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

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 ...

Simon Bottery comments on the latest Skills for Care workforce report, an annual report that documents the size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England.

In 2016 the NHS remained popular with the public, read the analysis of the British Social Attitudes 2016, which looks at public satisfaction with the NHS.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is responsible for up to 25% of premature deaths in the UK, 80% of which are preventable. We explore the role integrated care systems could play in scaling up the ...

The crisis vice Although it is rarely considered in the current debate about public service reform, this new era of crisis is of enormous relevance when imagining the future of the public sector and ...

‘Topic avoidance’ is the academic study of how people avoid discussing important issues across a wide range of situations. Commonly avoided topics, apparently, include politics, money, sex, religion, ...

David Buck welcomes the Scottish government’s framework for population health, and argues that England needs an equivalent, despite the 10 Year Health Plan.

Siva Anandaciva comments on new data from NHS England that shows health inequalities on the waiting list for planned hospital care.