the highest amongst any staff group in the NHS.
Read more ⬇️
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ALT A line chart of staff sickness absence rate: England, 2017?2022 that shows staff sickness absence is increasing across all organisation types but particularly in the ambulance sector
With unprecedented pressures on health and care services, we are ambitious about the impact we can have over the next three years.
Find out about the three core priorities that will guide our work over this next strategic period ⬇️
health.org.uk/about-the-heal…
In 2020, deaths from drugs were 3.6x higher in Scotland than the UK average, with rates 18x higher in the most deprived areas compared to least deprived fifth in Scotland.
#HISreview23 explores what's contributed to Scotland's #HealthInequalities ➡️ health.org.uk/publications/l…
ALT Chart showing there has been a stark rise in drug deaths in the most deprived areas based on drug deaths per 100,000 population: Scotland, 2010?2020.
Relying on short-term funding to improve delayed discharges –
a case study in how to disburse a large amount of public money to little effect? ⤵️
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ALT "There is a deeper lesson about the government?s continuing reliance on last-minute, short-term, hand-to-mouth cash bungs to fund social care instead of a sustainable long-term plan for funding and workforce."
Richard Humphries | Senior Advisor
The Health Foundation
Government has announced an additional £200m for the NHS to help speed up hospital discharge, but why has there been mixed views about this new money?
@RichardnotatKF discusses the pitfalls of this approach ⤵️
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ALT "There is a deeper lesson about the government?s continuing reliance on last-minute, short-term, hand-to-mouth cash bungs to fund social care instead of a sustainable long-term plan for funding and workforce."
Richard Humphries | Senior Advisor
The Health Foundation
PODCAST: In a recent podcast episode we explore rising ill health among the working age population, and whether it's causing people to drop out of the labour force.
Join @JenniferTHF and guests @sarahoconnor_ and James Banks @TheIFS
LISTEN NOW 🎧
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A healthy population is one of Scotland’s most important assets.
Yet in 2019, there was a 24-year gap in the time spent in good health between people living in the most and least deprived 10% of local areas in Scotland.
Read our new #HISreview23 ⬇️
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