An NHS review into the health of LGBT+ people has been announced. While welcome, to be meaningful it will need to lead to ...

BMI is widely used to measure levels of obesity, but does it account for growing levels of ethnic diversity in this country – ...

This report, commissioned by the RCN Foundation, explores the causes and consequences of poor mental health and wellbeing among nurses and midwives, and seeks to identify solutions to these issues and ...

Health inequalities are widening. Life expectancy is falling. Has the government's 10 Year Health Plan gone far enough when it comes to preventing ill health?

Robert Francis' report into the failings at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust was published in February 2013. Since then, issues of patient safety, quality of care and a culture of collective ...

After the most recent resident doctors strike, Siva Anandaciva delves into the impact that NHS strikes can have – on patients, staff, public perceptions and NHS finances.

There are lots of unknowns about the government’s proposed fair pay agreement in social care, says Simon Bottery, but the ...

GP trainee Ellie Watkins takes a look at two different approaches to GP access. What can be learnt from these approaches and ...

What are provider collaboratives and how will they fit into the wider health and care system? Our explainer looks at how these structures could develop and the opportunities they offer.

This paper looks at compassion as a core cultural value of the NHS and how compassionate leadership encourages people to find new and improved ways of doing things.

Drawing on our five-year programme of work on health inequalities, we outline what we think the anticipated 10-year health plan should focus on.

This report describes how six trusts have been grappling with the productivity challenge. It also suggests ways to divert the NHS and social care from their current trajectory, which is heading ...